Hmmmmm... The S bolt goes into the bracket mounting hole (that's the need for
the S shape to center the bolt under the air hat or can top). Originally, I
just took out the stock air hat rod and replaced it with a longer threaded rod.
I used two nuts and washers to hold the rod onto the bracket so nothing could
fall off and go down the throttle body.
As I remember the hard part was separating the air hat rod from the bracket and
not getting the bracket off the throttle body... Did you let the engine cool
completely before you tried to remove the bracket?? The TB gets wicked hot and
retains the heat for quite awhile as I recall. I'd let the engine cool
overnight before I gave it a try again... I think the TB is made out of
aluminum, so be careful!
Tom
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: DML: Questions:V6 FABM/FIPK
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
Date: 3/2/99 8:39 AM
yea, but did you have any problems taking the original bolt out?? do
you thread it into where the little bracket is mounted?? because that
is the bolt i tried taking and putting a longer bolt in, but it didn't
work very good...... i was going to try cutting out the original bolt
out of the plate holding it in and try and slide another bolt in there
with a few washers and nuts......
i'm sure i could make the s-bolt, but i'm just having problems taking
the old stuff out....
thanks for the help though....
mike k
94 v6, slt, 2wd, stuff....
>
>To make my S bolt, I bought a length of unthreaded 1/4" steel rod...
cut off
>the length I wanted... bent it up in a vise... then threaded the ends
with a
>simple threading tool. That way I didn't have to worry about fatiguing
and
>breaking a threaded piece when I bent it up and I had plenty of spare
rod left
>over in case I messed up my first try... It was easy to do... Even I
got it
>right the first time. I think it cost me like $5 to do.
>
>T.
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>Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
>Date: 3/2/99 6:02 AM
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>
>yea i was not very happy.... 8 bucks in parts, and 104 in labor......
>the thing is i broke that little bracket that holds the air cleaner
bolt
>right off. so i needed to drill another hole, which i didn't really
>want to do myself..... my dad said they put lock tight in that
hole??
>is this true?? what is the way that everybody else does this??? i
>would like to make a S-bolt and use that, but i don't want to break
>another bolt off.... any advice???
>
>mike k
>94 cc, v6, 2wd, stuff....
>>
>> $112?!?!???!?? Ouch! :-( (Did you go back to the dealer?) The
air
>>can hat hold-down bolt is just a carridge bolt which can be had for
>less
>>than $1 at any hardware store. One way to lengthen the bolt is to
>replace
>>that carridge bolt with a longer one from a hardware store, or bend
>>up a piece of threaded rod into a sort of "S" shape. Either method
>>can be done for under 5 bucks easy...
>>
>> -Jon-
>>
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