<VV> Stripped out helicoil

[Brandes, Guy]

I know there are shops that can weld aluminum and many other materials,
would it be possible to weld up the holes drill and retap or would the
expense out weigh the cost of a replacement block?

Regards,

Guy Brandes

65 VAIR 140 
Where are you?  Local club access?  Surely someone near you has one in 
storage.  Keep yours though - you'll need to transfer a lot of parts.  
Someone might just give you (or sale cheaply) a good case and you can 
transfer 98% of the parts.  You can transfer all the parts, from 

Barry in SC


>      Well, my head troubles have been narrowed down to three stripped
head 
>stud casings and a broken lifter.  Evidently when the head bolts came
loose 
>the valve train got sloppy enough to break the lifter.  Everything else

>appears to be OK.  I finally got the 'turkey baster' off and can see
that 
>two of the three stripped threads in the case have a helicoil already
in 
>them.  So...  what do you do when the case has already been tapped out
and 
>repaired and then pulls through again?  Is there an alternative type of

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