If I can tune it well enough, then yeah!!!<BR><BR><B><I>robert sedani <r.sedani@comcast.net></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">hi rick<BR>does this mean we are going to see you at the all chevy show sunday (with<BR>your car) bob s.<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Rick MacDonald" <RICKM@SMITHPRINT.COM><BR>To: <BSC-LIST@CORVAIR.ORG><BR>Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:16 AM<BR>Subject: BSCC- Stripped threads on father's day!<BR><BR><BR>> Well, I had hoped to "finally" tune the Corvair's engine into perfection<BR>> after installing some throttle shaft seals, but when I went to bolt the<BR>> carbs back down..."POING"..the gut-wrenching sound/feel of a carb stud<BR>> pulling straight out of the cylinder head.<BR>><BR>> I tried to clean it up and drive the stud deeper, into what good threads<BR>> remained at the bottom, even with loc-tite, but it all just pulled
out<BR>again<BR>> in one solid piece.<BR>><BR>> I ended up going to Autozone for a Helicoil kit. It came with a special<BR>tap<BR>> (WAY better than the Job-Lot one I had) and a thread insert matching the<BR>> pulled stud. You just drill (an EXACT sized hole for the insert) and tap<BR>new<BR>> threads for it. The insert screwed right in, nice and straight, the stud<BR>> screwed right down into that, and I was back in business!!<BR>><BR>> Now I just have to get it running nicely. Easier said than done for some<BR>> reason!<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Rick MacDonald<BR>> The Smith Print, Inc.<BR>> 90 Longwater Drive<BR>> Norwell, MA 02061<BR>> 781-878-5555 tel<BR>> 781-878-2040 fax<BR>> rickm@smithprint.com<BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> This message was sent by the BSC-list mailing list, all copyrights are the<BR>property<BR>> of the writer, please attribute
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