I did the same on my 1990 rx7. I took the biggest pipe-wrench i could lay my hands on, and used tons of penetrating oil. It came right out. (after about 2 hours). Sudhir On 8/10/07, Tom Rowsell <tom@geoexploits.com> wrote: > Ok I might as well advertise my stupidity to the list: While removing the 8 > exhaust bolts from the heads, I was only successful in extracting 7. I > twisted the last one off...got too confident/aggressive I guess. So, I'm up > on blocks with no exhaust, and about 1/2" of bolt sticking out of the > exhaust port. It's the upper one on the front, drivers side. I'm hesitant to > do much else, lest I break off the last bit. I'll probably get it towed to > someone competent, but would like to hear from some "advisors" :) > > Thanks > Tom > http://tomrowsell.com > |
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