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I would just get a metric tap set since you will probably need one later in life (For exhaust bolts,intake, generator)who knows but just retap it. I think aluminum is soft enough not to have probs with. >From Chris Swafford:www.geocities.com/motorcity/garage/4265/ 537Buckeye 36LSB S.W. Corner of Cinti,Oh In the Hills 71'Beautiful Crashed stock Squareback half in primer. Anyone need parts? 73'Squareback (More than solid)Rear end hell! Any Suggestions? 68'Bug w/swingaxle (I hate thoes)Oh well! On Mon, 05 Oct 1998 14:09:06 EDT king5zreo@juno.com writes: >What's a helicoil & how did you keep the metal shavings, from drilling >the hole, from getting into the sump? >Tom >'68 FB (Thumper) >'70 Bug > >On Mon, 05 Oct 1998 13:03:05 -0400 Diane & Dave Burden ><dburden@mindspring.com> writes: >>Jim, >> >>>If the engine is together, I have a jig that pilots the tap drill >>>and the >>helicoil tap so that the stud ends up parallel to the >others. >>>> As for the fix, I imagine a helicoil would be the answer, but what >>>>size do I ask for? > > >Dave wrote: >>Thanks for the info on the helicoil size. I bought a kit with 12 >>helicoils, the tap and insert tool. I figured I might have to do >this >>again at some point... >> >>Since the engine was still in the car I drilled the hole out with >>a 1/4 inch drill bit, tapped it and screwed in the helicoil. When I >>re-installed the stud and put the plate on, everything went together >>fine. >>Dave >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------- >>List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org >> >> >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get >completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno >at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]