URGENT!! - Help Needed!!!

[spiderpig37]

drill it out and use some eezi outs would do it you wont be able to to hammer it out as its a captive nut on the bottom
try some mole grips on bit showing through nut on bottom?
bit embarrissing getting aa out for a sheared 8mm bolt:nenau

 

[lacroupade]

Is there an echo in here? :lol

 

[jace]

is the old air filter mount 4 holes or two,if four could you mount the l bracket on tother side and not overtighten it?

 

[lacroupade]

is the old air filter mount 4 holes or two,if four could you mount the l bracket on tother side and not overtighten it?

as far as I know that bracket only fits that way round

 

[spiderpig37]

Is there an echo in here? :lol

sorry but as they say great minds and all that:augie
did same thing when i fitted mine the other day one more turn and snap:doh
was able to unscrew this from the bottom:clap

 

[lacroupade]

sorry but as they say great minds and all that:augie

LMAO i do it all the time mate!

 

[Fez_uk]

bring out mr angle grinder and cut it off.

 

[lacroupade]

In fact I don't know why I didn't think of it before....if you've got a set of mole grips (and you bloody well should!) just clamp the bracket to the plate with them and sort it out when you get your easyout kit....

 

[badger]

you say Kirkby? i am in Selston, if you are stuck i can drill it out for you and put nut and bolt on.
let me know, busy tomorow morning, maybe afternoon, or weekend.

 

[4x4_Gav]

you say Kirkby? i am in Selston, if you are stuck i can drill it out for you and put nut and bolt on.
let me know, busy tomorow morning, maybe afternoon, or weekend.

Thank you for the offer mate, much appreciated.

Took the beast over to the Mrs' dad's last night and he sorted it for me

Just used some grips to remove the bolt and put me a nice shiney new one in.....

Then gave me a lecture about putting foreign / alien air filters on my truck, whats wrong with the stock one blah blah blah rofl!"!"!!

 

[tezzer]

should have redrilled it and saved all the bother. :augie:thumb2

 

[Deleted account DD]

I was back at Halton circa 1971 for a minute LMAO!:thumb2

Renamed Easy-snaps :augie

 

[lacroupade]

Thank you for the offer mate, much appreciated.

Took the beast over to the Mrs' dad's last night and he sorted it for me

Just used some grips to remove the bolt and put me a nice shiney new one in.....

Then gave me a lecture about putting foreign / alien air filters on my truck, whats wrong with the stock one blah blah blah rofl!"!"!!

So, now go buy some mole grips and a tenners worth of easy-outs and put them in your toolbox.

You do have a toolbox don't you? :doh:lol:lol

And tell him the stock one breathes like a blocked lavatory.

 

[badger]

do they make a big diferance?

zip tie it back on, "if you cant mend it with a zip tie, it probably isnt that broken!"

like i said before, if you do get stuck, ony 5 mins away.

 

[lacroupade]

do they make a big diferance?

zip tie it back on, "if you cant mend it with a zip tie, it probably isnt that broken!"

like i said before, if you do get stuck, ony 5 mins away.

well the problem is that without that stabilising bracket the filter head is only held on by the jubilee clip to the air inlet pipe....not that it will fall off but its fairly chunky and puts a lot of load on the plastic adaptor which on earlier ones was prone to a bit of mild cracking under continuous vibration...better not to abuse it.:thumb2

 

[badger]

is power realy up with k+n? what is noise like?
do a lot of miles in mine, and dont want a roar all the time, it will keep me awake!

 

[4x4_Gav]

In terms of engine noise there is hardly any difference on mine, just sounds smoother. The only noise the K+N itself makes is like a whistle / sucking noise that you can hear if you boot it, if you drive sort of economically and whatnot you can hardly hear it. As you can all tell by now I aint no car engine expert but I would certainly recommend a K+N.

Smoother running, defo better fuel consumption and nice sounding!

 

[jace]

when put mine on tdi maverick didnt notice any power increase or any real noise increase just helped lift air filter inlet out of the waters way an inch or two and as my mrs keeps tellingg me a couple of inches extra is better than less lol.