Does the screw/bolt on top of the fuel filter turn in the opposite direction as regular nuts and bolts? or is it the usual righty tighty, lefty loosey?

 

 

I haven't found any bolts or anything to be reverse threaded yet.

 

Power steering pulley nut and FD carrier bolts are reverse thread.

 

edit IN VTEC beat me


[Modified by Tweakmeister, 9:21 PM 1/18/2003]

 

cool. for some reason I thought they were reverse threaded.

either way I cant get the bitch off its too ****** cold(3 degrees outside ) to keep trying, she'll have to wait til tomorrow.

 

Put the open end on it and use a 5lb short-handle sledgehammer to knock it loose.

A regular hammer will work too...just put couple layers of tape over it to deadblow it and hammer away at the open-end. Gotta put a little more oomph into, but as long as the open-end is seated properly, it won't wreck anything.

 

haha i hope you arent serious. i got a gauge on top of the filter so i gotta use a open end wrench...and i was basically bending the whole bracket the filter sits in just by using my huge muscles

 

How about securing the bracket back on the firewall first? Then you can go apeshit on it with your huge muskles.

Nevermind I said that....it probably is.

Using a hammer with the wrench is kinda like using an impact on it. It'll put a lot of force on it in a shorter interval of time.


BTW, I ordered some new screws and stuff for the console. Should be here next week.


[Modified by IN VTEC, 9:52 PM 1/18/2003]

 

the bracket is made out of recycled tinfoil. i could weld it on and it would still get mangled. no big deal, ill figure it out

 

the real trick is to get the bottom bolt off...

that thing is really jammed on there.

 

buy line wrenches. very very simple. rtw, you have my #, call if you need any help.