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    Re: Broken head bolts - tips advice?

    That avatar is my Turbo Dakota project - burned to the ground 6 yrs ago, smelled fuel, pulled over, flames erupted from under the hood - near as I can figure the fuel pressure sender from the cheap...
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    Re: Broken head bolts - tips advice?

    Thanks Jer, we've got beehives so coming up with the bees wax won't be a problem - luckily they came right out with visegrips last night. I've not ever successfully drilled out a broken bolt but have...
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    Re: Broken head bolts - tips advice?

    Thanks Todd, good point - as it's stock and carbureted I think we'll leave the 10mm bolts. It only came apart to look at the cyls while the VC gasket needed replaced and the rear main is seeping. ...
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    Re: Broken head bolts - tips advice?

    Had to get the head off first - ended up using a port-a-power to slide the head off the long stud, the short broken one (about 1" above the deck) wasn't a problem.

    Added heat, soaking in Blaster,...
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    Broken head bolts - tips advice?

    Well searching old threads didn't bring anything up - my son and I are working on his 83 Shelby clone, A465 trans locked a bearing so I rebuilt the trans and he's getting ready to put it back in....
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