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Old 07-06-2021, 10:05pm   #61
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WTF? Buy a new head. Did I stumble into the Walmart Vette Barn? Send that shit to a shop that specializes in car repairs and throw currency at them till it’s fixed.
If you knew what ridiculous amount of money has been spent on this thing already, you'd know that was a bad idea about $2500.00 ago.

I never trusted mechanics before, and now I don't trust their entire families or their pets.
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Ok, new bits arrived today. Cut into that bolt like butter !!

I'm going to go up a size or two because the smallest EZ out will most likely break.
What new bits did you buy? Link appreciated.
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Surprisingly, Made In China

HPHOPE From Amazon...

https://www.amazon.com/HPHOPE-Straig...5627591&sr=8-1

Three of the useless ones came from the auto parts store. I'd drill and micro flakes of metal would appear...these things CURLS of metal coming out of the bit.
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What is the car you are working on?
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What is the car you are working on?
My Mom and Dad's 2002 Rodeo.
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Weld the exhaust manifold to the head and be done with it.
Or just slap it back on and tell the rents that you bought them a Borla exhaust and therefore it's a touch loud.
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Or just slap it back on and tell the rents that you bought them a Borla exhaust and therefore it's a touch loud.
Blame the exhaust leak on a bad lifter.
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They spent more money than it was worth and would have saved by replacing it.
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They spent more money than it was worth and would have saved by replacing it.
They bought what they could afford and repaired what they could afford. I'm doing what I can afford. They're my parents. I'll do what they need/want to be done to make them happy. I'd sure hate for them to be gone and have to live with not helping them.
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They bought what they could afford and repaired what they could afford. I'm doing what I can afford. They're my parents. I'll do what they need/want to be done to make them happy. I'd sure hate for them to be gone and have to live with not helping them.
Did you get the bolt out?
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Did you get the bolt out?
I drilled with 1/8 but the EZ out for that size hole seemed like it would break before it would remove the bolt. I have two sizes of bits coming today to increase the diameter so I can use a bigger EZ out. If I break the EZ out, I'm done and it goes together without that bolt. It was already missing anyway. I just wanted to fix it while it was easy to get to as opposed to being in the car.
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I drilled with 1/8 but the EZ out for that size hole seemed like it would break before it would remove the bolt. I have two sizes of bits coming today to increase the diameter so I can use a bigger EZ out. If I break the EZ out, I'm done and it goes together without that bolt. It was already missing anyway. I just wanted to fix it while it was easy to get to as opposed to being in the car.
Machine shop might not want much if you break the ez out. I'd at least ask before throwing in the towel.

Don't be niggardly with the Kroil
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Surprisingly, Made In China

HPHOPE From Amazon...

https://www.amazon.com/HPHOPE-Straig...5627591&sr=8-1

Three of the useless ones came from the auto parts store. I'd drill and micro flakes of metal would appear...these things CURLS of metal coming out of the bit.


Buck-a-piece chinesium bits did the trick?

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Buck-a-piece chinesium bits did the trick?

No one was more shocked than me. I wish I had recorded it. Curls of steel rising up like a charmed snake. It took no time at all.
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