so im trying to take off the solenoid rack to change the vacuum hoses. but the screws on the back toward the firewall are stuck and dont budge and on top of that they were lightly stripped when i first tried to take them off so now they're worse im upset cause i cant get them off ive soaked them in pb blaster but nothing seems to do the trick. does anyone have an idea on how i could take them off please and thanks.

 

Pull the entire rack out. Its too much work to try to get the screws out in the car.

 

i thought removing the whole rack involved removing these screws?

im trying to remove the whole thing i hear its much easier.

also if thats not how,

whats the way to take it all out?

 

No. You will have to pull the coils, disconnect the fuel lines, and oil filler neck but its not that bad. The rack is held to the motor with 12mm head bolts. Should be 4 of them and they bolt directly to the rotor housings. I take the whole thing out and do the vacuum hoses on a workbench. I can do it in the vehicle too but don't enjoy bending over it for that long as my back is wacked from martial arts.

 

Remove the solenoid rack from the engine its the best option. If the rear screws become too stripped for the screwdriver I used a vise grips to clamp the screw heads and turned them out.

 

Thats another option. I can usually break those loose with a small pair of vice grips. The right way to do it is with an impact screwdriver but there is no way to get at the back ones with the rack in the car.

 

+1 what he said ^

 

 

alright guys thanks illl see what i can do.

 

That is awsome, where did you get that from? I have been looking for one for a while now..How much was it?

 

I resorted to cutting a deep notch in the screws with a dremel, then using a large flathead bit attached to a 3/8" socket wrench to break the screws loose. Lots of PB Blaster also.

 

You can get the impact screwdrivers at Home Depot.

Still isn't worth a **** to remove the rear screws because there isn't room for it.

Pull the whole rack.

 

Oh I know that, I was just looking for that for other things to use it on....

 

update: so i just pulled that bitch out last night. and i can tell someone tried pulling it out before but failed miserably. cause there's bolts missing and one of the 3 bolts that connect the rats nest is broken and is still stuck in the rotor housing. and they're not all socket screws they're Philips so im going to go to the hardware store and purchase some replacement bolts and such don know how and if im going to replace that 3rd bolt thats stuck on the housing but an interesting tid bit the first solenoid that connects to the green connector is totally fucked so i need to get a replacement one. it was just floating around and heres a pic hehe.

 

When i took the coils off to remove my rats nest, I found the same problem. One of the 3 main bolts that hold the rack on to the motor was broken off. It seemed that is was sturdy enough so i am not going to worry about it. I wonder if it is a common problem? The other two bolts came out fairly easy. Can you tell me which one of the bolts was broken (location). I cant remember which one of mine was broken. I will check soon.

John

 

it was this one.

 

Get rid of the rats nest and go non-seq