No! Cut the old tubes out. New tubes from vendors are pre-cut into 2 pieces with rubber connectors. Might as well get new gaskets for the frame rail holes while you are at it. Getting those installed around the tubes and staying in the holes was the hardest part. On Sep 29, 2016 3:42 PM, "Dan Kohair" <dkohair@comcast.net> wrote: Restoring pantera and want to run new heater tubes, do I need to cut the tube bracket that holds the old tubes in the to get them out. _______________________________________________ Detomaso Email List is not managed by POCA Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above. Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the list. They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve the archiving of list messages. No! Cut the old tubes out. New tubes from vendors are pre-cut into 2 pieces with rubber connectors. Might as well get new gaskets for the frame rail holes while you are at it. Getting those installed around the tubes and staying in the holes was the hardest part. On Sep 29, 2016 3:42 PM, "Dan Kohair" <[1]dkohair@comcast.net> wrote: A A Restoring pantera and want to run new heater tubes, do I need to cut A A the tube bracket that holds the old tubes in the to get them out. _______________________________________________ Detomaso Email List is not managed by POCA Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list [2]DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com [3]http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above. Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the list. They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve the archiving of list messages. References 1. mailto:dkohair@comcast.net 2. mailto:DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com 3. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso