Bad Coil

[jolinc01]

Did my 1st repair job on the LS today. Took me around 3 hours with a buddy to replace the spark plugs and coil #7. Everything went perfect until I torqued down the last bolt on the valve cover. Must have been weak b/c the head snapped right off. So now I have to figure out how to fix it, beside tapping it. Any ideas?

 

[beaups]

you could try one of those reverse thread stud/screw extractors sears sells. they work pretty good. Are you talking about the actual valve cover bolts or or just the little (7mm IIRC) bolts on the coil covers?

 

[jolinc01]

yeah the 7mm on the coil cover

 

[mholhut]

Why bother replacing it? Just leave it, the other bolts should hold the COP cover just fine. I've lost several after my numerous coil changes and I purposly left off the lower one's towards the firewall which are always a PITA to get to. You should be fine without it... just make sure the gasket is in good shape.

 

[dooneybaby]

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[mholhut]

Gee, you're selling COP cover bolts too?

Can't get enough of that bad COP pimpin'!