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04-20-2012, 11:16 PM | #1 |
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Bad Luck / Good Luck
Bad Luck:
Lost the choke lever spring and plunger out of my 94 Holley Good Luck: Found the plunger on the shop floor yesterday, found the spring on the shop floor today Bad Luck: Putting the heads back on the '40 24-stud and just now noticed one of the shorter studs is all boogered up. Good Luck: I was able to borrow a stud extractor set from Auto Zone Bad Luck: Even with heat and penetrating oil, the stud wouldn't budge and the stud extractor gave me enough grip on the stud to snap it off cleanly and level with the head surface. Good Luck: I have the tools and the experience to drill and tap it.. And more good luck: it turned out fine and the gasket and head fit cleanly over a stud placed in the newly drilled and tapped hole. One more hurdle cleared and progress continues...
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04-21-2012, 03:26 AM | #2 |
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Re: Bad Luck / Good Luck
The ups and downs of messing with old stuff.
This is where we get our kicks from - overcoming the little obstacles thrown at us. If it wasn't a challenge we wouldn't enjoy it. Thanks for sharing. Mart. |
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04-21-2012, 06:27 AM | #3 |
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Sounds fairly normal, at least for me.
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04-21-2012, 09:13 AM | #4 |
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She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not.............
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04-21-2012, 01:30 PM | #5 |
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That's Great news Scott sorry I could not help you with the parts you were looking for yesterday. All the Best luck in your future adventures.
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04-22-2012, 08:23 PM | #6 |
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04-22-2012, 09:53 PM | #7 |
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The offending stud, center of picture, the one with a nut on it. I've got Permatex 2 on the stud threads and I'm letting it sit overnight.
P1010001 - Copy.jpg The engine so far.. P1010001 - Copy (2).jpg distributor and coil are going to Skip Haney. I still need to torque all 48 head studs. The acorn caps are just resting there for show and to give me an idea if I'm gonna like them.
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