Had this happen 2 me today on the passenger side how do u fit a drill in there to use an extractor or do I have to Yank the motor
I'll let you know tomorrow night. I've been oiling mine down for a day now, I've got some good spray that actually eats rust. I'm going to try a Dremel and making a slot then using a low profile screwdriver or a right angle screw driver to back out the rest of the broken bolt. I may put the rest of the bolt through a few heat, spray oil cycles to break up as much rust as possible. Heat, then cold from the spray oil, then heat again 3-5 times, works pretty good on most stuff. I often use a heat gun instead of a flame, it usually works as well as the torch does and easier to control.
I've been looking and trying to see what will hit first if try to pull the motor down a little (ratchet strap?) and my son came up with the idea to jack up only the passengers side frame rail a little (actually a pretty good idea I was surprised LOL).
The expansion bulb on my A/C line looks to be the first thing to hit if the motor is tilted down anymore. If down doesn't work maybe I'll try up, I have a big floor jack. It is going to be tight and iffy.
I may just pull the motor, it isn't that big a deal, I have a decent engine hoist. But it is a pain and the chances of screwing something up is fairly high.
I have a right angel attachment for a hand drill and small Matika battery powered drill. A good sharp drill bit (maybe cut down and shortened). Slow speed and lots of oil works well. The battery drills are nice because you can control the torque better and have less chance of snapping a drill bit. I have a set of easy outs, but I'm not a big fan of them and have had poor results. I'm pretty good at sharpening my own drill bits, I've had lots of practice.
I've had better results using progressively larger drill bits until I just skin the threads and use punches and needle nose pliers to work the left overs out of the hole.
I'm going to give it a shot before I pull the motor, I have my doubts about the top bolt though. My guess is knowing when to stop, before you FUBAR it, then take the motor out and do it right.
Hope for the best and plan for the worst.