AHHH Bad night

[D4N]

Ok so on saturday we got the pinto painted and droped it in the escort all good. Was to hot and couldnt be bothered to get it running so left it for the night.

 

So tonight we thought we will get it running. Easy to say that. Went to put the manifold on and the was one stud missing so thought the last one just bolted in. No a stud was snaped inside the head

 

Rang a mate he had a stud, went down in the bm estate. Had abit of a race with a VW golf gti. Got a bit side ways and punctured the tyre! Got a lovley looking space saver wheel on now

 

The stud is snaped about 10mm in so thats going to be a git.

 

Any ideas?

 

o well try aging tomorow

[john_3.0s]

prob a head off job mate, will need drilling out and tapping i expect

[Toby]

10mm left in or 10mm below the surface?

 

If it's 10mm below the surface, put some masking tape over the port and I recon you'll drill it out on the car.

[D4N]

10mm left in or 10mm below the surface?

 

If it's 10mm below the surface, put some masking tape over the port and I recon you'll drill it out on the car.

 

10mm in

 

Its realy hard drilling through a bolt need a low speed drill bit 1st i think

[Toby]

It shouldn't be too hard, A masonary drill will definately go through it but use that as a last resort as it will be more likely to wander off course than a normal drill bit.

 

Use a good quality new drill bit (8.5mm is the tapping size drill) put some lube on it - maybe engine oil - and just drill away!

 

If you know any engineers who can "thin the web" on the drill bit it will cut even easier.

 

Good luck - and remember the doctors Hypocratic oath - First Do No Harm!

[MK2Ed]

That oath is doing it for me...

[D4N]

thanks for the help

 

could of had the bloody thing running yesterday