-- [ From: Bob Nogueira * EMC.Ver #3.1a ] --
Okay I propose the list take up a collection to purchase Bruce another
project car when he finishes the TR-7.
God I love reading of the daily adventures of Bruce in the Garage!!!
Bob
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> Date: Tuesday, 07-Nov-00 06:32 PM
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> Subject: TR7 BFH#24-d
>
> I'm here to testify that there is absolutely nothing as beautiful as a
> Keensert sitting in a freshly tapped hole, just itching to show a torque
> wrench what it can do. Even though it's raining, I tried a couple of
> Keenserts tonight, and they seem to have worked perfectly, and they easily
> took 34 foot pounds. The local dealer only had six, and I have seven
holes,
> but again I think the heliocoils are holding in at least two holes, so I
> should be fine.
>
> Now, an interesting problem has come up. The blind bottom holes are very
> shallow, and the tap doesn't go far enough in to cut enough threads to
make me
> feel comfortable. As you know, the tap is the largest about in the
middle, so
> you really need to have the middle part go all the way to the "bottom" of
> where you want threads.
>
> Possible solution -- buy a second tap, and cut it off a third of the way
up.
> Use the first tap to get started, and the second to finish the job? Is
that
> possible? and can you even cut through these taps? Or is there another
> obvious solution?
>
> By the way, here's another "goof" for you professionals to groan over.
When I
> first started with the stripped threads business, I flipped the engine
upside
> down on the engine stand to make it easier to work on. The very first
hole I
> drilled out worked fine, except I forgot to cover the exhaust ports, and
of
> course some spiral pieces of aluminum dropped right down into two of them
.
>
> Panicing, I got our relatively new house vacuum out, inserted the crevice
> tool, and stuck it down the exhaust ports to suck up whatever may have
fallen
> in. It looked like I got the pieces out, but still not satisfied, I
> duct-taped a small plastic tube to the crevice tool, and used that to
probe
> even further into the ports. It was about that time that my wife drives
up,
> and of course spots the vacuum which I tried to hide behind the garbage
cans.
> I manged to skirt the issue of "what was I doing," and successfully hid
the
> duct-taped rube-goldberg contraption hanging off the vacuum. Now I have
duct
> tape over the ports while drilling out the rest of the holes.
>
> I keep trying to remember, it's not the destination that counts, it's the
> journey!
>
> Bruce
> 1980 Inca Yellow TR7 5-speed convertible
> Chapel Hill, NC
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