At 09:44 AM 10/1/98 -0700, Craig Wright wrote:
>Hello Theo,
>
>If I were you, I'd try to install a Heli-coil in the bad bolt hole. You
can buy a kit for
>different sizes at most large auto stores. The process is to drill the
hole a littles
>larger and use the tap supplied with the kit to tap the hole slightly
larger. You then
>screw in a coil that looks like a spring and you are then back to the
original, desired
>thread size, and it is just as strong as it was originally. Takes about
and hour.
>
>Craig Wright
>
Craig,
I assume that one-hour installation time doesn't include removing the
radiator, which is necessary unless you happen to have a right-angle drill
motor to drill the thermostat housing holes with.
Robert L. Palmer
Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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