Re: coolant leak

[Gary <mopar413@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just depends on which bolt is leaking and how much room and do you have an angle head adapter.   Some times you can use the longer bolt with a spacer and clean up the treads that way.  .  Heli coil is one way or a tread chaser is the other way.  If it is striped to bad then you may have to go to an over size bolt if you cannot make a heli coil work.  
---- Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
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> 
> Tonight I worked on some of the bugs that showed up after getting the 
> engine in yesterday.  One of the problems was a couple of coolant leaks 
> from the exhaust header bolts.  I was using bolts that were 1 1/2" long. 
>  On a couple of the holes they bottomed out before getting tight.  So I 
> got some shorter bolts and started with the last one on the back of the 
> left head which had been leaking.  I found out that there are only @ 
> 1/2" or so of good threads as the shorter one would "strip out" when you 
> started to get them tight. So I went back to the longer bolt which seems 
> not to be too long in this case.  I slathered it up good with thread 
> sealant and crossed my fingers.  If this continues to leak what are my 
> options, heli coil or????  And if it needs a heli coil can that be done 
> with the head on the motor, or does it need to come off?
> Paul L.
> '63 Sport Fury
> 440/727
> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
> 
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