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Originally Posted by ThosDoran
Chicago: How were those 5 hex bolts? pretty tough? or did they ease right out? I've read horror stories about the starter hex and I'll be sure to clean them out really well to get a good seat with the wrench but I've never had much luck getting rusted bolts free.
Can you guys think of any reason not to replace the old hex bolts with regular hex head bolts?
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On my car the hex bolts were tight but not too bad because there is no rust..... It's a California car. I agree that the starter bolts are bad, on my car they were an absolute PITA! For your car since you are up north, I would PB Blaster it for a few days and let it soak good. You should spray the bolts and the mating surface of the block and housing.
I don't see a problem with replacing the hex bolt with ones with a different head.
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Originally Posted by SW
One thing to note is that there is a sort of a trapazoidal plate at the bottom back side of the housing. This is where the turbo oil feed line is installed. It was not leaking at the time, but I decided to replace it while I had the housing out.
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Good point, I also change mine while the housing was off.
EDIT: I meant to say I changed the gasket of the plate while the housing was off.