Ok, will do. Thanks for the tip. Rodney. 71 Chevelle El Mirage, AZ
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RMilkiewicz Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 1:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Blown Head Gasket (More bad luck!) Rod, run a tap in each of those bolt holes to clean them out of any crap that may be in there and then blow them out. Don't forget to seal the bolt ends to prevent leaks. Rich ACES #05066 1966 MALIBU ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Blown Head Gasket (More bad luck!) > Woops, I just re-read that. The bolt DID break, it just didn't snap > in 2 inside the head. When I pulled it out though I could see where > it broke. > > Rodney. > 71 Chevelle > El Mirage, AZ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rodney. > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Blown Head Gasket (More bad luck!) > > > Well, I got the heads back from the machine shop. Got out there > yesterday to put everything back together. I got the passenger side > on and torqued down. Went to do the driver's side and my > brother-in-law was out there helping me. He was torquing one of the > bolts and thought "hmm, this seems like a lot of pressure and it's not > clicking. I better test on another bolt." So he starts torquing the > next bolt in sequence and the wrench clicked as it should, so he tried > the previous bolt again and for whatever reason the bolt broke. I > think we got lucky though because the bolt didn't break and we were > able to back it all the way out. Of course this happened at 5 p.m. > yesterday right when the Chevy dealership closes, so I'll have to wait > until Monday now to do any more. Grrrr! > > On a side note, the gas stations around here are running out of gas. > I only found 1 gas station open last night on my 15 mile drive home > and they wanted $2.39 for super. Couldn't believe it... The suburban > I'm borrowing now takes unleaded, but it's a gas hog, so I don't think > I'm saving much $$ in that respect. > > > Rodney. > 71 Chevelle > El Mirage, AZ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chevelle-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://chevelles.net/mailman/listinfo/chevelle-list_chevelles.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chevelle-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://chevelles.net/mailman/listinfo/chevelle-list_chevelles.net _______________________________________________ Chevelle-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://chevelles.net/mailman/listinfo/chevelle-list_chevelles.net _______________________________________________ Chevelle-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://chevelles.net/mailman/listinfo/chevelle-list_chevelles.net
