Little help please
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Little help please I could use a little help. I am changing my spark plugs, got the drivers side done, no problem. I am working on getting the coil rail off the passanger side and you guessed it, I can't get anything on that last bolt. I can feel it. I can even see the top of it from just the right angle, but my deep socket hits one of what looks like a coolant line going through the firewall, and I can't seem to get a wrench on it. The next thing I am going to try is tying a string to the 10mm wrench in case I drop it :-) . I have all the plug wires on the passanger side off the coil packs except #8 .
So my Q's are:
what do you use to get on that last bolt
are those coolant lines going into the firewall or are they air lines for the ?heater that I can just take off for clearance?
Any other magic tricks?
Thanks!
So my Q's are:
what do you use to get on that last bolt
are those coolant lines going into the firewall or are they air lines for the ?heater that I can just take off for clearance?
Any other magic tricks?
Thanks!
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From: Kent WA
#6 was the biggest problem for me... I got #8 from the bottom in just a couple of minutes. No need to move the coil pack rail for that.
Oh and if you do want to get that last coil pack bolt, use a 10mm ratcheting gear wrench with a flex-head. Works like a charm... and when you do finally get that bolt off, don't put it back on.
Oh and if you do want to get that last coil pack bolt, use a 10mm ratcheting gear wrench with a flex-head. Works like a charm... and when you do finally get that bolt off, don't put it back on.
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Shouldn't be too difficult for ya... the '98s are impossible to do because of the location of the cats, but the '00s-'02s should be fine. When I did mine, my arm slid in right next to the cat... and my arm is by no means rail thin as I weigh 225lbs.
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All done. And I didn't put it back on.
What I've learned:
It can be done
Gear wrench is your friend for that back coil pack rail bolt
put the 6&8 plug wires on the coil pack first, slide the pack rail in, then put 6&8 wires on the plugs <--------- Really makes life easier
Don't over torque coil pack rail bolts..... I didn't put the back one in, and I snapped off the front one...oops 3 bolts should be good :-)
Other than that, keep at it.
What I've learned:
It can be done
Gear wrench is your friend for that back coil pack rail bolt
put the 6&8 plug wires on the coil pack first, slide the pack rail in, then put 6&8 wires on the plugs <--------- Really makes life easier
Don't over torque coil pack rail bolts..... I didn't put the back one in, and I snapped off the front one...oops 3 bolts should be good :-)
Other than that, keep at it.
Originally Posted by rushman
All done. And I didn't put it back on.
What I've learned:
It can be done
Gear wrench is your friend for that back coil pack rail bolt
put the 6&8 plug wires on the coil pack first, slide the pack rail in, then put 6&8 wires on the plugs <--------- Really makes life easier
Don't over torque coil pack rail bolts..... I didn't put the back one in, and I snapped off the front one...oops 3 bolts should be good :-)
Other than that, keep at it.
What I've learned:
It can be done
Gear wrench is your friend for that back coil pack rail bolt
put the 6&8 plug wires on the coil pack first, slide the pack rail in, then put 6&8 wires on the plugs <--------- Really makes life easier
Don't over torque coil pack rail bolts..... I didn't put the back one in, and I snapped off the front one...oops 3 bolts should be good :-)
Other than that, keep at it.
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