Stripped thread inside the head

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what can i say, i like a bit of variety Laughing

the chap with the 323 is gonna try to do the helicoil this weekend so i can hear it running.

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Variety my ass, theres such a thing as too much!

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He's going to do the helicoil himself? Shocked

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

whats wrong with that?

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I wouldnt touch a car that i knew had been helicoiled by some bodger with the head on. Unless i was buying it with a view to putting another engine in it anyway.

But thats just me.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

well if u knew he was a bodger fair enough...but if he was a like minded diy mechanic like yourself, what then?

im really just gettin at nothing wrong with doin a helicoil yourself...its not a professional garage job only thing.

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as i have already stated, the only person i trust to do something right is myself.

Lets just say ive been 'conditioned' to be that way.

Also, doing it with the head on is a bodge IMO, simple.

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william wrote:

Dont roll your eyes at me boy Wink

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hey will, i would stick with the 19 mate, i dont like the sound of that mazda, why not save a few quid and get an r19 RSI or 16V, after that you would not want to go back to the diesel or the mazda. Wink

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

yeah doin it with head on is bodge...but he didnt say he was.

it doesnt matter anyway!

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Neal would you not trust my work on your car?

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i would, but i did say "myself or at a push, a good mate", which you sort of are Wink

Basically anyone whom i dont know personally (and some i do), i am very wary of.

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you don't know me mate, wrigleys wrappers for headgaskets etc! Laughing

Only kidding, no really I am Razz

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wrigleys headgaskets, frosties cam cover gaskets etc Wink

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

hey that frosties cam cover gaskets just fine thank you very much! lol

if its a performance car, then its a frosties box with tine foil as fire rings for the headgasket.

If its a low comp effort then its a TV box with ice cream and tinfoil.

I'm dead clever me.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

what role does the ice cream play?

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duh keeps the cyl temps down, ya mong Razz

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

i thought as much...good thinking.

Site Subscriber Joined: 25 Nov 2004 Posts: 350

the guy who owns it is an engineer and comes across as being a competent one at that. said he was going to coat the die with grease so any metal shards will stick to that instead of going into the cylinder.

the 323 won't be going on the road right away anyway. will change the servicable parts and probably the belts and headgasket so i can get nay shit out of the cylinder when i change the gasket [if any fell in]

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if it fell in then is ran the damage is done, pulling the head off to do the gasket however much later will not do anything