[DeTomaso] Busted engine mount bolts

[John Bentley (jab)]

I used to do this a thousand years ago working at Midas muffler in High
School.  In Detroit (salt capital of the world) the exhaust studs would
always freeze-up, rust, and break off when doing exhaust work on stock
cast iron manifolds.  This trick of heating up the bolt til its red-hot
and blasting away with your trusty torch is not 100%.  You WILL blow
some metal away, but there is always that chance of getting some
manifold.  I don't think I would try this on a block.  At least not my
block! :)

JB



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of cengles at cox.net
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 2:25 PM
To: John Maffeo
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: Re: [DeTomaso] Busted engine mount bolts

Dear John and Thomas,

      This approach has all the virtues of Hollywood: explosive gases,
high tech, and molten metal.  Clearly, it to appeals to many people
suffering from damnable broken bolts and even more damnable broken
easy-outs,*but* it can't be done with the engine in place, can it?  
      I like the molten metal part....

          *Warmest* regards, Chuck Engles


> 
> From: John Maffeo <johnmaffeo1 at yahoo.com>
> Date: 2006/03/06 Mon PM 04:48:32 EST
> To: Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom at Hax.SE>,  detomaso at realbig.com, 
> 	diiulio at ix.netcom.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Busted engine mount bolts
> 
> This happened to me too. Take a welder oxy\acy and heat the broken
bolt. Then burst it with oxy and the melted bolt will cease to exist.
>    
>   good luck.
>    
>   John
> 
> Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom at Hax.SE> wrote:
>   
> > From: "Tom Di Iulio" 
> > To: "Pantera" 
> > Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:30:16 -0700
> > X-ELNK-Trace: 
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> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Busted engine mount bolts
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > Last week Dennis Quella at Pantera Performance Center discovered
that
> > the engine mount bolts on the passenger side of the car were sheared
> > off. I brought the car home, bought the correct size easy-out and
drill
> > bit, drilled the holes into the remaining studs, squirted PB blaster
> > before and after drilling, inserted the easy-out and promptly broke
it
> > off in the hole. 
> > After much cursing, move to the other stud, repeat procedures and
broke
> > off that easy-out also. Now I have 2 sheared off bolts in the engine
> > block, no more room to drill 'cause of the easy-out bits in the
hole,
> > and cannot guess what else to do.
> 
> Tomas Gunnarsson helped me get the stuck drain plugs out of my block.
> 
> He used the MIG and welded nuts to the broken off piece in the block.
The heat 
> from the welding action loosened the bolt part enough so that it was
easy to 
> unscrew the plug using the nut.
> 
> Use largish nut, hold it to the block so that you have access to the
EZ out and 
> bolt through the hole and weld along until to you have filled the
cavity. I bet 
> the bolts come out with little effort using a wrench after that.
> 
> 
> > Any suggestions?
> > Tom Di Iulio
> > 
> 
> Thomas
> 
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