TB removal and then some!!!

[Roadster]

Originally Posted by secondchance

If you are talking about coolant elbow attached to the plenum, you can grab it lightly with adjustable wrench and twist it back and forth until it pulls off. Hole can be plugged with metal press on cap. I think it was 3/8" cap. Check the hole diameter. May have been 1/4".

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Thank you again Yun, your tip worked great. I ended up ordering the 1/4" cap, could have went with the 3/8" like you mentioned. I did end up spreading the pins to make it fit, works fine for now...


Ok, put some time into the garage today, even with the heat....made more progress, any progress is good progress....starting to look like a LT5 once again. Things went pretty smooth today, just took my time and got it done...
Some pics...

started by getting the back of the engine hooked up...painted the 2 black screws later. thought I had replacements, but who knows...

pulled out the elbow....and inserted the plug...

needed to bend the pins out to fit, could have gone with slightly larger plug...


coating the coolant pipe gasket with Perfect Seal...

always trying new ways for gasket attachment....lol sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't....