Date:         Wed, 4 Mar 1998 11:18:22 -0500
Reply-To:     Karen Olson <kdosmm@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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From:         Karen Olson <kdosmm@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?
Comments: To: Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
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> You'll be threading/unthreading directly into the aluminum head with the
> steel bolts - not a good idea (head should be Heli-Coiled).

 Austin,
I have "stripped" the threads on one head.  Is there any good alternative
to dismantling enough to get a drill in position to drill out the damaged
threads, cut/tap new oversized threads, and insert a heli-coil?

My head-thread damage is where the exhaust connects near the water pump
(driver side rear).

Thanks!

Scott Maurer
1984 Vanagon GL

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