Installing Plenum/Intake/Engine Cover

MamaStang · June 14th, 2008, 02:25 PM

Guys, I need help please...

Got my plenum cover yesterday. It fits perfectly and looks beautiful. Unfortunately, they didn't send any hardware or instructions.

So we stuck it on there and discovered that the bolts there should work. Took the bolts off but they don't fit through the front part. The back ones we figured it would be okay to just stick the black caps on over the top but the front bolts are too wide to go through the rubber grommets that are on it.

Any suggestions from anyone?

Thanks guys!

05mustang_kb_charged · June 14th, 2008, 02:27 PM

any pictures to see what isn't fitting

MamaStang · June 14th, 2008, 02:28 PM

Uno momento, por favor.

06RedfireGT · June 14th, 2008, 02:49 PM

MamaStang · June 14th, 2008, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by 06RedfireGT

You're cute when you sit quietly and wait

MamaStang · June 14th, 2008, 03:00 PM

K...

Here's the cover pushed down over the top of the 2 bolts in the front where the intake tube connects to the ugly black thingyn (plenum I assume?) that I'm covering up:

Here's what it looks like when I lift it slightly - you can see the bolts...we just stuck them back in but the bottom part of the bolt under the washer is too large to go through the holes on the cover:

Side view:

This is the little black cap thing that is taped to the wire covers - it just slides over the top of the bolt that is holding the back part down so we stuck the plenum cover over the bolt and pushed the cover back on over the top of it:

Surely I don't need different bolts for the front of it???

MamaStang · June 14th, 2008, 03:48 PM

Bump

05mustang_kb_charged · June 14th, 2008, 03:54 PM

You have pretty hands.

I am checking right now and should know in a couple minutes.

05mustang_kb_charged · June 14th, 2008, 03:58 PM

Here is what I could find.....

PLENUM COMES WITH 2 STUD/NUT FASTENERS WHICH REPLACE THE 2 UPPER THROTTLE BODY BOLTS. INSTALL THE 2 STUD/NUT FASTENERS FIRST INTO THROTTLE BODY. PLENUM SIMPLY SLIPS OVER THE ENDS OF THE STUDS AND THEN PUSHED OVER THE 2 FUEL RAIL STUDS IN THE BACK. YOU DON'T NEED TO DRILL OR FORCE OR MODIFY AS SOME HAVE TRIED (??) THE PLENUM COVER DOES NOT GO UNDER THE NUTS ON THE STUDS!!! DON'T MAKE IT HARD!

MamaStang · June 14th, 2008, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by 05mustang_kb_charged

You have pretty hands.

I am checking right now and should know in a couple minutes.

Thank you!

Originally Posted by 05mustang_kb_charged

Here is what I could find.....

PLENUM COMES WITH 2 STUD/NUT FASTENERS WHICH REPLACE THE 2 UPPER THROTTLE BODY BOLTS. INSTALL THE 2 STUD/NUT FASTENERS FIRST INTO THROTTLE BODY. PLENUM SIMPLY SLIPS OVER THE ENDS OF THE STUDS AND THEN PUSHED OVER THE 2 FUEL RAIL STUDS IN THE BACK. YOU DON'T NEED TO DRILL OR FORCE OR MODIFY AS SOME HAVE TRIED (??) THE PLENUM COVER DOES NOT GO UNDER THE NUTS ON THE STUDS!!! DON'T MAKE IT HARD!

So it sounds like there was hardware that should have come for the front two bolts?

Is that how you're reading it?

05mustang_kb_charged · June 14th, 2008, 04:04 PM

yes, there should have been 2 bolts with studs that replaced the top bolts on the throttlrbody.

MamaStang · June 14th, 2008, 04:05 PM

Guess I'll have to call them Monday.

I knew $75 was too cheap...should have shelled out the cash for something else...

05mustang_kb_charged · June 14th, 2008, 04:07 PM

If I remember correctly the 2 lower bolts on your throttlebody are studs and can be swapped to the top and the top to the bottom. It might work but I am not sure since I haven't had a stock intake on my car in 2 years.

05mustang_kb_charged · June 14th, 2008, 04:08 PM

you can pick up the bolts at any Ford dealer for $5 and make it fit. That is a Factory Ford Plenum so they are installing them on thousands of cars. They would have them over there.

MamaStang · June 14th, 2008, 04:09 PM

You mean turn them over???

MamaStang · June 14th, 2008, 04:10 PM

Well it is going in on Wednesday but figured I'd save myself a little cashola AND impress them by doing it myself

So if I can't get it to work, no biggie.

