I cant catch a break...
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I cant catch a break... Im cleaning the coolant out of my head bolt holes so I can put on my 317s. I was using the paper towel technique on ls1howto because compressed air wasnt working for me. Heres the deal, I pull out the paper towel and chunk of it is stuck in the hole. I tried getting it with a screwdriver and even chop sticks and I cant get the ******* thing. Its soaking wet so it makes it that much harder.
I think Im going to light this thing on fire and just collect the insurance money on it.
I think Im going to light this thing on fire and just collect the insurance money on it.
hmm.....burn the paper towel not the engine...LOL then take your air to it to blow out the ashes...... also you said it was the coolant line? why not flush it with water or something until it dissolves out...
good luck
good luck
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Im thinking of fire but its in the head bolt hole so theres not much oxygen lol. Im thinking of bending the tip of a flat head so its like a hook or something. The water isnt a bad idea but Im not sure how well paper towel dissolves.
Just take a few minutes and step away from the car and come back later, trust me we have all had this major frustration with our cars at one point or another. Next time do it the easy way and take a shop vac to the water pump holes and suck the coolant out of the heads that way. It works like a charm and the heads come off without a drop 
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I do dumb stuff all the time, take carb cleaner, use the plastic straw and get it all the way under the paper towel and down to the bottom of the bolt hole when you spray it the force against the bottom of the hole will push the paper towel and and float it out.
or go to a weld shop and see if theyll give you a TiG rod, a small diameter one preferably stainless, then bend a good small hook on the end. the MiG filler wire .035 or bigger works good too
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I still like the idea of torching it for insurance money lol
Thanks for the suggestions, Ill be trying some **** tomorrow. I dont have a shop vac but I wish i woulda borrowed one now haha
Thanks for the suggestions, Ill be trying some **** tomorrow. I dont have a shop vac but I wish i woulda borrowed one now haha
walk away let it dry up some then take you a small but long peace of vac line zip tie it to the end of you air. run the vac line to the bottom of the hole and spay the air it will come out
