[DeTomaso] Busted motor mount bolt
Charles Engles
cengles at cox.net
Mon Mar 5 23:23:51 EST 2007
Dear Uncle Jack,
You wrote:
. But the left side mount must be unbolted from the car and
> engine, then split in two by unfastening the long connecting bolt between
> the
> halves, while the assembly is still captured between the frame, engine and
> gearshift support. This allows you to separate the halves and work them
> around the
> gearshift support.
%%%%%%%%% The left side is two piece?? In all my engine removal &
reinstallation misadventures, I have never noticed that either side mounts
were anything but single pieces. Have the Italian craftsmen deceived
me??
so my preferred method is to get a good cutting torch, heat up
the visible
> end of the broken bolt, and once its red-hot, hit the oxygen lever! The
> remains of the bolt will come out as a fountain of molten steel, so wear a
> welding
> hood & arm protection! There seems to be a sort of insulation-barrier
> between a
> bolt and the part its broken off inside, so the block threads will be
> completely unharmed. I've even done this to broken studs in cast-iron
> exhaust
> manifolds. Run a tap thru the hole to clean it out and use std gr-5
> replacement
> bolts.
&&&&&&& I have never done this, but it has a number of appealing
characteristics: lots of heat, an offending broken bolt glowing red hot,
instantaneous molten metal and a wonderful pyrotechnic solution to a broken
bolt that does NOT involve a damnable (misnamed surely) "easyout"...!
Light the torch......., Chuck Engles
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