05mustang_kb_charged · June 14th, 2008, 04:10 PM

I am not sure you would have verify the lower ones are studs. Not turn it over just swap the top and bottom bolts.

MamaStang · June 14th, 2008, 04:12 PM

The ones in the back seem to be pretty securely attached. The 2 in the very front have a fatter end and a skinnier end with a bold head and washer in the middle. The washer is obviously free turning but the hold head is solidly attached at about the upper 1/3 of the bolt. The fat end is the end that is currently in there.

I'm not sure what you mean by "top and bottom" - the fat end and skinny ends???

05mustang_kb_charged · June 14th, 2008, 04:26 PM

The 4 bolts that hold your throttlebody on. They have 2 on top and 2 on bottom of the throttlebody that bolt it to the intake manifold.

tribaltek · June 14th, 2008, 04:28 PM

Damn I want to get one of these!

June 14th, 2008, 02:25 PM	#1
MamaStang Top Down, Crunked Up 2005 Mustang GT Fast Enough for this old broad Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,491 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 0 reviews	Installing Plenum/Intake/Engine Cover Guys, I need help please... Got my plenum cover yesterday. It fits perfectly and looks beautiful. Unfortunately, they didn't send any hardware or instructions. So we stuck it on there and discovered that the bolts there should work. Took the bolts off but they don't fit through the front part. The back ones we figured it would be okay to just stick the black caps on over the top but the front bolts are too wide to go through the rubber grommets that are on it. Any suggestions from anyone? Thanks guys! __________________ Bassani & Topless Vert Crew Member #4 Let Me Help You Shop For The Ladies In Your Lives This Year! Click Here For Info

June 14th, 2008, 02:27 PM	#2
05mustang_kb_charged Hardcore Enthusiast 2005 Mustang GT 10.32@137.70 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: LSU Country Posts: 2,747 iTrader: 0 reviews	any pictures to see what isn't fitting __________________ 326 cubic inches of Turbocharged hell will be running soon Tuned by Wes @ TPS

June 14th, 2008, 02:28 PM	#3
MamaStang Top Down, Crunked Up 2005 Mustang GT Fast Enough for this old broad Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,491 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 0 reviews	Uno momento, por favor. __________________ Bassani & Topless Vert Crew Member #4 Let Me Help You Shop For The Ladies In Your Lives This Year! Click Here For Info

June 14th, 2008, 02:49 PM	#4
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June 14th, 2008, 03:00 PM	#6
MamaStang Top Down, Crunked Up 2005 Mustang GT Fast Enough for this old broad Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,491 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 0 reviews	Pics K... Here's the cover pushed down over the top of the 2 bolts in the front where the intake tube connects to the ugly black thingyn (plenum I assume?) that I'm covering up: Here's what it looks like when I lift it slightly - you can see the bolts...we just stuck them back in but the bottom part of the bolt under the washer is too large to go through the holes on the cover: Side view: This is the little black cap thing that is taped to the wire covers - it just slides over the top of the bolt that is holding the back part down so we stuck the plenum cover over the bolt and pushed the cover back on over the top of it: Surely I don't need different bolts for the front of it??? __________________ Bassani & Topless Vert Crew Member #4 Let Me Help You Shop For The Ladies In Your Lives This Year! Click Here For Info

June 14th, 2008, 03:48 PM	#7
MamaStang Top Down, Crunked Up 2005 Mustang GT Fast Enough for this old broad Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,491 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 0 reviews	Bump __________________ Bassani & Topless Vert Crew Member #4 Let Me Help You Shop For The Ladies In Your Lives This Year! Click Here For Info

June 14th, 2008, 03:54 PM	#8
05mustang_kb_charged Hardcore Enthusiast 2005 Mustang GT 10.32@137.70 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: LSU Country Posts: 2,747 iTrader: 0 reviews	You have pretty hands. I am checking right now and should know in a couple minutes. __________________ 326 cubic inches of Turbocharged hell will be running soon Tuned by Wes @ TPS

