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finish. Just seeing it assured me I had made
the right call when placing my order since
it was clearly built for long-term durabil-
ity while being resistant to weather and
corrosion.REMOVAL PROCESS
When it arrived we stopped everything
that was going on at B&D Welding & Fab
Inc. and immediately got started. Thanks
to an understanding boss, I gathered a few
guys in the shop and only a couple of tools
and climbed under the truck to remove the
existing filter assembly.
It seemed pretty straightforward as
there was only the filter, a gasket and a few
bolts. I made quick work of removing the
nuts surrounding the filter. I was thinking
that was all there was to it so we next
went after the exhaust clamp that held the
back half of the system. We were able to
remove it with some extra effort and after
we had the clamp removed and wrestled
the exhaust rubber mounts from the pins,
in our minds we thought we were ready to
drop it. Wrong.
We spent the next little while working
on trying to separate the filter from the
front half of the exhaust. It didn’t matter
what we tried; nothing seemed to work as
we just couldn’t figure out how to remove
the assembly. At this point I decided it was
time to get a fresh set of eyes to look at it
and after a little while we discovered that
the very top bolt had two nuts on it and
once we got that off and unclamped a
couple of sensor wires, it was finally off. We
tried to remove one of the exhaust sensors
from the filter with “try” being the key word
as again we tried everything we could
think of to remove it. Finally we realized it
wasn’t coming off so we just sent someone
to a nearby parts store to get a new one.INSTALLATION
We applied anti-seize to the new threads
and added the exhaust sensor to the new
filter. I climbed back under the truck and
with some help we installed the new bolts
and gasket on the filter. Getting the old
exhaust clamp back into place turned out to
be a big job as well, but we finally did get it.
Here is a time-saving tip: I would recom-
mend just buying a new exhaust clamp
instead of trying to use the old one because
it will be a lot less work for you overall.
We were able to get this new filter
installed and get my truck back on the road
that same day. It was a pretty straightfor-
ward job that most do-it-yourself types
should be able to handle with a little
patience as well as applying the tips from
what I learned.Bully Dog truly is a pioneer who is
blazing it own trail in the diesel industry and
currently offering a solution that no other
aftermarket company has been able to
offer to this point. It feels good to be riding
around in an emissions-compliant Power
Stroke while still experiencing horsepower
and torque gains over what I had before
with my stock truck. After adding the Perfor-
mance DPF to my Ford, I’d highly recom-
mend other 6.4L owners to do the same. DTPERKS
The stainless V-band clamp that came
with it allows full access to your filter for
cleaning, which means this Performance
DPF will be the last DPF you ever buy.
Plus, with slower soot accumulations and
faster-igniting particulate matter, I’m now
experiencing fewer regens while keeping
consistent power between those regens.
All I ever hear is how the EPA is robbing
trucks of this or that so it’s good that I can
respond back to my friends that I’ve been
able to take back any lost efficiency while
legally adding performance to my 6.4L.Bully Dog
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