Ok I feel like an idiot right now but I cannot, for the life of me, get the lower inboard airbox screw to catch. Anyone have any tips?
A flexible screwdriver (one with a spring instead of a solid shaft) with 1/4" square end on it so I can put the proper torx socket on the end for that very screw is on my shopping list. Tough screw to get at for sure.
This looks interesting. 3/8" and 1/4" flexible socket extensions. http://www.amazon.com/Anytime-Tools-Flexible-Extension-Mechanic/dp/B00129IG7W/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hi_3 Not exactly what I was looking for, but a solution none the less.
I replaced the factory torx screw with a philips head screw and that one catches much easier. Probably because i have better leverage on a long handled screwdriver than on a torx bit on a swivel shaft. Or leave that screw out. If the other two screws are up tight, it there really that much chance of dust entering through that side of the cover? Happy to hear opinions on that.
hahah well i stumbled ass backwards in to a solution. Some how the little female clip that the screw goes into dissapeared itself. Probably fell in between my radiator and evap canister during my multiple removals of the airbox cover in an attmept to figure out why it would not catch. So I pulled a clip from elsewhere and bam that bitch of a screw hooked up right away, go figure. Easy peezy lemon squeezy. Now to begin the search for a replacement clip....cant be THAT difficult to find (those are always famous last words)
Mine are Allen too. I'm glad you caught this when you did...I had the exact same problem when I checked my air filter last. The little bugger of a clip was missing... I borrowed one from my side panel under my seat and added a nylon lock nut there for now. I wish the air filter panel had something like these instead.
The clips you're looking for are Tinnerman nuts. They may be available at a local hardware store, but they are used a lot in the aircraft industry -- another possible source.
