BSCC- Stripped threads on father's day!

[David McMillan]

Take it anyway!!!!!!!!!!!

--- rick macdonald <rick4130 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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" 
> To: 
> 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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