metalmonkey47

I was boored and they entertained me. lol Nah, I thought of that already :( I soaked it PB and I'm gonna heat it Tuesday when I'm off work. Hopefully the heat works like I hope it does. Rustoleum orange? Fool thats pumpkin! lol mines the red, black, white, primer, and bondo! I've been working my new job, and working my other job in a few hours so I won't have time. Maybe tomorrow after work I'll get back to it. I'm just giving it time for now.

Ouch! Hope it all goes good for you and you come back healthy! Wish you a quick recovery.

Yeah, that's the hard part. I pulled the radiator so I don't accidentally smack it while chiseling away and ruin it and when I'm not working one of these next few days I'll get back to it. Just wish I didn't have to do this in the first place

Nice truck man!! I really like it Welcome to Ratsun!

I wish it was that simple :( I don't have as much to grab since I drilled into it for the EZ out. I can try filing down 2 sides though. Naturally, when it broke my first thought was to go to the vise grips. I tried large ones like what you used, and I also tried smaller, finer threaded ones. Neither were very successful because the way it broke made it very simple to round the broken stud off and they just keep slipping off. Even then, I wasn't worried until after I drilled into it with a hardened steel EZ out, and as soon as I tried backing it out it snapped off. THAT was when I knew I had a problem and turned to Ratsun.

I made a video for ya, but I'm all kind of out of it right now so I feel like a douche. I'll post it in a few. Video:

Yeah, it's rounded from the vise grips. Tried smaller finer and it made it worse :(

DTP, I'll reply to that crap in the damn PM later you ass Mike, will do! The heat was my original thought, but I didn't have anything to grab with it until now. Also, theres a lot less material then it seems.

Thanks guys! I'm gonna go spray some PB on it, look a little more, and maybe take a few more pics. The one I posted was prior to the EZ out. So it's hard to tell how difficult it is. Can you explain more on staking? I'm gonna take my laptop down there with me and fiddle around, so I'll be here

I only have a cheap-o stick welder. Plus, I wasn't thinking when you said that.. Now I feel stupid. lol Anyways... heres the bolt in question.

Good idea, it's just too close to the head to weld. :( I don't wanna get slag all over the gasket surface and under the hood everywhere. Sounds exactly like my problem :( WAY too late to turn back now though. I really don't want to have to drill and tap another hole if I can get it out, but I'm not sure what other choice I may have.

I'm working on making my car a DD so I have something between 2 jobs, right? So I get a thermostat housing gasket for my A15 since it was a little leaky, pulled the bolts and pulled off the housing. LOW AND BEHOLD a broken fucking bolt almost right on the head. Nothing left to grab onto with vice grips. So I drill into it and try and get it with an easy out, for removing broken bolts, and I've never had a problem with that. Then.... Snap. Now I have a hardened steel easy out drilled onto a bolt stuck in my head. What the fuck do I do now? Can't really drill and tap, since the easy out is slightly sticking out and way to tiny to drill off, can't get the easy out removed since there's not enough sticking out to grab it with a pair of vice grips. Only solution would be to grind it off and drill it out, but I'm NOT grinding that close to a gasket surface on my head. NOW since getting the car, 1st I broke the housing trying to check the status of my thermostat, now I break the bolts that hold it. Suggestions? I'm about to start whoring myself on on craigslist for a KA/VG if this problem isn't solved soon.

Looks very familiar

Welcome to Ratsun, first of all, second mike sounds right. Have you picked up a Haynes yet? That would surely help you here. Also, you probably need a new accelerator pump for that.The boot looks like SHIT. Last of all, you may want to soda blast that carb. End result looks neat.

You catch on quick ;)

I like my car white

I'm assuming that the +3% for paypal is for their fee? Just figured I'd add that if you select payment as personal, there is no associated fee ;)

Something tells me this isn't real

Hacksaw and hammer. Unless you want to keep it in nice condition. You trying to pull just the cap? Or frame as well?

For what engine? Rockauto.com usually has just about everything