BSCC- Stripped threads on father's day!

[rick macdonald]

If I can tune it well enough, then yeah!!!

robert sedani <r.sedani at comcast.net> wrote:  hi rick
does this mean we are going to see you at the all chevy show sunday (with
your car) bob s.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick MacDonald" 
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Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:16 AM
Subject: BSCC- Stripped threads on father's day!


> Well, I had hoped to "finally" tune the Corvair's engine into perfection
> after installing some throttle shaft seals, but when I went to bolt the
> carbs back down..."POING"..the gut-wrenching sound/feel of a carb stud
> pulling straight out of the cylinder head.
>
> I tried to clean it up and drive the stud deeper, into what good threads
> remained at the bottom, even with loc-tite, but it all just pulled out
again
> in one solid piece.
>
> I ended up going to Autozone for a Helicoil kit. It came with a special
tap
> (WAY better than the Job-Lot one I had) and a thread insert matching the
> pulled stud. You just drill (an EXACT sized hole for the insert) and tap
new
> threads for it. The insert screwed right in, nice and straight, the stud
> screwed right down into that, and I was back in business!!
>
> Now I just have to get it running nicely. Easier said than done for some
> reason!
>
>
>
>
> Rick MacDonald
> The Smith Print, Inc.
> 90 Longwater Drive
> Norwell, MA 02061
> 781-878-5555 tel
> 781-878-2040 fax
> rickm at smithprint.com
>
>
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