beaker

about to try the socket.

Sales: ive been told about that extractor socket or whatever. problem is that i dont have anywhere near me that sells snapon. all ive got is sears and auto parts stores

also. i couldnt have tightened it too tight. i just turn till i felt a little bit of resistance.

EDIT: 5/8 didnt fit. dammit. keep coming with the suggestions. been without a car since monday so ive got some good **** ill post if i can get this thing working

Tom-Guy

EZ-out and an extension, problem solved in four seconds.

salesmonkey

thats probibly what i should of used instead of the screwdriver. i bet that works

ya i also dont have anywhere near me with snap on. i have seen others with them and if i had money i would have them too. lol

1337

I've had a shitty craftsman compression tester stick to the head and i ended up breaking the hose and grabbing a large (19m or so) deep socket and a 3/8th's long extension and tapping(forcing) the socketover fiting and reversing it out. Key is finding the right size socket for that fitting, and not smashing on the extension as the head is made out of aluminum and will damage if you hit it hard enough.

HMT-Admin

this happened to me once. I got a very thin long pair of needle nose plyers and I ------ them open just a little bit, and ------- hammered them down to wedge both prongs onto the adapter, that gave it enough bite then I just backed it out. I was really pissed off, it was a cheap harbor frieght unit.

beaker

ran out of day light today. had too much class work due tonight. i think the biggest problem i have now. is im not able to get the the hole in the adapter anymore. the peice that it screws on to is jbwelded. and i tore the nipple out of the hose .

Zeniceguycrx

same ---- hapened to me 3 weeks or so ago. I just took a socket that was just! to small and taped it over the Compress tester the wound it it like a pro

Loserkidwac

Remove valve cover>Cut spark plug tube>JBweld tube tack together


I did this before...but i honestly can't remember what happened when i acctually got it out, I never ripped the hose off though, always remember to put some never-seize on the end of the tester before you put it in there to prevent this from happening

beaker

this actually was on my mind. i was just hoping that the tube would somehow unscrew from the head or something. ill definatly keep this in mind. its seems itll be easier for me right now than taking the head off

Tom-Guy

EZ out, son, EZ out. There is no way in hell it *can't* work. The adapter is tightened in the head to the tune of 15 ft/lbs, nothing, you just can't get any grip on it by the ***** means you've tried so far.