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06-20-2005, 09:01 PM | #1 |
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Help! Wedged wrench into the car doing spark plugs
I was doing the driver side rear spark plug after doing the two on the other side. Not too hard i thought.
Well, i managed to wedge the wrench into the engine trying to adjust the direction wrench and now i have a friend's saws-all here... What can i do? Taking the sawzall with metal cutting blade to the stainless steel socket wrench barely does anything...
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06-20-2005, 09:08 PM | #2 |
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Pull the motor mount nuts off and pry the motor over with a prybar.
Cripes! A sawzall?? |
06-20-2005, 09:50 PM | #3 |
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you can't just muscle things around and get it loose? undo the motor mounts (and maybe the pitch stop) and have one of you move the engine while the other tries to get the wrench out - a saws-all is really not the way to go...
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06-20-2005, 10:31 PM | #4 |
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.....uuummm....W 0 W........pry the engine over a bit....do NOT pry on the cam covers!!!!!!!
...sawsall |
06-20-2005, 11:08 PM | #5 |
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What are we? A bunch of parrots?
BRaahh! PRy the motor over.... BRah! |
06-20-2005, 11:54 PM | #6 |
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What the ****??
How the hell did you get a wrench stuck in there??? |
06-21-2005, 01:34 AM | #7 |
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thanks for the advice guys, i undid the motor mounts and "wrenched" it free.
Now i just need to find the missing coil pack screw, gaddamn, spent 5 straight hours doing this project... the first two spark plugs were so damn easy too :tear: |
06-21-2005, 07:47 AM | #8 |
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You could have used a cutting torch.
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06-21-2005, 08:56 AM | #9 |
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Get a different mechanic that doesn't drink much.
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06-21-2005, 04:40 PM | #10 |
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+1 for the sawsall then use the torch to cut the broken blade out. Post Pics when done. Never mind, I'm a sicko that still laughs at the free cat sign.
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06-21-2005, 05:16 PM | #11 |
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Now the hole for where the screw was is all messed up, and i can't secure my coil pack in place.
I just want to cry. |
06-21-2005, 06:31 PM | #12 |
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Man.....I feel for ya.....sounds like ya need a tap for that hole....or somethign like that.....If Uncle was closer, he'd makee-makee all fixie-fixie for ya
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06-21-2005, 10:27 PM | #13 |
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Bought a $5 tap, and tapped about a quarter of the thread, and then got the bolt in.
Wow... just wow. That spark plug change couldn't have had more mess ups if i had tried. |
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.....well....ya know what NOT to do, now....right |
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