BeepBeepRR
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I was trying to fix the perpetual valve cover leak on the 383 I found out that one of the bolts was too short and not making it into the threads. So I pulled it out and stuck a piece of all thread in there to get the depth of how long the bolt was. Well here is where it all went south.
Vice grips on the all thread and spun it down till it bottomed out.. Mistake was going that extra turn and snapping the all thread off inside the head. Great stuff... Now I go to pull the valve cover off and see if I can get it out of there. Saw a guy on youtube take a small piece of copper tube same size as the hole and stuff it down there then he took a welder and ran the mig wire down inside the tube and built up a bead until it was above the head surface then he tack welded an old screw driver to it and spun it out. But I'm looking for an easier way to get it out.
The copper tube was used to protect the threads from the weld.
Vice grips on the all thread and spun it down till it bottomed out.. Mistake was going that extra turn and snapping the all thread off inside the head. Great stuff... Now I go to pull the valve cover off and see if I can get it out of there. Saw a guy on youtube take a small piece of copper tube same size as the hole and stuff it down there then he took a welder and ran the mig wire down inside the tube and built up a bead until it was above the head surface then he tack welded an old screw driver to it and spun it out. But I'm looking for an easier way to get it out.
The copper tube was used to protect the threads from the weld.