Posted by RedMF40 on March 04, 2021 at 18:56:03 from (172.58.189.85):
Thought I'd change out the plugs on my 2007 Honda Fit. This used to be my niece's car, but she moved overseas and I bought it from her. Not a "sweetheart deal," let me tell ya.
I plan to change the coil packs as well, soon as the parts arrive. But I have the plugs now. Getting a misfire and since it's cheap to do the work myself and just buy parts, that's what I'm doing.
Famous last words.
Two of the little 10 MM bolts twisted off. The ones that hold the coil packs in place. One bolt for each coil. I had PB-blasted them, let them sit overnight, and gave them a tap tap tap with a hammer before starting in on them. The ones I was able to get to, that is. The ones that I couldn't get a hammer to are the ones that broke. Kind of interesting.
So the question of the day: How important are those bolts? The coil packs are firmly seated on the plugs, sit nice and snug. Yes, I'd like to be rolling down the road with all the parts the car came with, but that's not realistic right now. To get at those broken off bolts requires a lot of disassembly, trying to free up space between the firewall and the cylinder head, and I don't see any of that happening in the near future or possibly forever.
Some images going through my mind: JB weld, Super Glue, Duct Tape, (fill in your home-grown repair here).
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