Helicoil or drill?

#16

The Mig welder sounds like a really good idea- especially because I have one.

Looks like that nub is coming out after all, I have no clue why I failed to think of that myself, cause I just did some rigourous bed repair using the wire and a slide hammer.

Ill see how it goes when i pull the cover in 1.5 weeks

#17

let's see a welder to shrink the race's on a d-6.....been their, through shaft assembly's on Eaton ds404's,....transmission races.....but the #1 use in the field for me......to remove liners in the old 2 stroke jimmie's!...ahhh back when a diesel could smoke and be proud.......

completly unrelated,....lol

#18

Just wondering if anybody noticed my question ...

#19

Zoltan wrote:do I need new gaskets or the old one(s) are reusable?

NAPA NGAMS15345, $7

Yes, you have to replace it.

#20

yes, always replace gaskets

its never worth it to skim out here

#21

you guys make me feel like less of a moron than i really am.

just glad that im not the only one that brakes bolts and whatnot

#22

after oil wrote:you guys make me feel like less of a moron than i really am. just glad that im not the only one that brakes bolts and whatnot

Nah! It happens to everybody. Last Saturday I removed the head on a low-mileage one-owner '87 Civic I bought last fall with a siezed cam (oil restrictor orifice feeding the head plugs up with crud). Anyways, one of the exhaust manifold studs broke off right at the edge of the head for no good reason (probably a fatigue failure due to slight side-loading of the stud). The nuts had no corrosion on them and all of the nuts came off the studs just fine, except that one which brought the rest of the stud with it. Fortunately, the head is scrap since I have another good one ready to put on so I don't have to deal with it. But I never expected it to happen on this car as everything was so clean and corrosion free.

It's that 'wild card' factor that makes wrenching so darn unpredictable. One broken-off bolt can turn a simple two-hour job into a grueling two-week fiasco faster than you can say 'snap'.

#23

Thank you Al, I thought I'd ask, because it takes days to get this kind of stuff here in HI. Also, on my escort diesel, the exhaust manifold gasket is made of 1/16" metal so it can be reused without any problems

Of course, NAPA doesn't have it in stock so I'll have to have it shipped.

#24

redmondjp wrote:It's that 'wild card' factor that makes wrenching so darn unpredictable. One broken-off bolt can turn a simple two-hour job into a grueling two-week fiasco faster than you can say 'snap'.

Man, that's the truth. It seems like just getting something disassembled is 3/4 of the battle with the stuff that I work on.

#25

Zoltan wrote:on my escort diesel, the exhaust manifold gasket is made of 1/16" metal so it can be reused without any problems.

One nice thing about NAPA is that they rarely explicitly tack on the shipping; it comes in their "normal" shipment, unless you have to have it faster, in which case my NAPA UPS's it in, and I pay the shipping in that case.

Just to be clear: it's a single gasket that seals both the intake and exhaust ports/manifolds.

#26

and napa cuts you 10% if your a mechanic, or go there so much ull get the deal

#27

Don't forget your AARP discount!

And most also give a discount for being a AAA member.

#28

OH YEA!!!!!!!!

I gotta try the AARP discount

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