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Ok so I was removing the intake on my 1990 ford with the 4.9 liter and everything went smoothly until I got the back of the intake there’s some thing that bolts to the back that has metal hard line that goes to it not sure what it is but I broke both bolts off into my intake do you guys have any idea how to get them out
If any of the bolt is sticking out, you could try welding a nut to what is sticking out, and the heat would help break it loose, go slow and use lots of penetrating oil.
If any of the bolt is sticking out, you could try welding a nut to what is sticking out, and the heat would help break it loose, go slow and use lots of penetrating oil.
I might try that I’m just afraid of messing up the mating surface
I agree with Torq. Without a machine shop you would damage the intake drilling out the bolts by hand. Many people will claim they can drill them out which is due to their experience
Weld on a nut, use penetrating oil and alot of heat. Heat a large area on the intake due to it being a big heat sink and you don't want to crack the intake. It takes alot of isolated heat to be effective. Sometimes a few heat and cool cycles will help. I have used this method many times on various broken bolts.
