

| Subject: | Re: still can't pull CIS injectors! |
| From: | Matt Ratto |
| Date: | Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:09:08 -0800 |
Thanks for all the great advice. Next time I'll try either the crow or the vice-grips solution. I'm still trying to figure out what P'Blaster is. But of course, rather than wait for any responses, I went back out and did something else. And, of course, what I did was sorta stupid... I pulled the fuel line off and found a nut that fit the injector thread. Then I put the closed side of a box wrench over the injector and attached it with the nut. Using a small piece of wood as leverage, I pulled with all my might on the box wrench. Lo and behold - #3 came out, snapping the o-ring in half as it did! Cool! (I said, full of hubris.) On to #4, same deal, pull away and I feel it start to give. One more mighty pull, SNAP! and when I get back off the floor (and stop the bleeding) I find... the bottom part of the injector. And you can guess where the rest of it is. So I have a new question - how can I get the broken injector out? I can feel the o-ring now and I'm thinking of taking a chisel to it to try and crack it in half. Then, I could pull the injector out with a pair of needle-nosed pliers. But I'm worried about pieces dropping down. Any more advice? I promise to listen this time... always an adventure... Matt ------------------------------------- Matt Ratto Ph.D. Candidate University of California, San Diego mratto@ucsd.edu http://communication.ucsd.edu/mratto --------------------------------------
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