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Mar 12, 2011 | 12:43 AM

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wilson34

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Thanks Mrs. 3rd grade teacher, I thought you would be busy grading our punctuation tests

Mar 12, 2011 | 05:54 AM

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Haha, it'll buff out.
Let people judge, they don't have anything better to do.

Is everything wrote in correct fashion?

Mar 12, 2011 | 10:47 AM

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Cool. Send me a link to that other motor :-D

when I get my motor back I will send you a telephone number for that motor. Not sure if he wants to ship it though.

Mar 13, 2011 | 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by lifeisgood

i believe the tap is hardend and the old lt1 bolts arent? am i wrong?
if im right its not the easiest to drill and remove
but a good machine shop like everyone says could do it alot cheaper than buying a new block

There's ways for the DIYer to get something like this out in the garage. Just takes a little work and patience.

Mar 13, 2011 | 10:26 PM

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Then why dont you tell him how to do it. have you ever tried to drill a tap, at an angle. that stuff is so hard you cant even center punch it. even a super hard cobalt bit will burn up on a tap. how much of the tap broke off in the hole, if it is not to thick you might be able to crack it and pull it out in pieces. let us know what you come up with.

Mar 13, 2011 | 11:44 PM

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lunati397

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drill it tap it and insert a helicoil they are good enough for a 35000lb helicopter to hang from 8 bolts to a gearbox id say they can handle a head

Mar 14, 2011 | 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by lunati397

drill it tap it and insert a helicoil they are good enough for a 35000lb helicopter to hang from 8 bolts to a gearbox id say they can handle a head

X2. Just make sure you drill th hole straight.

Mar 14, 2011 | 09:47 AM

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i still vote for machine shop and helicoil.
if they **** it up they buy new block, you **** up and you buy new block

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Mar 14, 2011 | 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by madmax4499

Cut the ends off of a pushrod, inset in hole, drill away. It'll guard the threads as you drill.

Apr 3, 2011 | 12:57 PM

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motors still at the shop there super busy since our strip opens next weekend. Ill stay posted when i get some news.

Apr 3, 2011 | 07:12 PM

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did you try a lefthand drill bit?

May 5, 2011 | 10:54 AM

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going to pick up my block today! Kinda hit the pocket book chargin me 400 bucks but it's worth it and plus they had to order some custom drill bits and burned through two of them lol arp makes some hard ****.

May 6, 2011 | 12:55 PM

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theyre lying to you...how hard could it have been if you broke it with your hand?

May 6, 2011 | 01:21 PM

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theyre lying to you...how hard could it have been if you broke it with your hand?

i hope you paid them to chase the other threads too...

May 6, 2011 | 02:08 PM

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$400. ??

Holy ****~!! What did they do file it out with dental tools ... from the inside?

That seems kinda high.... they got you by the ***** though....what can ya do.

May 6, 2011 | 02:11 PM

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XXX37

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they make special tools specifically for removing broken taps. it has fingers that slide down into the flutes of the tap, then a sleeve that slides down and hold the fingers together.