Mine broke right at the base, where it screws into the TB. I did however
find the origional hold down, so it's on there now... Gave me cold sweats
thinkin about part of that bolt gettin sucked in the motor
____________________________________________
Jon Smith-Raleigh,NC-http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jdsmith4
'95 318 auto CC 4x4: Accel Supercoil, JBA headers,
dual glasspack, 14x3 FABM, F&B Stage I TB, !EGR,
MSD 8.5's, self-moded intake, 180 degree thermo,
ASP crank pulley, 16" Hayden elec. fan, MP SBEC,
BEST: 0-60 in 6.3 & 1/4mi 15.4@88.95
207.2 RWHP, 276.2 RW ft/lbs
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: DML: air hat holddown bolts
>
>
> On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Jon Smith wrote:
>
> > Popped the hood to find the air cleaner sitting on the firewall, broken
> > S-bolt.. can't find my stock assembly which I'd rather use now.. does
any
> > of the TB guys sell a hardened S-bolt? damn glad it stayed in 2 peices
> > instead of feeding one to the motor... *shiver shiver*
>
>
> Wow, this is pretty weird! At the Toronto meet yesterday, I popped
> my hood in the parking lot to discover my 14" FABM hanging back by the
> firewall, held in place mostly by the relocated IAT sensor in the base!
> Most of the S-bolt was hanging from the lid, the rest is buried in the
> F&B Stage II TB. Fortunately, I've got my stock bracket and a spare
> TB. You might just want to go to the hardware store and un-bend a
> threaded U-bolt or something for a temporary solution. I too am glad
> it didn't get fed to the engine; with the single plane M1, there isn't
> much to block the path to the intake ports! I have heard of another
person
> on the DML whose K&N s-bolt broke into a few pieces, some of which *did*
> get ingested by the engine and caused some severe damage. (I'm also glad
> nothing went forward, into the pullies or fan!) Mine snapped inside the
> hole in the TB; where did yours break?
>
> I'm planning to stop by the machine shop tomorrow to see if they
> can recommend a material better suited to this task. Hopefully they
> will be able to create something much stronger, but which will also
> be easy to adapt for different heights. If so, and if anyone else is
> interested, I can have a bunch made up; otherwise I'll just have one
> made for myself.
>
>
>
> -Jon-
>
> .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu ----------------------------------------.
> | Jon Steiger * AOPA, DoD, EAA, MP Race Team, NMA, SPA, USUA * RP-SEL |
> | '96 Dodge Dakota V8, '96 Suzuki Intruder 1400, '96 Kolb FireFly 447 |
> `--------------------------- http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ---'
>
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:19:36 EDT