Finally got the firewall bushing in, what a fuching pain!! |
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Finally got the firewall bushing in, what a fuching pain!! |
biosurfer1 |
Feb 19 2007, 01:38 PM
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Teener fo Life! Group: Members Posts: 3,020 Joined: 3-August 03 From: Roseville, CA Member No.: 977 Region Association: Northern California |
and all it took was:
2 trips to home depot $9 in a makeshift pressing tool 1 heat gun 1 hammer 4 hours of cursing First, after reading through all of the posts, I tried the boiling technique. I boiled it for 5 minutes, and at best, I would say it softened it up very very little. I tried a heat gun, and got the same results. I finally went to home depot and tried to figure out some sort of tool to help. I got a piece of all thread, 2 washers and 2 nuts in hopes of pressing it into place. AFter 6 tries, I got it to stay in, used the heat gun to "soften" it as much as possible and hammered it in. It FINALLY popped into place, and I called it a day even though it was the only thing I got done! after it cools down, i'll check to make sure the linkage bar goes in (dont know what I'll do if it doesnt (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) ) If I never have to put another one of these damn things in, it will be too soon!!! ok, rant done |
type4org |
Feb 19 2007, 02:19 PM
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You need PLAID! Group: Members Posts: 231 Joined: 13-June 06 From: Oldenburg (Oldb), Germany Member No.: 6,212 |
I think I got lucky, I pushed it in around the circumference as much as I could and used a large flat-bladed screwdriver to force it in at the point where it stuck out the most. Took me a couple minutes, not more. It wasn't the most elegant way to get it in there, that's for sure. The car was up on a hoist as well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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