Any Suggestions?

[JExpedition07]

have my dash out replacing my temp control Blend door because it was stuck on cold. Got it from Ford for around $34 bucks. Anyway I can't fit my socket set in there with no extension on this back bolt... any ideas?

 

[bobmbx]

Do you have small angled box wrenches?
https://public.snapon.com/R_RRD/Objects_lg/images/XSO1618.jpg

 

[JExpedition07]

I do, thanks for the suggestion but this isn't working either. It's almost impossible to get to. I would pry up and crack the actuator off, if it wasn't attached to plastic. Now I see why Ford charges people $700 to do this job. The "correct way" is supposedly to remove the entire dashboard and controls but I'm not getting involved in that.

 

[Big Brian]

hard to tell, how about a swivel box end wrench
also in a pinch I have taken cheap wrenches and heated them with a torch and bent them to the angle that would fit the particular job

 

[Flexpedition]

Fast Forward to 5:35:

Looks like this is the tool to own.
https://www.craftsman.com/products/...het-universal-max-axess-ratchet?taxon_id=1845

 

[JExpedition07]

Looks like Flexpedition is right, I'm going to run to sears to see if I can get one now then cut the shaft down. Congrats to Fords dumba*s engineers on this one.

 

[J Ski]

have my dash out replacing my temp control Blend door because it was stuck on cold. Got it from Ford for around $34 bucks. Anyway I can't fit my socket set in there with no extension on this back bolt... any ideas?

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Videos are gold

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

I have a set of these in metric and SAE and they help in tight places https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-8-P...VeQ9b2_JLhQ6xoC7FqosQBja-7v_RRRgaAq_xEALw_wcB

 

[JExpedition07]

I have a set of these in metric and SAE and they help in tight places https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-8-P...VeQ9b2_JLhQ6xoC7FqosQBja-7v_RRRgaAq_xEALw_wcB

Andy I love these, unfortunately I have them right on top of my tool bag since I use them all the time... they didn't work either!! I just got back from ten hardware store with the craftsman max access, I had to buy a whole $60 set which sucks.

 

[JExpedition07]

Didn't give up just said that as a motivator lol (what I said and deleted that I gave up). Sometimes if you just walk away for a second and say your done you get recharged. Anyway the $60 set didn't help but this did. Talk about ghetto.

 

[Big Brian]

man you would never make it as a mechanic lol

I still say a swivel box might work but it easy for me I have every tool under the sun from my wrenching days

or maybe a 1/4" socket on a 1/4" breaker bar

you need something with an offset those ratchet box wrenches arent going to do you any good

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

Well I put it back together and gave up, no heat for me this winter. That's what jackets are for. Ford can suck it, that is literally the dumbest thing I have ever seen yet on This vehicle.

What about a pair of Needle nose or long nose pliers? Or 90 degree angle long nose pliers?

 

[Big Brian]

swivel box end wrench.

 

[Big Brian]

1/4" breaker bar

 

[Big Brian]

1/4" socket

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

Or these: https://www.amazon.com/Metric-Offset-Wrench-vanadium-construction/dp/B006HAQW36

 

[JExpedition07]

I have it all out back together they were 8mm and no Brian no desire to be a mechanic lol. All I have are regular sockets, box wrenches so I didn't have anything that would come close.

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

Where there is a will there is a way. If all else fails, you could always cut the heads off with a Dremel tool and then use a pair of pliers to unscrew the shaft.

 

[JExpedition07]

Lol yep... I used my cheapo Home Depot needle nose and a 9mm that i wasn't afraid to lose if it went down in the dash.

 

[Big Brian]

well if nothing else I would pick up a 1/4" breaker bar. Can get you out of a lot of tight spots in the future