Putting heads back on
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Putting heads back on
How many people have had problems with the lower 3 middle head bolts on the driver side. I cant get the damn things past the headers to get them in their holes not matter how I try, and my headers are stuck on the y-pipe pretty damn good.
Also what did yall use to clean the bolt holes, i spraye dthem wilt compressed air, clean them with paper towel dremeled the bolt and used that and theyre still wet !!!
Also what did yall use to clean the bolt holes, i spraye dthem wilt compressed air, clean them with paper towel dremeled the bolt and used that and theyre still wet !!!
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you have to unbolt the headers from the y pipe and drop the driver header down. Although on my buddies car the header was a bitch to drop in/out so we just kind of moved it around depending on which bolt we were on. If your collecter is welded to the y pipe your probably gonna have to take a sawzall to it and get it re-welded.
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Originally Posted by PREDATOR-Z
And be patient
Thanks for the help, I cant get those bolts in no matter how hard I try, weird thing is, I got the old ones out with the headers there ?!?!?!?
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For the water, roll a paper towel up like a HUGE cigarette. Get it as tight as possible. It will work, it just takes time. (I just did mine today :o )
I ended up shop vac'ing the holes. Then I used the paper towels. Then I used the 'thread chaser' (dremel delight). Then I used more paper towels. Then I used the dremeled bolt again. It took forever, but it worked.
I ended up shop vac'ing the holes. Then I used the paper towels. Then I used the 'thread chaser' (dremel delight). Then I used more paper towels. Then I used the dremeled bolt again. It took forever, but it worked.
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Yeah i got it done, everything back togehter, pretty much completely done, then when I went to put in Spark plug #8 I found out the threads in the head for that one were all F*cked up. So now the driver head is back off and I get to clean out the locktite again and call patriot tommorow for some new head bolts.
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Originally Posted by Bill Bowling
Did you get them in?
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