distributor hold down MISSING [message #86579] |
Sun, 30 May 2010 05:58 |
hertfordnc
Messages: 1164 Registered: September 2009 Location: East NC
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pretty strange, the coach ran fine but when i bumped the distributor in the course of removing the manifold, it moved.
Underneath where the clamp should have been there is just a barely visible remnant of a broken stud.
I'm not optimistic about an EZ-out. I think i want to drill through and tap a new hole.
What's on the other side of the stud? bell housing?
If i keep a vaccum on the drilling operation can i risk a few chips going into the hole?
thanks
Dave
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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Re: [GMCnet] distributor hold down MISSING [message #86580 is a reply to message #86579] |
Sun, 30 May 2010 07:03 |
Steven Ferguson
Messages: 3447 Registered: May 2006
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Dave,
The bolt that goes through the hold down is short, about 1/2" of
threads are in the block. If the intake is off the best you can do is
lay a rag in the lifter valley, keep it tight against the sides where
chips could end up, stuff a rag tightly into the dist shaft hole.
Drill it out, retap and you're done. A vacuum does a good job
cleaning chips up even when they are covered with oil. It's hard to
imagine anyone breaking that bolt. It just doesn't need to be that
tight. A nut and stud are a good way to go.
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 3:58 AM, dave silva <gmc@davesilva.com> wrote:
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> pretty strange, the coach ran fine but when i bumped the distributor in the course of removing the manifold, it moved.
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> Underneath where the clamp should have been there is just a barely visible remnant of a broken stud.
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> I'm not optimistic about an EZ-out. I think i want to drill through and tap a new hole.
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> What's on the other side of the stud? bell housing?
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> If i keep a vaccum on the drilling operation can i risk a few chips going into the hole?
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> thanks
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> Dave
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