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Re: Installed a CTA intake on my car #301137 07/29/02 11:17 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 669 Smyrna, Tn T tricked96 Member
tricked96 Member T Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 669 Smyrna, Tn	make sure you try a mom and pop hardware store, cause you wont find reverse thread metric in your big box stores like home depot and lowes.....my ace hardware has mroe nuts and bolts than both of those stores and we cant even get left hand metric stuff.....go figure..... -chris- 96 gl: 18" adr reactions, SVT rear bumper & side-skirts, Magnaflow exhaust, CTA Intake, ACCEL coil, 9mm wires, Kenwood, Blaupunkt, Sony Xplod Mobile ES, OBX pedals w/dead pedal, neons, bnmotorsports gauges, autometer monster tach, and ZAINO!

Re: Installed a CTA intake on my car #301138 07/30/02 05:29 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,950 Chitown L LoCo Member
LoCo Member L Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,950 Chitown	Vice grips and WD-40. Have fun the intake makes a world of difference. 2000 Contour Zetec ATX Hector Mods...I got em' "Contour grills, Contour bills, check out the oil my Contour spills." 2.SLO = 17.6 at 80mph My profile

Re: Installed a CTA intake on my car #301139 07/31/02 03:56 AM
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 30 Georgia F Fastzetec2.0 Junior Member
Fastzetec2.0 Junior Member F Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 30 Georgia	go to pep Boys, auto Zone, advanced Auto Parts, SEARS, or another hardware store and look for screw removers (not the flat black ones!!!) they have a square end and have a tapered spiral end that looks sorta like a masonry drill bit. hope this helps, reversed threads are hard to find unless you go to a hardware store thats specialty is fuels.

Re: Installed a CTA intake on my car #301140 08/06/02 01:09 AM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 620 Oakland, CA P Paul Kienitz Member
Paul Kienitz Member P Joined: May 2001 Posts: 620 Oakland, CA	Quote: Originally posted by Pollo_loco69: I couldn't get either one out. I need some help people. Just grab the shaft with a Vise-Grip and unscrew it. It was easy on mine. The best grip would be on the wide spot just below the upper threads. 96 GL Zetec ATX, white with pinstripe, nickname " Sam Smooth " mods so far: CTA intake with homemade heat shield, KVR drilled front rotors & carbon pads w/ 500� fluid planned mods: exhaust (want to keep it quiet), e-ram (awaiting installation), diablo chip involuntary mods: compression increased after head gasket failure

Re: Installed a CTA intake on my car #301141 08/06/02 01:35 AM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 139 Tampa FL A andenthal Member
andenthal Member A Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 139 Tampa FL	Hack-saw. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Watch out for metal shavings, but it takes about 5 minutes. 99 SE Zetec ATX CTA intake ZX2 FMS wires(that don't fit my oddball coil) andenthal@mindspring.com

Re: Installed a CTA intake on my car #301142 08/06/02 01:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 9,178 Orem, UT P Pollo_loco69 OP Moderator
OP Pollo_loco69 Moderator P Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 9,178 Orem, UT	Quote: Originally posted by andenthal: Hack-saw. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Watch out for metal shavings, but it takes about 5 minutes. I was thinking dremel. -Colter My Car

Re: Installed a CTA intake on my car #301143 08/06/02 09:38 AM
Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 199 Chicago,Il,U.S.A. B bk4293 Member
bk4293 Member B Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 199 Chicago,Il,U.S.A.	I took the two nuts tightened them together by going opposite directions on the same stud, then used an open ended wrench on the bottom nut. Took a little muscle power, but it came off. Vise grips kept slipping off on me. BLUE-1999 Contour SE-Zetec-Clear Corner Lights-Nokya 3157 corner bulbs-Kenwood Exelon X815-2-12" Pioneers-4 6x8 3-way pioneers-Cuzo 9006's & 9005's-Glowing Ford Emblem On Decklid-Blue Interior lights-Alarm W/ Remote Starter- Daytime Running Lights-CTA Intake-Winshiel Nozzle Lights-Audi A6 Side Marker Lights-Mesh Grilles (Good Ole Gutter Guard)-Just Added SVT Exaust Thanks For The Idea CEG'ers !!!

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