Just Dreaming

[khryslerkid]

Had the Polara up on stands today and couldn't help thinking what it would like when launching off the line!

Months ago I wanted to remove the one head.(burnt valve). Thought I would do a temporary fix so at least I could take it for a ride now and then. Well when trying to remove the exhaust manifold I twisted off the rear threaded, sleeve, shouldered bolt. The steering rod being in the way for an easy-out.

So today I decided to loosen the motor mount and raise that side. Perfect, now it's accessible. Started to crank down on the easy-out and the threaded sleeve, bolt, cracked! Wtf! Now what? This is the rear one. The next one forward dosent want to budge either. I've been spraying these for months now. I'm not too crazy about using heat because there is excessive grease everywhere. The manifold is in such fine shape I would hate to break it. So now what? I have a 413 in the works, saving up the full amount for a decent rebuild, so I guess I'll have to wait till that happens...

 

[69Bee]

Loosen the manifold from the pipe, remove the head, then use heat or whatever to remove the bolts/nuts. If you can't remove the long stud bolts, take it to a machine shop, which has the proper tools to remove/helicoil the broken studs. If you break an easy-off in the head, it will cost MUCH more to fix. I charge $10 to remove the bronen bolt, and if it doesn't want to come out, I just heli-coil it for $20. That is much cheaper than being charged time to remove a broken easyout from the head. As a side note, I had to remove a broken easyout from a Harley head and repair the damage; that ran $150 to repair the one stud.

 

[Hemi Rebel]

Just curious, what is a temporary fix for a burnt valve? **** happens I guess. Then you step in it. Just read that somewhere:violent-smiley-100:

 

[khryslerkid]

That's the "kicker" Bee, you can't access the bottom row of headbolts with the exhaust manifold there.

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Just curious, what is a temporary fix for a burnt valve? **** happens I guess. Then you step in it. Just read that somewhere:violent-smiley-100:

Temporary fix, meaning I would just have that head rebuilt, maybe both, instead of rebuilding the whole engine. Just wanting to have some fun without spending money where I don't want to spend it. Now you're really confused! Lol

 

[bigblock]

Break em off then take the head to a shop. Either way the head HAS to come off. Or just wait till the 413 is built.

 

[Cranky]

Get started earlier and pull that engine now and start prepping the car for the new engine.....

 

[khryslerkid]

Get started earlier and pull that engine now and start prepping the car for the new engine.....

That's good advice Cranky! Maybe I'll take it. Lol

 

[BeastlyBirdie]

Pull the engine, then decide what to do about the bolt. My experience from working as a machinist has shown me easy outs should be renamed-broken-ins.

 

[khryslerkid]

Pull the engine, then decide what to do about the bolt. My experience from working as a machinist has shown me easy outs should be renamed-broken-ins.

The easy-out didn't break.It was the threaded sleeve that cracked in half from the pressure of the easy-out. I've worked around nuts and bolts all my life and there hasent been a broken one I haven't been able to remove the remains of yet. I've learned a lot of tricks. This one is just yet another challenge.

It's a threaded sleeve. It tightens against the shoulder in the manifold, the inner threads are for attaching heat shields on some models. Halfway down the inside is the stud that is in the head. A mechanics or machinist's worst nightmare if it's a customer's car! Drilling it out would be the thing to do if and when you can get at it. Just to the depth of the shoulder though.

 

[69Bee]

That's the "kicker" Bee, you can't access the bottom row of headbolts with the exhaust manifold there.

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Temporary fix, meaning I would just have that head rebuilt, maybe both, instead of rebuilding the whole engine. Just wanting to have some fun without spending money where I don't want to spend it. Now you're really confused! Lol

Yea, brain fart there...

 

[Polara Pat]

Get started earlier and pull that engine now and start prepping the car for the new engine.....

My thoughts exactly.

 

[eric383]

X2 Beastly Birdie I hate easy outs, most of the time they break off instead of removing the broken stud. i haven't used one in a while and have gone to drilling it out and Heli Coil.