i was removing the manual fuel pump and putting on a block off plate, while removing the plastic the rod goes in it broke off i was wandering if anybody had any ideas about how to get it out. it broke off down inside the metal piece inside the engine. can not get ahold of it with neddle nose plyers. was thinking about trying to run a tap down into it and try to pull it out that way or maybe an easyout any suggestions would be gladly taken thanks in advance

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turn upside down and shake!!!

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new to the buggy world so any help would be great

try to thread something down in it. lag bolt or something similar to pull it out.

Leave it alone. If it is that tight that it broke off, it's not going to go anywhere now.

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Buy the best and cry once.

A slidehammer style dent puller with a screw in the end of it works well if the screw will reach whats left of the plastic. Drill a 1/8" hole in the edge of it, screw in the dent puller and yank, if you really want it out. But it wont hurt nothing sittin in there, like Roy said.

Larry

I agree with Roy. Thats what I've always done.

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When in doubt, hit it in second gear!

I'm leaning towards leaving it in. You could weld a tap to a piece of rod and thread it all the way down so the slide hammer can push it up from the bottom. Downside is any pieces that go to the bottom better be small enough to get under the sump pick up. Unbolting the sump in an assembled engine is very slow going.

i had this happen and just left it in there it ground up havnt had no problems i was trying the same thing to get it out but dave told me otherwise

I learned to try not to twist them when pulling them out. I broke one trying to twist it out and I just left the broken piece in there and put the cover on.

This is what one looks like when its new and not broke.

it came out on it's own. left it in there over night got up the next morning and it was gone pulled it out about a hundred piece of it out of the oil screen glad it's not my engine. put oil in it three times and drained and changed the filter. and cleaned the sreen till we quit finding pieces of it

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