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Message: [QUOTE="Blowby, post: 590119, member: 711"] Part-2 Atmo Install: Once the actuator arm is disconnected remove the electrical connector. [ATTACH=full]104496[/ATTACH] Separate the inter-cooler tube from the HP turbo to allow less to fight when lifting the turbo assembly. [ATTACH=full]104497[/ATTACH] You can now remove the coolant lines. Very little coolant will drip but fold the line from the res to stay pointed up to keep from draining the tank. [ATTACH=full]104498[/ATTACH] Remove the 3 bolts with a 10mm socket to free the electric actuator. A plastic gasket is underneath so you might have to slide a thin blade screw driver to give it a little nudge. [ATTACH=full]104499[/ATTACH] Move it out of the way just to have a good visual and room to work. Now lift the assembly and pry, slide the atmosphere turbo to the passengers side. You have to lift the assembly or the mount of the atmo will hit and not have the distance needed to slide past the collar on the atmo turbine housing. [ATTACH=full]104500[/ATTACH] In this picture the atmo is already removed. Install the sleeve (looks like carbon/fiber around the collar and then the brillo pad all the was against the shoulder. Swipe some anti sieze to help the installation. With help from a friend slide the atmo on. Also replace the orange oil drain sleeve/gasket that came with the kit. You can see it in the middle covered with dirty oil. [ATTACH=full]104501[/ATTACH] In the picture you can see I used the bolts provided to replace the studs on the up-pipes to help pull the atmo into the HP turbo. The bolts are the correct size, pitch and length to not bottom out. Pry/rock the turbos and push together while using the bolts as a little persuasion if you need to help align. This will also help clock the turbos. Anti seize is your friend put it on the bolts to pull the turbos. [ATTACH=full]104502[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]104503[/ATTACH] There will be a little gap between the housings so just make sure the center drain holes line up with the block/drain tube. [ATTACH=full]104504[/ATTACH] Start to pull the turbos down with the clamps. Use a mirror to see if the oil drain holes line up. If not I loosened the copper drain tube and pried with little force to allow the HP turbo to drop in place. Make sure you do not have any down force on the clamps when trying to move the drain tube. (using my old pic). [ATTACH=full]104505[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]104506[/ATTACH] Now reverse the process to put the engine bay back to the way it was. I used the pry bar to get the down pipe back on by lifting under the tab and using the band clamp as a handle to pull it onto the collar. [ATTACH=full]104507[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]104508[/ATTACH] So to sum it up the method I used was for my assurance that I did not miss any little item that could turn into a problem later. I wanted to make sure I saw everything while I was removing all the supporting clamps, mounts and connections. This is a long though description to achieve what some experienced 6.4 mechanics can do with fewer steps and a shorter time. [B][U]I would encourage a top installer to please use my photos and write up your own, paired down, quicker install.[/U][/B] I would have loved to have a post like that when I decided to turn some wrenches on my 6.4. :blitzed: [/QUOTE]