<VV> siezed head to block stud update

[Barry Gershenfeld]

At 11:28 AM 9/15/06 -0400, you wrote:
>Well after nearly a week of frustration,the damaged stud is still in the 
>block.

Assuming the stud is toast, you could put a right angle bend in it.  Then 
you have a crank handle to twist with.  I did this on a block I wanted to 
save.  It would take up less space without studs.  The Sears stud gripper 
didn't grip very well.  I got most of them out by "honest" means, but a few 
got the "bend and crank" treatment.  Of course, it's easier to do when you 
don't have all the other studs present.

I saved the studs I didn't wreck (they take up a lot less room after 
removal!)  Sometime later I got a call from a guy in the next town.  They 
have a railroad car with 'vair engine in it.  They needed a stud.  Probably 
thought they'd never find another one.  So I gave 'em one.  (Two, actually, 
just in case).

Barry