i'm in currently in the middle of replacing all the vacuum hoses with viton tubing, and i'm working on the rat's nest. even though i'm being as careful as i can be, i've still managed to break the nipples off of a couple of the solenoids in the rat's nest. where can i get replacements?

if it matters, i've got a block-off plate kit from gotham racing in the mail, so i'll be getting rid of the aws and egr...

thanks in advance

 

Post a wanted in the 3rd gen parts for sale section.

 

Does the blockoff plate kit come with resistors?

 

You can get them from the for sale section pretty easily. Or you can get them from Ray Crowe @ Malloy. They run like $50 each from Ray, and you can find them for about 10-15 a piece used...

 

I have an extra rat's nest with everything still on it.

 

ive got a good tip to not break no nipples,,,,i used a sharp craft tool and cut each hose longways down the nipple < then twist the hose,,,every one of mine came of easily this way.

 

are you willing to part out a few solenoids?

i was being very careful, but they still broke. some of them are baked so much that they're extremely difficult to cut, just the pressure of my x-acto knife came close to breaking one of them. thanks for the advice, though.

 

Putting flame on the rubber helps as well - softens it up. It IS tricky, though.

BTW, all the main solenoids are the same. Some have little filters - the filters just pop off and can be moved to the correct spot. So, you don't need specific solenoids, just any will do fine. There are a few "special" solenoids, like the purge control solenoid and the turbo control solenoids, but they look quite different.

Dale

 

are any of the solenoids in the rat's nest part of either the aws or egr systems? if so, i could just trade them out, or not worry if they're the ones that are broken.

btw dale, the check valves are awesome so far, great fit and the ol' blow-test shows they work very very well.

 

[QUOTE=telum01]are you willing to part out a few solenoids?

I do not mind. I will not be using them 'cause I'm going single turbo.

 

[QUOTE=chinaman]pm'd you

 

www.rotormafia.com

This guy has a way to fix the "oops" situation regarding broken solenoid nipples.

Hope this helps.

 

http://www.rotormafia.com/solenoidfix/

here's a more specific linky

 

Yes, the EGR has one solenoid in the rats nest. So you can expect to have one fewer, or leave a broken one in its place to stop the ECU from throwing a code.

Dave

 

thanks for the link, do you know exactly they used for "glue" ? and what's the easiest way to get that piping width/size?

luckily, one of the solenoids was the double throttle control, which i'm blocking off and getting rid of. and i'm also eliminating the egr, so i can swap that over. but i still need a couple more!

thanks all