Random Tech Questions

[KrazyKarl02]

Hypothetically speaking, lets say one was removing the intake from a Ford 351C and snapped the front passenger bolt off. Lets say this person then expertly hole punched the center of the bolt, drilled it out, removed the remaining threads and was running a tap down the hole to clean it up. Further lets "hypothetically" say the 5/16"-18 tap broke off in the engine block just as this person was finishing.... Then lets say this person created quite a few new cuss words.

Where would this person be able to buy a tap extractor set like this one from Walton tools or something similar in Houston?

Luckily, it is a thru hole, anyone ever plasma'd one out. I am thinking, I mean hypothetically this person is thinking of trying that out.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I swear, you could **** up a wet dream.

[Sharpe]

In the grand scheme of things, how important is that one bolt really???

[tigweld]

if it's a thru-hole oil (blow-by)will probably come out it with no bolt

[agjohn02]

How do you break a tap whilst chasing threads?

Frick, you better just put him down.

[AggieTJ2007]

if i were the person I would leave the tap in there and leave out one bolt and add some rtv to keep the blowby down

[Sharpe]

JB weld FTW!

[stx4wheeler]

This must be a fake situation, because ford never made an efi 351 C. Said person does have 2 351 W efi motors.

[KrazyKarl02]

I would agree with leaving the bolt out, if it was in the center of the manifold. This is the front pasenger bolt. Right where the water passage for thermostat is. I think it is important, unless a 351 likes water in the intake and in the oil.

[KrazyKarl02]

How do you break a tap whilst chasing threads?

I have no idea, it was the oddest thing. I was spinning it down hand tight. Just the little tap handle, very little force and all of the sudden "crack"

[BMFScout]

Any chance of using the welding rod technique? Just zing it to the center of the broken tap, then spin out? Other than that, I've used reverse drill bits with success. I know they may not drill into the tap, but just the spinning in reverse will sometimes back it out. This tap isn't broken flat at all though is it?

[Reckless]

they make a tool that has 3 rods that go down each side to lock in the broken tap so it can be screwed out

[BMFScout]

really? maybe like this one? I wonder if they have them in Houston somewhere?

http://www.waltontools.com/products/extractr.htm

[bburris]

No Jimmy, I think he was thinking of something more like this...

[Reckless]

those extractors have saved my ass more than once