fuck... sheared fuel rail bolt...
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the one further to the back of the engine came out just fine, but the one in the front was VERY difficult and i was terrified i would shear it. MOves it out a little, then back in a little and hit it with PB blaster... repeat.. repeat... almost out.. almost out.. snap... dammit....
got an extractor into it, and it just stalled the couple of drills i was trying to use to extract it... then i tried to drill it and couldn't get a good angle on it, along with not having a very good bit for metal, so drilling it out didn't go well either.
tomorrow i'll try a better drill bit,i suppose. maybe i can just drill it out and tap. who knows, maybe if i heat the aluminum of the manifold where the bolts thread into it'll allow itself to be extracted?
on the plus side, if i put the other bolt back in and tighten it down nice and snug, the fuel rail doesn't really move... zip ties, anyone? ;-)
got an extractor into it, and it just stalled the couple of drills i was trying to use to extract it... then i tried to drill it and couldn't get a good angle on it, along with not having a very good bit for metal, so drilling it out didn't go well either.
tomorrow i'll try a better drill bit,i suppose. maybe i can just drill it out and tap. who knows, maybe if i heat the aluminum of the manifold where the bolts thread into it'll allow itself to be extracted?
on the plus side, if i put the other bolt back in and tighten it down nice and snug, the fuel rail doesn't really move... zip ties, anyone? ;-)
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After heating the surrounding material (and while it is still very hot) stick a piece of paraffin wax against the sheared bolt and let it melt and be drawn into the threads. Repeat once or twice.
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hmm, sounds like it might do something useful. only thing i'm scared of is puttting a torch anywhere near that area, considering i took the fuel injectors out and spilled fuel everywhere... though, by tomorrow around noon, when i get back to working on the car, i imagine it will have evaporated off...
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not a huge deal really, at the worst you'd need a new intake manifold. Though i can't imagine how those bolts got stuck so bad in an aluminum manifold. Either way if you can get it out, just drill and tap it a size up, and it doesn't need to be super tight just snug plus a little. I wouldn't use zip ties on it, just not worth it
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heh, i was, but only because my weekend project will span at least another weekend and i likely burned out my 440's and fused them open...
but, i suppose no turbo install is meant to a.) go smoothly, and b.) only take one weekend.
(read that as, if you got your car boosted and running in a weekend, i don't want to hear about it
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