So....
Last night. Stripped throttle body (the original fitted in the factory, a replacement is currently on the car, the plan being to return to original to the car, once cleaned up as/better than new)
Soaked in various oven cleaners etc and spent a long time with the brillo pads! Also soaked screws in penetrating fluid before removing.
Before...
As you see - when a screw comes out ok. Using the proper tool, with patience, without even the slightest bruising...
And when a screw comes out, using the proper tool, with patience, and the thing just gets completely stuffed in spite of all your care - and you end up fuming mad at yourself.
Managed to Dremel a slot in it, and get it out eventually. Times two. Yep -
two of them just got chewed to hell.
And after all that fighting.... one of the screws sheared!
That's how tight in it was!
All dissasembled...
And I don't have any 'after' pics yet. It's still all in bits, and I don't have it as clean as I'd like. So on the hunt for two screws if anyone can help? Also a replacement throttle body adjuster screw, too
In other news I had the door mirror smashed off my daily driver Turbo Weasel, and the rear wing has a healthy ding in it, both done during the night. So, this proves with a bit of hard graft, elbow grease and time... you can have two buggered screws and a damaged car.