Hi Chip.
You should be able to insert another helicoil, they were designed
to be replaceable, i,m sure any automotive repair / machine shop could do it at
nominal cost.
Good Luck John Cave
Chip Kigar wrote:
> A couple of months back, in an effort to fix an oil leak, I replaced the oil
> pan gasket with the engine (a 1500) in place. When I re-attached the oil pan
> to the block, the front center cap screw was a 'spinner'. I took it back
> out and found (I believe) that it have previously been 'repaired' with a
> helicoil. I think this is the case as I unthreaded what seemed like a
> spring from the threads. I carefull put the bolt back in and there seemed
> to be enough thread still present in the block to put a moderate amount of
> torque on the cap screw... well, today it fell out and I lost much oil.
> Fortunately, I was very close to home when this happened.
>
> What would be the most effective permanent repair, preferably on that can be
> done 'in place'? How difficult/risky/effective would it be to tap the hole
> and put a stud in? I haven't gotten uder it to determine how much room I
> have to work, that will happen tomorrow.
>
> Chip
>
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> veneer dash
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