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On 18 Dec 2005 at 9:19, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/18/05 6:48:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, jens@type4.org > writes: > >>I realize that, this was just a bit of trivia thrown in. :) Fair enough. ;-) > I actually prefer to tap the stripped hole with a 1/4-20, as I prefer to > leave as much metal there as possible. Once those holes get stripped, then it's > helicoil time. Is a stripped 6mm hole small enough to do good 1/4-20 threads in? Seems like it might be a bit oversize already.... Will a 1/4-20 stud pass thru the sump plate? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~