Well I snapped the connection for the crankcase breather. I thought there was enough left to get an extractor on it but it was almost a flush break. Any ideas to clean out the plastic from the threads or is it possible to work around this connection?

 

if you have a soldering iron, you can melt the plastic in 2-3 spots, and then maybe you pop it out that way. Or use a screw driver and do it like that. It's a pia either way u look at it

 

I think I just jammed a screwdriver in it and turned it. It's amazing how sometimes the little things become such big pains in the ****.

 

This reminds me to swap for a brass nipple.

 

they have a brass version

 

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Originally Posted by Luckyjayb

they have a brass version

At Home Depot or Lowe's > Watts/ A-293

To get the old piece out a very cheap bolt extractor will get it done fast > http://www.harborfreight.com/screw-extractor-set-12-pc-61981.html

 

Yep any auto parts store will carry them as well. They're normally located by the air tool accessories.

 

You can just put some tape over it for now if you need to drive the truck. Just also clamp off the breather on the other side so you don't have a vacuum leak.

Actually, I ended up doing this because I was tired of getting oil in my intake and didn't want to take the valve covers off to replace the oil separator.

Link: Oil Breather Mod

 

Thanks Alex, I needed that just to test something else. Thanks for the link as well since I do see some slight oil in the intake as well.

Does anyone think a tap would clean the threads out?

 

IMHO a tap is a bad idea. Because the plastic is blocking the starter threads, you run the risk of cross threading the original threads with the tap. An internal bolt/screw extractor (SEE POST #6) works very well. Used one many times and it always worked.