Soul TKR

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Hey guys... just pulled one of my heads the other day. I know having any kind of fluids in those bolt holes is cause for a cracked block... soooooo....

what techniques have you guys used to make sure they are good and dry?

litle88

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grind one side of the old bolt then run it thru slowly. Then spend 100 bux fora set of arp head bolts. Soul why u getting the heads off? Isin't that a new motor? Everything ok?

VIPRETR2

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I usually roll up some strips of the blue shop paper towels and put them down the bolt holes to soak up some coolant for a bit. Then I do the stock head bolt with channels ground in to chase the threads. Then I hook up a small diameter nylon tube to the end of my air gun and blow out the holes starting from the bottom a few times each. Takes a while but everything comes out. Good luck,

Larry

massls1guy

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That's a good technique to get the factory thread lock crap out of the holes. But I would get the coolant out before I put any bolt in there.

Grimes

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shop vac with a straw duct taped to the end of it....will go right down the hole, lol. that and then let it sit with towels rolled up in them.

RyderTA

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I used some straws with my air compressor and ate a few face-fulls of coolant just yesterday. It works well, all sorts of **** came flying out of there.

BYE RICE

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I affixed a piece of 1/4" dia rubber hose to the end of the shop vac hose with masking tape
& fed it down inside the bolt holes.
It worked well enough.

Bad Blu Formula

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That there is the best way to do it. Then run the modified stock bolt through the threads just to clean them and call it done.

bigdsz

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About 15" of 1/4" clear tubing attached with tape to an air blow gun. After the inital purging, shoot some WD40 in and purge again.Guaranteed clean bolt holes.

Soul TKR

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wish I still had my old bolts... these are ARP's that I took out...

oh and as far as my motor goes... -----> https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...well-sort.html

thanks for all the tips guys... haven't had a chance to read through them as i'm running late to work right now, but when I get back in i'll look em over

slothy

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if you cant find a way, i have all my old bolts still since i went to studs, i can send you some.

davered00ss

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Copper tubbing hooked up to the end of an air hose. blow them out several times.

382ssz28

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Buy the tool! Use compressed air with brake cleaner and it will come out spotless.

Soul TKR

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what tool are you talking about?

Speed Density

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I did that the opposite way. Used a coffee straw on the end of my compressor and blew that **** out.

Sammyboy

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exactly what I did...except I used medical tubing...worked like a charm

slothy

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ya i took a stock head bolt ground a few flutes into them and ran it in and out a few times till threads where clean. And for coolant, shop vac with a reducer to 1/8" dia tubing to suck the holes dry.

Notmyvette

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Anybody know if I can just buy one used head bolt? to clean out the threads....I can go to the hardware store and get a bolt to modify right?

eallanboggs

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No one mentioned the drain plugs(one on each side). After you remove those there's to water to worry about. Short of that blast it out with the compressor. You can cut down on the mess by using the rolled up paper towels first. If you're going to spring for ARP go with studs, not bolts.

RoDan

.45 cal bore brush works well