with Installation Instructions Owner’sManual Banks PowerPack® System Including: Banks Stinger® System Banks Git-Kit™ Ford 6.8L V-10 Class-A Motorhome THIS MANUAL IS FOR USE WITH SYSTEMS 49140, 49141, 49142, 49143, 49146, 49147, 49160 & 49161 Gale Banks Engineering 546 Duggan Avenue • Azusa, CA 91702 (626) 969-9600 • Fax (626) 334 -1743 Product Information & Sales: (800) 438-7693 Customer Support: (888) 839-5600 Installation Support: (888) 839-2700 bankspower.
General Installation Practices Dear Customer, If you have any questions concerning the installation of your Banks Stinger system, please call our Technical Service Hotline at (888) 839-2700 between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm (PT). If you have any questions relating to shipping or billing, please contact our Customer Service Department at (888) 839-5600. Thank you. 1. For ease of installation of you Banks system, familiarize yourself with the procedure by reading the entire manual before starting work. 2.
Tools Required 1⁄ 4” Table of Contents wrench General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 • 5mm 6 point socket Section 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Torquetube Manifolds •1 • Chisel or hacksaw • Saw or torch • Clean shop towels or rags • Pry bar or channel lock pliers • 1⁄ 4” and 3⁄ 8” drive ratchets with metric sockets and a 1⁄ 4” drive extension Section 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Monster Exhaust Section 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General Assembly Figure 1 See Bill of Materials on page 15 4 96378 v.5.
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Section 1 TORQUETUBE MANIFOLDS For Git-Kit & Stinger installation, proceed to step 24. head. As an alternate method, take the nuts off the studs, and then remove the studs. 1. The vehicle may have a bolted in crossmember between the leveling jacks at the front of the vehicle. This will need to be removed prior to removing the factory exhaust system and reinstalled after the Banks PowerPack system is place. 7.
Figure 2 of the starter once the heat shield is tightened down. See figure 3. 12. On some motorhomes there is a vertical hose fitting on top of the air conditioner compressor. (Skip this step if your motorhome does not have the vertical fitting.) Before installing the right side TorqueTube, bend the hose fitting 1⁄ 4 - 1⁄ 2 inch towards the frame rail using a pry bar. Be careful not to crease or puncture the fitting. This will give clearance for the TorqueTube.
TorqueTube manifold. If necessary, loosen the fitting at the top of the EGR tube to allow the tube to be positioned properly. 16. Make sure the O-ring is on the dipstick tube, and reinstall it into the hole in the engine block. Reattach the dipstick tube bracket to the cylinder head with the new, longer bolt and spacer supplied. Reattach the bracket at the radiator core support with the original hardware and put the dipstick back in. 17.
Section 2 MONSTER EXHAUST 24. Disconnect and remove the 25. Slide a 3" exhaust clamp over the factory tailpipe and muffler from the rear of the factory intermediate pipe. Start from the rear and work forward, prying the pins from the rubber hangers, removing the tailpipe, then the muffler. If the slip joints will not come apart, use a torch to heat the connections until they separate, or cut the pipes apart with a saw or torch, being careful to not cut the outlet portion of the intermediate pipe.
26. Two tailpipe options are available to provide either a right side or left side tailpipe exit. Refer to the installation steps that are appropriate to your installation. Left exit tailpipe: position a 31⁄ 2" clamp over the muffler outlet, and place the Banks Monster tailpipe up over the driveshaft and slide it into the outlet of the muffler. Place the pin hanger on the pipe into the rubber hanger attached to the left side of the frame. Support the pipe level with the vehicle and tighten the clamp.
Section 3 RAM AIR INTAKE 29. Inside the vehicle with the engine Figure 6 cover removed, find the rubber bellows at the inlet of the throttle body. Loosen the clamp attaching the plastic air inlet tube to the bellows, loosen it and pull the plastic air inlet tube out of the rubber bellows. At the front of the vehicle, loosen the clamp that holds the forward end of the air inlet tube to the air filter housing elbow.
31. Unlatch the clamp that holds the two halves of the air filter housing together and remove the original filter. Remove and discard the plastic cover from around the air inlet of the lower housing. Remove the lower housing from the vehicle by unhooking the rubber strap from the mounting brackets and pulling the housing forward so that the feet disengage from the rubber mounting grommets. 32. Install the Banks Ram-Air filter housing in place of the factory housing.
Figure 7 convenient mounting surface such as the gravel pan, grille brackets, etc. as required with #10 x 3⁄ 4" sheet metal screws provided. A combination of cable ties and straps may also be used. 38. Connect the Super-Scoop to the hose connector using the 4" flexible hose provided. The hose may be shortened as needed. Secure the hose with two #64 hose clamps. -END, SECTION 3- 96378 v.5.
Section 4 OTTOMIND INSTALLATION 39. Be certain battery ground cables (ECU) under the dash mounted to the left hand side of the steering column. It will be housed in a black plastic case bolted to the column. Loosen the bolt attaching the electrical connector to the ECU. This will be pointing toward the floor of the coach. printed on the Banks OttoMind label. Pry the plastic cap from the rear of the ECU using a small screwdriver, exposing the printed circuit board edge connector inside.
abrasive square provided. It is very important to clean both sides of the board in order to have a good connection between the ECU and the Banks OttoMind module. It is only necessary to clean the connector fingers. Be careful not to damage any circuit traces on the board further inside the ECU. Reassmeble the ECU case and tighten the screw. 45. Orient the module so that its edges line up with the edges of the ECU case. If the edges do not line up, the module is rotated 180 degrees off.
FIG.#1 COMPONENT 21 (3) CLAMP, Exhaust, 31⁄ 2” HD 22 CLAMP, Exhaust, 3” HD 23 CLAMP, Exhaust, 21⁄ 2” HD 24 (3) HOSE CLAMP, #64 25 HOSE CLAMP, #52 26 (2) CONICAL SEAL, Exhaust Outlet 27 GASKET, TorqueTube 28 GASKET, Catalytic Converter 29 (4) BOLT, 3⁄ 8” 16 x 13⁄ 4” Hex 30 (2) BOLT, 5⁄ 16” 18 x 11⁄ 4” Hex (Right Exit Only) 31 (4) BOLT, 1⁄ 4” 20 x 11⁄ 4” Hex 32 (2) NUT, 5⁄ 16” 18 Nylock (Right Exit Only) 33 (4) NUT, 1⁄ 4” 20 Nylock 34 35 (20) BOLT, 8mm x 1.25 x 30mm 36 BOLT, 6mm x 1.
