haha yeah i feel you on that. someone will loose a finger (probably me) when they go to change the engine.... i dropped a razor blade between the engine block and exhaust manifold.... dohhhhh ! i was so done with the car at that point that i just said **** it, and started putting everyhting back together -heath

 

All you had to do was do a little search man...

https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...5&postcount=12

 

Hmm... I never removed the rats nest to do the vac lines.
Maybe I've been working on cars to long and my fingers can get in there gumby style.
Of course I also went simplfied...

EDIT: I just had to remove the coil pack rack and then I could get to everything.

 

I used a 1/4" drive ratchet with a phillips screwdriver bit in it. Those screws came right out with no problem.

 

I also had a bitch of a time trying to get those two screws out.Needless to say when i put the rats nest back in those two screws were left out.You dont really need them anyways.

 

I'm too lazy to read the whole thing to see if anyone mentioned it but I got them out first time. I sprayed them down with WD-40 and let them sit for a while....Mainly because I read that everyone was having a bitch of a time getting them loose.

Then I used a ratchet with a screwdriver head and applied as much pressure as I could in that funky angle and then they broke loose.

 

I know what you mean, I got so sick of it that I just left it out... I' going back in to put in block-off plates and replace the bolt.

~Kris

 

No, but I have plotted the untimely demise of a certain few Japanese engineers... good thing for them they're a long plane ride away.

 

Suicide?? ...never. Murder? ..all the time

 

haha thanks everyone

Mahjik: i searched for my boost problem and posted, no one was too helpful, so i pretty much took the hands on approach and realized that my charge control solenoid was probably bad.

 

i have wanted to beat my car with the tools in my hand before..but had to refrain

 

its a little tedious getting the rats nest screws back in but after some time of positioning and jiggling... you'll get them...

 

oh, and i find one of the sucky part is getting the harnesses plugged back into the solenoids.. crafty hands yes crafty!

 

Soak it in liquid wrench or WD-40. Use a 1/4 rachet drive with a #2 phillips screw driver head. Literally stand over the engine and while pushing the rachet towards the front of the car firmly, loosen the screws. I had all but one come off that way. The last one came off with a needle nose vise grip. I had to replace that screw cuz it was chewed up.

Putting them back in was much harder. Lining up the holes were a bear!

 

If it's just the charge control solenoid, you can access that one without removing the entire rack. Once you have the coils removed, it's right there. Since it's near the middle of the rack, it's one of the easier ones to remove while the rack is still installed on the car.

 

When you finally do get the thing out, buy some socket head cap screws (allen wrench type) and replace all of them. That way it doesn't happen again.

Dave

 

I think these screws were right about the part that I decided to go ahead and rip the whole thing apart and go with custom turbos...

 

grind them off