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Old 06-16-2015, 11:11 PM   #1
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If that is a coil - then that should be a torx screw!
Sometimes an allen wrench will undo a stripped torx screw.
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Old 06-16-2015, 11:44 PM   #2
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Drill the head off, pull the coil off and then there should be no pressure on the screw to come out with your mole grips.
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Old 06-17-2015, 02:29 AM   #3
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Cut a slot into with a Dremel and use a regular screwdriver turned with vice grips.
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If that is a coil - then that should be a torx screw!
Sometimes an allen wrench will undo a stripped torx screw.
It should be an Allen/hex, not Torx.

An Irwin (or equivalent) bolt extractor should also work for that. Then replace the bolt when reinstalling the coil.
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Old 06-17-2015, 05:28 AM   #5
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Looks like you have decent contact on there with the vice grips... How torqued down are those screws? If you can get a 1/4 of a turn on there and break the tension, rinse and repeat that step one or two more times, you might be able to then simply back it out by hand. I had a similar situation with a cam-shaft position sensor on my BMW a few years back and the aforementioned process did the trick.

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