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I am wondering why that nut is welded on? If I cut it off, do I have to replace it the same way, welding another? There must be some reason they did that? If the only reason for it is ease of assembly (no need to counter hold) and not some other reason (specific heat or stress point?), then I'll just cut it.
Being a novice at these solutions, how do you cut such a thing?
Last edited by Dan Martinic; 08-30-2017 at 04:57 PM.
ease of installation for manufacture, firstly.
ease of maintenance, secondly.
remember these were on an assembly line and they had to bang them together as quickly as possible, can't have franz dicking around all day because of one hard to reach nut.
I recommend getting a spray bottle and buying a jug of Naptha, "final wipe solvent" is another name, from an auto body shop to clean up around the AOS before taking it off. If you take a look at the engine pics in my thread there were parts almost as dirty as your engine.
Naptha with a spray bottle will rinse 99% of the gunk away. Add in a parts brush or tooth brush spraying at the same time and your engine will end up as clean as mine.
The water pump you see in the pic was gunk from the 1990's. I cleaned it up so I have a good core and to demonstrate how well Naptha works.
I used a sawzall to cut the nut off with the end of the bolt in it. It was stuck and I couldn't get enough torque on it to crack it loose with the tools I could actually get onto the bolt head.
I recommend getting a spray bottle and buying a jug of Naptha, "final wipe solvent" is another name, from an auto body shop to clean up around the AOS before taking it off.
Thank you for this tip; I was wondering how I'm going to clean all that!
In your linked thread photos, I see you've plugged the dipstick hole with a cool plug. Because of all the open holes, I fear any sort of cleaning. Have to find those plugs!
I used a sawzall to cut the nut off with the end of the bolt in it. It was stuck and I couldn't get enough torque on it to crack it loose with the tools I could actually get onto the bolt head.
Sawzall! Of course! Would you believe I don't have one? But, I should be able to find
I can send you a bucket full.......We have 3 giant bins of them at work. We get new ones in every day with product
Originally Posted by martinicd
Thank you for this tip; I was wondering how I'm going to clean all that!
In your linked thread photos, I see you've plugged the dipstick hole with a cool plug. Because of all the open holes, I fear any sort of cleaning. Have to find those plugs!
I'd pull the cross-over off and drill that out. Do it right. I would worry about making a mess of everything with a Sawzall. If you really want to cut off the nut (and leave the world with one fewer factory cross-over pipes) I'd use a Dremel with EZ404-01 cut-off wheel and just cut through the tack welds. The dremel will give you a level of control you won't get with a Sawzall...
08-30-2017, 04:34 PM
Best approach to remove this bolt?
