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Old 06-30-09, 12:04 PM
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Lightbulb removing vaccum bird nest

any easy ways to take off the nest or push it to the side to get to injectors

need to install my 850cc primary injectors and fuel pressure regulator

any recommendations for mounting position for fuel pressure regulator SARD with gauge


this is how far i got
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sideways picture FTL

I remember the primarys being pretty hard to get to. the rats nest is only held in by 3 bolts but it is a lot of wires and hoses.
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there is no other easy way other than removing it completely. You can go ahead and replace all your lines with silicone while its out
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^^^^^ from the shininess of the hoses I'd assume they're silicone or viton already.

Yeah there no easy way through. Enjoy.
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damn i all ready went trough that when i upgraded to silicone lines...

i guess i got to do it the hard way
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You don't need to remove it, although it makes it a LOT easier. Take out the coils, then undo the bolts that hold the rack down to the engine. Once those are undone, the rack will be loose and you'll be able to pull the rack a few inches out of the way.
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That'll be enough space to pull the primary injectors and access the secondary fuel rail to remove the stock FPR and install the Sard adaptor? I can't imagine trying to pull that off without everything out of the way.
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is it comon/better to just take out the rats nest and replace the coolant/fuel lines with rubber or steel ones?
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Originally Posted by Prophet7000
That'll be enough space to pull the primary injectors and access the secondary fuel rail to remove the stock FPR and install the Sard adaptor? I can't imagine trying to pull that off without everything out of the way.
Sure, I did it when fixing my fuel leak issues:

https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...&postcount=259

Like I mentioned, it makes things easier just to take out the rack completely; but it can be done with the rack just unbolted.
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thanks Mahjik

i didn't wanna get all them vacuum lines loose

coils was what i was looking at

that's what i am going to do tomorrow
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i'm kinda there...finally got the acv out...damn that one bolt. I'm trying to take the whole piece out but now it looks like the hard lines are held behind whatever the top right pulley is. i hate this...lol, how do i get this out
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yea i got some trouble with it to

upper intake manifold is out
i got the alternator out
and coils are moved out of the way

the Phillips head bolts are stuck on both sides

the ones that hold all the line that are coming across

i think one of them is return fuel line

i will post up some PIC tomorrow morning
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instead of taking those out, others say its easier to take the whole fuel rail out...which i can't seem to do either, lol
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Originally Posted by serbRX7
the Phillips head bolts are stuck on both sides
Leave those alone. Undo the bolts that hold the entire rack to the motor. They are under where the coil sit.
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Yea I got bolts under the coil out I just can't get the rack to move up it seems that the lines are holding them down
Taking some pic now I will post them up when I get back

Then u be able to tell me what am doing wrong
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If the fuel lines are still attached, the rack movement will be limited as the fuel lines will not move much while your fuel rails are still bolted in place. Once you have the rack loose, you should be able to get pry it back to get access to the bolts holding down the primary fuel rail. Undo the secondary rail first, then go for the primary.
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here are the pic

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8505/img0196nbv.jpg

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2584/img0197jwz.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8163/img0198ilf.jpg

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going to tray it right now
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Oh, you still have the ACV. You'll have to remove that out of the way.
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O man this is some bad stuff... I was planing going single in future... But I am going to do it now
Don't wanna do this another time even though my twins got about 15k on them
they going on ebay
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