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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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anyone know where i can get a tool to take off the cap from the dist
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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autozone should have the little socket that you need. i believe it is E4 torx
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 03:41 PM
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You can make a tool for a buck or so. A throttle body top plate screw has the right size (E4 torx). Use that as a guide for getting another bolt at a hardware store.

Or you can just use the TB plate screw with a vice grips on the non-threaded portion.

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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 05:43 PM
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alright cool thanks guys. the socket i used was from snap on and it didn't get deep enough into the hole i think and screwed the top part of it up so i need something to get deeper in there....thanks ill try the tb screw for now
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 06:20 PM
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If you want the socket, the exact name you need is a deep thin-walled E4 inverted torx. Also known as a throttle body screw.
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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My Autozone did not have the tool. I removed a throttle body cover screw, locked it my small vicegips (just the tip, so it did not damage the threads), and removed all the screws. No cost, easy to do.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 02:16 AM
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If you want the actual tool you can get it from Pep Boys. I searched everywhere and they were the only ones that had it.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by shbox
You can make a tool for a buck or so. A throttle body top plate screw has the right size (E4 torx). Use that as a guide for getting another bolt at a hardware store.

Or you can just use the TB plate screw with a vice grips on the non-threaded portion.

Thats the photo of my tool. Some of you guys are trying to boil the ocean here.

Just go to any hardware store, get a E4 torx screw, get a wing nut and a jam nut. Spend all of 30 seconds putting it together as shown above. And you have an Opti cap removal tool that cost less than a cheeseburger.

I should auctions these things on Ebay and make a killing.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:41 AM
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I could not remember who originally posted the pic. I would have given you credit if so. I was not claiming it as mine.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:28 AM
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Just go to any hardware store, get a E4 torx screw, get a wing nut and a jam nut. Spend all of 30 seconds putting it together as shown above. And you have an Opti cap removal tool that cost less than a cheeseburger.
This just ain't so. I did go to the local hardware store (Ace), they thought I was speaking Greek.
And BOL on marketing it, we are such orphaned engines that I wish you the best.
Not trying to argue or put you down, but I did just what you said, and it did not work out.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by shbox
I could not remember who originally posted the pic. I would have given you credit if so. I was not claiming it as mine.
You have my permission to use it all you want. Add it to your sight if you like.
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Originally Posted by koolaid_kid
This just ain't so. I did go to the local hardware store (Ace), they thought I was speaking Greek.
And BOL on marketing it, we are such orphaned engines that I wish you the best.
Not trying to argue or put you down, but I did just what you said, and it did not work out.
If your local Ace hardware does not have a run of the mill torx screw. It must be run by a bunch of "Greek" retards that shoulb making fries. I know that here in po' dunk Kentucky, every hardware store on every corner has torx screws. If you cant find any in Indy, you are clearly, respectfully not trying very hard to find one.
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