June 14th, 2008, 03:58 PM	#9
05mustang_kb_charged Hardcore Enthusiast 2005 Mustang GT 10.32@137.70 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: LSU Country Posts: 2,747 iTrader: 0 reviews	Here is what I could find..... PLENUM COMES WITH 2 STUD/NUT FASTENERS WHICH REPLACE THE 2 UPPER THROTTLE BODY BOLTS. INSTALL THE 2 STUD/NUT FASTENERS FIRST INTO THROTTLE BODY. PLENUM SIMPLY SLIPS OVER THE ENDS OF THE STUDS AND THEN PUSHED OVER THE 2 FUEL RAIL STUDS IN THE BACK. YOU DON'T NEED TO DRILL OR FORCE OR MODIFY AS SOME HAVE TRIED (??) THE PLENUM COVER DOES NOT GO UNDER THE NUTS ON THE STUDS!!! DON'T MAKE IT HARD! __________________ 326 cubic inches of Turbocharged hell will be running soon Tuned by Wes @ TPS

June 14th, 2008, 04:04 PM	#11
05mustang_kb_charged Hardcore Enthusiast 2005 Mustang GT 10.32@137.70 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: LSU Country Posts: 2,747 iTrader: 0 reviews	yes, there should have been 2 bolts with studs that replaced the top bolts on the throttlrbody. __________________ 326 cubic inches of Turbocharged hell will be running soon Tuned by Wes @ TPS

June 14th, 2008, 04:05 PM	#12
MamaStang Top Down, Crunked Up 2005 Mustang GT Fast Enough for this old broad Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,491 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 0 reviews	Guess I'll have to call them Monday. I knew $75 was too cheap...should have shelled out the cash for something else... __________________ Bassani & Topless Vert Crew Member #4 Let Me Help You Shop For The Ladies In Your Lives This Year! Click Here For Info

June 14th, 2008, 04:07 PM	#13
05mustang_kb_charged Hardcore Enthusiast 2005 Mustang GT 10.32@137.70 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: LSU Country Posts: 2,747 iTrader: 0 reviews	If I remember correctly the 2 lower bolts on your throttlebody are studs and can be swapped to the top and the top to the bottom. It might work but I am not sure since I haven't had a stock intake on my car in 2 years. __________________ 326 cubic inches of Turbocharged hell will be running soon Tuned by Wes @ TPS

June 14th, 2008, 04:08 PM	#14
05mustang_kb_charged Hardcore Enthusiast 2005 Mustang GT 10.32@137.70 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: LSU Country Posts: 2,747 iTrader: 0 reviews	you can pick up the bolts at any Ford dealer for $5 and make it fit. That is a Factory Ford Plenum so they are installing them on thousands of cars. They would have them over there. __________________ 326 cubic inches of Turbocharged hell will be running soon Tuned by Wes @ TPS

June 14th, 2008, 04:09 PM	#15
MamaStang Top Down, Crunked Up 2005 Mustang GT Fast Enough for this old broad Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,491 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 0 reviews	You mean turn them over??? __________________ Bassani & Topless Vert Crew Member #4 Let Me Help You Shop For The Ladies In Your Lives This Year! Click Here For Info

June 14th, 2008, 04:10 PM	#16
MamaStang Top Down, Crunked Up 2005 Mustang GT Fast Enough for this old broad Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,491 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 0 reviews	Well it is going in on Wednesday but figured I'd save myself a little cashola AND impress them by doing it myself So if I can't get it to work, no biggie. __________________ Bassani & Topless Vert Crew Member #4 Let Me Help You Shop For The Ladies In Your Lives This Year! Click Here For Info

June 14th, 2008, 04:12 PM	#18
MamaStang Top Down, Crunked Up 2005 Mustang GT Fast Enough for this old broad Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,491 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 0 reviews	The ones in the back seem to be pretty securely attached. The 2 in the very front have a fatter end and a skinnier end with a bold head and washer in the middle. The washer is obviously free turning but the hold head is solidly attached at about the upper 1/3 of the bolt. The fat end is the end that is currently in there. I'm not sure what you mean by "top and bottom" - the fat end and skinny ends??? __________________ Bassani & Topless Vert Crew Member #4 Let Me Help You Shop For The Ladies In Your Lives This Year! Click Here For Info

June 14th, 2008, 04:26 PM	#19
05mustang_kb_charged Hardcore Enthusiast 2005 Mustang GT 10.32@137.70 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: LSU Country Posts: 2,747 iTrader: 0 reviews	The 4 bolts that hold your throttlebody on. They have 2 on top and 2 on bottom of the throttlebody that bolt it to the intake manifold. __________________ 326 cubic inches of Turbocharged hell will be running soon Tuned by Wes @ TPS

June 14th, 2008, 04:28 PM	#20
tribaltek Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Supercharged HD F150 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,490 iTrader: 1 reviews	Damn I want to get one of these! __________________ '02 Supercharged Harley-Davidson F-150 '05 Mustang GT (Sold)

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