Starter bolt hole was messed up on the new 383. No big deal right? Wrong! While tapping, I managed to crack the tap off in the block. Not a good situation at all. Good news to it was the fact that they do indeed make tap removers for this situation. I borrowed one from the machinist/eng builder and it worked out great.

Orignal problem was someone earlier down the line had mangled a thread way up in the hole, so when i went to tap it, it broke the entire thread out :-( Got the taps out and have the helicoil and bit to fix it and she should be as good as new.

No I'm not a rookie and I've tapped untol amounts of hole snad not once broken a tap of any size, let alone two like i did.

later
Jeremy

 

If I may make a suggestion:

Go to the boats tonight, that's some luck

Oh, and take a taxi

 

I have never heard so many cuse words in the same on going sentance, when Jeremy broke that tap.

Kevin

 

That's why if I have to go fix a car at someone else's house, and they ask: "do I need anything specialfor you to do the job (tools or parts)?"

Answer:

1-BEER

2-earplugs if you have religous neighbor's

 

yep i found that with the offer of beer you can get more people to work on your cars then if you said i have cash. something about this magical beer thing that makes people want to come over and socialize then talk about cars.

 

Way to go slick!

Did they teach you that at Jag school

Just kiddin'.................Everyone have a good turkey-day!!

 

nope :-P


got all the busted tap out and then drilled it and used the all mighty helicoil and good as new :-)

yeahhhh me

later
Jeremy