Bit of an emergency question here...

Mazdabater · 11-25-2010, 10:38 PM

Handskills? Did you try the vacum cleaner idea of mine? I got a part of a zip tie out of mine by that.

Pete_89T2 · 11-25-2010, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Mazdabater

Handskills? Did you try the vacum cleaner idea of mine? I got a part of a zip tie out of mine by that.

+1... I suggested a shop vac many posts ago as well. I can vouch for the fact it works - saved my a$$ in a similar situation - dropped one of the fuel rail bolts in the LIM once and the shop vac sucked it right up.

sv51macross · 11-26-2010, 11:31 AM

I got it out! I had to remove both 5/6 port actuators and then the LIM but I got it out!

Very lucky I was. The runner had 'chuted' the washer so it traveled at the port horizontally. The port necked down enough that the washer wedged horizontally in the port, so it never actually entered the block.

Whew!

So now I just have to reassemble the lower intake tract, finish replacing the oil injection lines, pressure test the fuel system, and reassemble the whole shebang.

Peace, and thanks for the support!

11-26-2010, 11:31 AM	#3
sv51macross Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 47 Rep Power: 0	I got it out! I had to remove both 5/6 port actuators and then the LIM but I got it out! Very lucky I was. The runner had 'chuted' the washer so it traveled at the port horizontally. The port necked down enough that the washer wedged horizontally in the port, so it never actually entered the block. Whew! So now I just have to reassemble the lower intake tract, finish replacing the oil injection lines, pressure test the fuel system, and reassemble the whole shebang. Peace, and thanks for the support! __________________ 1990 Mazda RX-7 NA; Lucy, after the main antagonist from Elfin Lied. Eventual plans? Something cyberpunk and spicy.

11-25-2010, 10:38 PM	#1
Mazdabater FC3S Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Townsville, QLD, AUS Posts: 326 Rep Power: 16	Handskills? Did you try the vacum cleaner idea of mine? I got a part of a zip tie out of mine by that.