TB and valve cover gasket change questions.
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I will try and snag a better picture. Would it be an indented hex bit (either 6 or 8 mm) as opposed to the 10 mm bolt that I keep reading about? One way or the other, I'm pretty sure that pipe to the turbo needs to get out of my way...
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What I'm looking at there is the sway bar on the right, the two on the left are the ac lines I think, and the bar running horizontally is the turbo pipe in question. At least, as far as I can tell. The bolts I'm looking at are recessed hex bolts maybe 10 inches behind the pipes.
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You may have to bend a metal bracket that carries some wires. Just gently bend it out of the way enough to reach your hand in there. There isn't much room to use a wrench so it can take a while to get the bolt out.
The locking pin should go in at least this far
I was able to put it in by hand. When it's in this far, the crankshaft will not budge in the slightest.
The locking pin should go in at least this far
I was able to put it in by hand. When it's in this far, the crankshaft will not budge in the slightest.
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I'm determined to find this today. The good news though is that I'm definitely looking in the right place. I can't imagine that it would be a foot or 2 more towards the rear. At this point, I think it's just a matter of my vision being blocked by that pipe.
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I wouldn't remove any pipes until you know exactly what they are, especially in that area near the AC compressor.
There was a thread recently where a guy was having trouble finding this same plug that you're looking for...luckily he posted a pic of what he thought was it - it was part of the AC compressor, and he could have been injured if he'd removed it.
There was a thread recently where a guy was having trouble finding this same plug that you're looking for...luckily he posted a pic of what he thought was it - it was part of the AC compressor, and he could have been injured if he'd removed it.
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I wouldn't remove any pipes until you know exactly what they are, especially in that area near the AC compressor.
There was a thread recently where a guy was having trouble finding this same plug that you're looking for...luckily he posted a pic of what he thought was it - it was part of the AC compressor, and he could have been injured if he'd removed it.
There was a thread recently where a guy was having trouble finding this same plug that you're looking for...luckily he posted a pic of what he thought was it - it was part of the AC compressor, and he could have been injured if he'd removed it.
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I'm pretty sure that it's a little further towards the back than I was initially thinking. I've taken a picture of what I think might be it, but I wanted to check before doing anything (I don't want to do anything unnecessary in the Texas heat).
Anyways, this is a little further back, and excuse the close up nature of the picture. I've circled what I think might be the right bolt. On the bottom of the picture looks like 2 electrical connections being held together on the metal clamp in the lower right (and with a twist tie out of the picture). I'm assuming that if this is what I'm looking for, I can just remove the metal clamp holding these connectors in place and hopefully scoot them aside.
Does that sound right? Again, thanks for the help.
Anyways, this is a little further back, and excuse the close up nature of the picture. I've circled what I think might be the right bolt. On the bottom of the picture looks like 2 electrical connections being held together on the metal clamp in the lower right (and with a twist tie out of the picture). I'm assuming that if this is what I'm looking for, I can just remove the metal clamp holding these connectors in place and hopefully scoot them aside.
Does that sound right? Again, thanks for the help.