<VV> Rebuild II

[Stephen Upham]

	One of the valve cover bolts broke off in the head while I was trying 
to remove the cover when I started to do the second rebuild.  I tried 
to take out the remaining threaded part today while reinstalling the 
valve covers in anticipation of manually doing an oil pressure/leak 
check and that (bolt removal) was unsuccessful.  Should I try to 
carefully drill out the remaining part starting with a 1/16 and slowly 
working my way up until it can be removed or is there a better method?

	Also, I put a series of six super magnets in the Otto deep oil pan 
using the attraction (powerful !) between the magnets to secure them on 
the fins (tallest ones nearest the special deep oil pickup) as I want 
to try to minimize the amount of iron fragments that are allowed to 
circulate.  I've done my best to clean (by hand) each and every part 
that comes in contact with the oil in the system, but I want to do 
everything I can think of in order to prevent another failure due to 
debris from the first failure.  Has anyone ever tried something like 
this?  I plan to pull the pan after the oil pressure check and see if 
there has been any movement of the magnets and to examine them for 
debris collection.  I also bought a magnet capable of picking up 
objects up to 65 lbs. that I intend to place on the outside bottom of 
the oil filter.  After the oil pressure check, I'm going to drain the 
oil, discard the filter and do a check for debris (specifically iron 
based) before attempting a start up before installation.

Stephen Upham
Dallas, Texas
Corvairium //

Mid prod. #18732 -1965 Monza sedan 110 (engine almost completely 
assembled, awaiting oil pressure check and shroud installation)
Sierra Tan, originally (currently Copper) - Saddle, zero rust, PG, A/C, 
original AM/FM, clock, tint, oil bath air filter, vertical bumper 
guards, w/ 77K (and continuing to hold)
(Still in group red, light at the end of the tunnel : I