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To remove the ignition coil on my 97 astro do i have to take off the whole bracket or is there a way to just get the coil off?

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The coil is riveted to the bracket. What you have to do is unbolt the throttle cable bracket the the throttle body and the coil bracket (the throttle cable bracket nut is on top the coil bracket bolt). Get thee throttle cable bracket out of the way and unbolt the coil assembly.
But if you're having an ignition issue there is the ignition module bolted next to the coil on the same bracket. You may want to take off the module and have an Autozone test it.

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Hello: There are two screws one on each end. Remove those two screws, pull it up. The screw heads should be 5.5 mm or 7/32

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