HELP! can't get one line off and the other wont go back on.

[95Z71Mike]

Wanted to take my throttlebody off to clean it and change the T gasket under the fuel injector assembly.

Got all the connections and fuel lines off except the dr. side one. Its stripped bad and won't budge. But the 3/4 fitting started moving.

How do you take this off?

And now the pass. side fuel line won't go back in? The threads arent catching.

What do I do?

 

[woody31]

take the nut off the transmission stud that holds the lines in place,slide the bracket off the stud,it will give you more wiggle room,,for the one the one stripped,,can you get a set of vise grips on it??

 

[Mean Green]

X2 take a vise grip after the stripped fitting, just don't collapse it. The line that the threads aren't catching on, just work at some more. The fuel lines can be a PITA to get started into the TBI, you just have to play with it a bit to get the fittings started.

 

[95Z71Mike]

Glad this truck isn't my only vehicle. Its starting to get too cold to work anymore tonight so next time it warms up and I have a chance, I'll try it out.

 

[volunteerff21]

Glad this truck isn't my only vehicle. Its starting to get too cold to work anymore tonight so next time it warms up and I have a chance, I'll try it out.

If you're going to wait a while before working on it again I would recommend soaking that stripped out fitting in PB Blaster or something similar just to try and loosen it up some to give the Vise Grips a fighting chance.

 

[95Z71Mike]

All I have is WD-40 so I sprayed it with that.

 

[woody31]

p b blaster makes wd-40 look like water,,,just saying,,good luck.,..

 

[95Z71Mike]

I'll pick some up tomarrow along with some carb cleaner

 

[6.5-k3500]

Try to start the fuel lines before you bolt the TB down, that's usually what I end up doing and it make things a little easier.

 

[TylerZ281500]

loosen the throttle body itself can help as well as take the dumb bracket holding the fuel lines down off.