the back 2 studs on the bottom of the pass side will not fit in/out for me...what are you guys doing to get these studs in? is there some trick i do not know of?

 

theres no trick to installing these, you should be able to thread them in with your fingers, you just need to aply arp lube when putting them in, or oil.. personally i thread them in with my fingers and then use a allen wrench to put them all the way in.

 

Use one of your old bolts and and cut slots into them. Use it as a thread chaser and your stud will go right in. You just have some crud in the holes.

 

Are you trying to install them with the heads already on the block? If so, that's your problem right there. You have to install them without the head, then just place the head on the block after all the studs have been threaded in. If you're trying to thread them in without the head, then maybe you just need to clean the threads out some more.

 

Are you trying to put a long one in a hole where a short one goes?

 

no...the threads are fine....and with the motor in the car you have to thread them in like you would bolts....

what i am saying is that there is no room to get them into the back 2 holes with the head on the car because of clearance

 

no you don't You can set the heads on top of the studs, I did it last december first hand, they wil fit, you just have to be careful.

You most likly have some dirt in a hole, do not force it in, if it's coolant you can crack the block doing that.

 

ok i was told i could not set the head over the studs....i will give it a shot...there is nothing in the holes the studs are going in fine...it was an issue of angle not grit or dirt

 

any update ?

 

You're right, there is not enough room to thread the studs in while the heads are already on the block. You have to remove the head, thread the studs into the block, then just slide the head onto the studs one they're all in the block.

 

The head will fit after the studs are installed. I've done it a few times.

 

...ok now any ideas on how to blow out the bolt holes without using an air compressor?

 

Rolled up paper towels or a shop vac with a straw would do the trick.

 

yea....i was thinking about ghetto rigging a straw on the end of the shop vac some how...guess that is just what i will have to do

 

get an air hose, and pull a piece of thin fuel line over the tip and use that.

 

without and air compressor is my problem...if i had one it would not be a problem