please help with my exaust manifold

[Chris'91'525i]

i also have pretty straight forward tools and no transportation as im in the middle of a head gasket job....

Looks like a special "obstruction" type wrench is needed.

I had a similar problem when I did a head gasket job on an older Honda Accord. 3 or 4 of the intake manifold nuts were impossible to R&R with the motor in car. This tool worked super, and saved so much time.
You won't be able to torque the nut. But i had no problems.
Some times you have to make do with what you have.....

I made this from a 12mm box wrench and a piece of heavy wire. The 'chute cord prevent it from being lost forever if dropped.
The two notches ground on the end is for tapping it with a dull chisel to loosen the nut on the stud. The wire can replace the string and be used to tighten the nut. There are couple ways to loosen or tighten it with the way I made it.
One of those magnets mounted on an telescoping antenna's is real handy to have too, to hold the nut as you hand tighten the nut , or for picking up dropped parts.

HTH

[mattyb]

Thats fuking brilliant!