As some of you know our main caps on the 3800 are pressed in. I am having trouble getting them back out. My Haynes manual recommends using an adapter plate that bolts to the cap allowing a slide hammer to hook up to it that is available at most parts stores. All of the parts stores I have been to dont have it. Does anyone know where to get one of these specialty tools? Or should I thread the cap bolt holes so I can bolt my own plate to it?
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Re: removing main caps 3800
Got them off last night. I dropped a couple of big bolts into the main cap bolt holes, and c-clamped them together real tight so they wedged themselves in there. I then hooked a slide hammer to the c-clamp and they came out pretty easily.
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Re: removing main caps 3800
Originally posted by techsan23 View PostGot them off last night. I dropped a couple of big bolts into the main cap bolt holes, and c-clamped them together real tight so they wedged themselves in there. I then hooked a slide hammer to the c-clamp and they came out pretty easily.
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