Stuck Positive Terminal Bolt
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Stuck Positive Terminal Bolt
Hey guys and girls,
Today, I decided to install my Blackbird Lighting Solutions headlight and HID kit, which went pretty well, for the most part.
It looks amazing! Worlds apart from when I bought the car.
But, I have to take out the housing...
I had everything hooked up, and just needed to hook up the positive and ground wires, hook up the battery and be done. My problem is that I can't get the bolt holding the positive terminal on the fuse box off. I've been hitting it with PB blaster and tried tapping it, and turning it anyway I can to break up rust, but just didn't have any luck.
I don't want to break anything, and unfortunately I'm already pretty close to doing so
I couldn't get either of the bolts loose, the smaller one is starting to round out, and the bracket it's attached to is already creaked.
I tried connecting it to the positive terminal on the battery itself, but the rubber boot won't be fully seated if I do. I'm guessing that's to keep out moisture, so I don't want to anything to compromise that.
I also tried connecting it to the battery above the boot, but I couldn't even get the bolt back in the boot like that. Once again, I didn't want to force anything.
Sorry if the pictures are out of order or anything. I still don't really know how to post pictures from the app. Any suggestions?
Today, I decided to install my Blackbird Lighting Solutions headlight and HID kit, which went pretty well, for the most part.
It looks amazing! Worlds apart from when I bought the car.
But, I have to take out the housing...
I had everything hooked up, and just needed to hook up the positive and ground wires, hook up the battery and be done. My problem is that I can't get the bolt holding the positive terminal on the fuse box off. I've been hitting it with PB blaster and tried tapping it, and turning it anyway I can to break up rust, but just didn't have any luck.
I don't want to break anything, and unfortunately I'm already pretty close to doing so
I couldn't get either of the bolts loose, the smaller one is starting to round out, and the bracket it's attached to is already creaked.
I tried connecting it to the positive terminal on the battery itself, but the rubber boot won't be fully seated if I do. I'm guessing that's to keep out moisture, so I don't want to anything to compromise that.
I also tried connecting it to the battery above the boot, but I couldn't even get the bolt back in the boot like that. Once again, I didn't want to force anything.
Sorry if the pictures are out of order or anything. I still don't really know how to post pictures from the app. Any suggestions?