Broken Bolt removal

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

I love working on my car outside when it is 80 degrees. Last summer I broke out 
in heavy duty sweats upgrading chrome trim on my '62 Imperial that I got from 
Bob Hoffmeister. For a while there, every few days I was getting a couple more 
nice parts to replace the nasty pitted trim pieces that been on the car.

Here in Seattle, we only have about four months of nice "car repair weather". 
After that it is just too damn cold outside. I tried putting a space heater in 
the garage, but I don't feel safe with it. Now I just wait for good old Mother 
Nature to tell me when it is time to start polishing and fixing cars. That time 
should be coming along in a few short weeks!

Paul

In a message dated 3/17/2004 10:21:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, SFSurfDude 
writes:

> So far I havent even reached the broken bolt to this point. The reason is: 
>the other pulley bolt, which is not broken "yet" will not come off. I have 
>used heat, pencil torch w/propane. I have tapped with a hammer on the bolt, up 
>to the point of almost distorting the  grip my socket still gets.
> I fabricated a heat shield out of galvanized metal to keep the fuel pump from 
>blowing me sky high during the torching process. I kept heat on the portion of 
>the block where the intact bolt is for about 15 minutes before trying to turn 
>it. NOPE no dice, in fact I broke the extention hooked to my ratchet.
> Im hoping I didnt which is possible burn the gasket to the water pump in the 
>process. Because since my rebuild will happen within three to four months 
>while repainting, I think Im going to use an aceteline/oxegen torch to simple 
>weld the bracket and bolt together with the old belt installed again. I have 
>another 413 I can get a new braket and bolts from during the rebuild. When I 
>do the rebuild I can take the block down to the valley LA area and have a 
>machine shop do that zapping thing they do to remove bolts Not my first choice 
>but it will work and I can get back to concentrating on my home construction 
>more so than the Imperial, especially as the temperature daily is climbing. 
>Soon it will be nearly impossible to work outdoors, our temp is already 80 
>some degrees and climbing. It hit all at once as does the cold season. Here 
>everything 
> in extremes.
> So thats it for that saga, maybe...
>  
>  
> Regards
>  
> Patrick Williams
>  
> High Desert, Southern California
> 65 Ford F 350 Super Duty Dually
> 64 Chrysler Imperial Crown Coupe
> 64 Chrysler Imperial 4 door 
> 79 MGB Roadster
> 89 Ford Ranger
> 86 BMW 325es
> Ford 9n