opti tool
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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.
Or you can just use the TB plate screw with a vice grips on the non-threaded portion.
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From: warminster
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
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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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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Verdad Gallardo 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.
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.
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.
