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Yep, it sure does. Thanks for the advice. One thing, I can see the remaining thread to the left of the hole I drilled. The right side of the hole I drilled is perfectly in line with the gaskets hole and the waterpump's. I check this by taking some paint and putting it on the end of the 6mm bolt and placing it in the waterpump's hole, I had bolted up the pump without the gasket to the block. When I removed the pump I found the paint stained only on the left side of the hole. I then put on the new gasket from Volvo and sighted it, and it lined up okay on the right, but had metal on the left. Since the metal on the left is of a different color than the block's and is jagged I suspect its the remainant of the bolt? I'm going to try a round X-acto file first and see if I can easily reduce the remaining metal to the left side of the drill hole. If it's stubborn I think I'll breakdown and buy a new Dremel tool -- my old one has gone missing. So with the Dremel I'll play dentist removing the cavity (bolt remainant) from the tooth (the hole in the block). After removing the remaining metal some locals advise that I try a thread renewer on the hole? Well if they're not too expensive from the Snap-on truck I get a 6.0 m x 1.0 and give it a try. Otherwise, I've already bought the 8.0m x 1.0 from a local jobber for $4.00, and have gotten the cutting oil from a local heating and a/c jobber. All I have to do is get the tool to hold the tape and a larger bolt from my neighborhood NAPA store which has a set of bolts and nuts leftover from when they were an independent and slap it in there.
I've already got loctite, both red and blue. Which one is called for in this calamity?
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