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Broken ignition coil bolt
While changing my spark plugs I cross threaded the passenger side front ignition coil bolt. It broke off just above flush. How screwed am I?
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Pain in the ass but not horribly screwed.
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No space for that
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Yeah definitely cant get that in there, I'm afraid they are going to have to pull the motor....so I'm probably looking at 1k to repair?
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$1100 to fix. That's for pulling the motor, replacing the valve cover because they couldn't get the bolt out and 2 new spark plug seals (whatever those are). I told them to just check everything at this point since the motor is out and I'm in this deep
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Clutch and TOB were replaced <20k miles ago so I should be good. I'm having them check the pulleys because my engine is really chirpy on start up.
I also have a pretty unstable idle, it is all over the place from 500 to 1k , should i have them do that too? |
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Is there enough sticking out to get vice grips on it? My next suggestion is cut a slot in the bolt with a cutting wheel on a Dremel. then get a slotted screwdriver bit in a ratchet. Have someone with a pry bar apply pressure to the ratchet head while you try to unscrew the bolt. Wouldn't hurt to soak it with a penetrating oil as well. The next step normally would be to drill out the bolt and put a helicoil in. You could try doing it with a right angle drill and stubby bits but I doubt it would be possible without lowering the motor. just curious, does the coil have to have a bolt on it? could you wedge something between the frame and the coil to hold it in place? |
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