Broken Head Bolt :o(

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 09/02/2017 at 20:07 • Filed to: None

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I set out to re-torque the head bolts on Rusty today and got to the corner where the coolant leaked out when I started him and discovered that the head bolt was broken. It seemed to me that the torque was very uneven on the ten bolts I loosened before re-torquing them. My Original Old Guy friend in Nashville — who has been building engines and specializing in these GM straight-sixes for fifty years — wants me to go after the remainder of the bolt with a lefthanded drill bit and a fluted bolt extractor. Amazon-dot-com, here I come...

That’s the head of a head bolt almost completely hidden by sludge.

And, OOPS!

I’ll report more later, but

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/02/2017 at 21:02

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i feel your pain

Shoop > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/02/2017 at 21:25

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Don’t cheap out on the drill!

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/02/2017 at 23:05

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I didn’t think it got that hot where you are. Ever.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/02/2017 at 23:41

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D’oh!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Shoop 09/03/2017 at 01:21

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Not if I can help it.