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Nooooooooo............ 200 1982

posted by  Don Foster on  Mon May 27 23:42 CST 2002
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No Easy-out and no WD-40.

WD-40 is a "water displacer" and is good for removing tar, starting the charcoal grill, and squeaky cupboard doors. NOTHING MORE. It can barely penetrate a dry paper bag.

Easy-outs are hard and brittle and snap. You'll need to buy diamond bits from Paul S. to grind the broken easy-out. Unless the broken stud is new, I'm afraid you're faced with a rusted-in stud and a drill-'n-tap project.

I faced this in my '82 turbo when I bought it. After removing the turbo, manifold, and pipe, I unbolted the right engine mount and tipped and blocked the engine as far as it would go to the left. I was able to drill the broken stud with a 90-degree adapter on my drill and a SHORT bit. Then I re-tapped to the next larger stud size.

I didn't need to remove the head.

But if you snap the easy-out, you'll be yanking the head and running to the machine shop.
--
Don Foster (near Cape Cod, MA)






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