[DeTomaso] Holley Carb Air Cleaner Stud Hole Thread Repair

[Doug Braun]

Asa,

My experience with Heli-coils tells me that there is not enough meat in the carb there to accept one.
I was hoping maybe someone has proved me wrong by experience.

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: Asa Jay Laughton 
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 9:28 PM
To: Doug Braun <doug351c at gmail.com>
Cc: Detomaso <detomaso at detomasolist.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Holley Carb Air Cleaner Stud Hole Thread Repair

Hi Doug,
As I recall, the stud is threaded into the body of the carb, not the air horn.  Are you looking at the correct item for possible helicoil?  I would think (without having one here to look at currently) there should be enough metal there (in the body) to support a helicoil.

Just my four cents (adjusted for inflation) Asa  Jay

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> On Jul 26, 2022, at 20:22, Doug Braun <doug351c at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    The threads in my Holley 4150 carb for the Air Cleaner Stud are
>   stripped out.
>   It doesn't look like there's enough metal there to install a Heli-Coil.
>   Has anyone run into this before and found successful repair method?
>   My only thought is J-B Weld.
> 
>   Doug Braun
>   Blue 73L #5505