Shanghai-S install, can't reach a nut in mani!
 

I've been patient, but I'm pretty damn close to getting the BEGi parts installed (save for diy ic, ms, wb02)!
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It's in the middle, it's 14 mm. I can't get a box end in there without stripping it. How do you guys running the same mani torque this :crx::crx::crx:?!

I tried harder and I got it...sorry folks.

closed end wrench works just fine...

Sheer force of will.

Hey, I got one just like that!

make it 3 ont he ground down wrench.

make it 4....

<---:noob: I have no idea what you just said hustler, but I'll listen.

Make it 5.

6
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There all better :giggle:

Lol, thanks guys :facepalm:. I see guys saying they finish in 12 hours or so and I'm already on my third day! It's not a race, but w/ summer school hw, work etc, I was really hoping to finish yesterday, oh well.

I found that the Sears Craftsman "Speed Wrench" in 14mm fits great.

Tried:
14mm Kobalt
14mm Pittsburg
14mm Snap-On
14mm generic thing from neighbor...
None of these fit worth a damn!

Was gonna grind one down and then found that the Craftsman Pro speed wrench thingie worked well.

Good luck with the install... I just did that step to my car yesterday too. (For the 40th friggin time, that is.) I hate car accidents!

3rd day? I'm almost a month in, lol. But yeah, I can't really work on it that much, maybe 30 minutes or so every other night or on weekends.
I am also at the point of grounding down a wrench, so add me in.

i used a regular wrench that i cut in half and grinded.

am I the only one that just simply used an offset box wrench?

http://greatnecksaw.com/images/produ...eview/DB5C.jpg

Bro, I'm in over a year so far. Please don't fell bad about a few days,lol.

My ETD manifold has that nut missing and works just fine, actually done it on two cars now...no problems.

When doing Tyson's we couldn't fit a box wrench between the stud and mani. An open end wrench was the only way.
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sucks for you!

Nope. My craftsman offset worked perfect for it. The wrench is probably 15-20 years old, so maybe that has something to do with it. Maybe cheaper materials required them to make it a little thicker.

I'll just put us in the smarter than the rest category :P

i know this is a bit old but will reply to it for any one installing a begi kit since it has the same manifold (assuming you didnt buy the tube manifold). You have to tighten all the inaccessible bolts little by little all at the same time. The manifold is made so it has the most space for a wrench closest to the flange. In other words if you cant tighten all the nuts all the way by hand you will need to pull the manifold outwards and then spin the wrench

I used a bicycle sheet metal wrench to get that nut snug and then used an open wrench to tightened it hard.

Im gonna have to borrow yours in a few weeks ;)

Thank God i had motor pulled off so it was lot easier this way :)

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took me about 15 hours to do my first turbo install. same setup on chapman's car took us close to 2 weeks i believe but we also did ecu and got baked. my first turbo removal took just under 5 hours.

ive used one as well. i did my install at friends shop and he had one of those in his private collection of antique tools.

This is what we use.
Stephanie

Interesting solution from the DESIGNER of the manifold, why fix the problem properly when you can leave your customers in the dark to build their own kludge.

All the BS about properly engineered blah blah blah, and this is what we get?

There is no BS. 90% of the people out there use regular tools. It is not that the manifold is designed improperly, it is that one nut/stud is really hard to reach. And would be so with any manifold. A customer showed Tim a set of tools like it. He liked them so much better than a normal wrench, that he made his own instead of buying one.
Stephanie

I was able to use a regular wrench when I had the FM manifold. My days of wrenching on my 300ZXs taught me a lot about using tools by feel.

My Absurdflow FM/Begi replacement manifold has enough clearance that that nut was a non-issue.

Thanks for bumping an old thread :(. It was a matter of getting familiar with the engine and not the tools, my fault. Although an offset wrench would help for one of two of the manifold/turbo nuts. I've had the manifold/turbo off 4-5 times since his thread and it's pretty routine by now.

I can't see what the big deal is. I just had Chuck Norris stare at the nut, and it promptly threaded itself into position.

LOL! Winner!