I was just taking my intake off for the first time (603) and I happened to ruin one of those hex bolts with my snap on ball hex socket fitting. I can't get any sort of torque on it now. I was able to successfully loosen all of the other hex bolts. What should I do about the ruined bolt!? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Would anyone suggest JB welding a metal rod of some sort to the bolt and then cranking it off in the morning? Where can I find a replacement bolt of this sort?

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Pending location use a set of vise grips and grab by the head of the bolt. An other option is use a ball end allen wrench one size larger and hammer it in.

Will you have a little bit of the bolt to grab onto if you take the manifold off?

Danny

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BTDT on the lower #5 runner bolt of the SDL. I ground off the head and removed the remaining stud with vice grips.

Sixto
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My neighbor and I teamed up and managed to remove the bolt without breaking anything nearby. I got my intake off for the first time ever and it is FILLED with gunk. I'm having it hot tanked tomorrow for five bucks at the indy.

One thing was a little bit odd.

I looked into the cylinders once the intake was off, and 4 out of the 6 had wet, black gunk in them (caked on the sides; chunky, but not restricting). However, the two other cylinders (#1 and #2) contained less chunky black stuff. The gunk was evenly distrubted. It also looked pretty dry. Is this some sort of indication?

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