I Just dropped the oil pan to correct an oil leak from the aluminum
sealing block and noticed all the threaded holes are stripped. I am in
the process of installing helicoils but the two bolts that are used for
the oil pan had already been repaired with heli-coils but failed. I
think the aluminum is brittle.
I just read about a recall on this from June 69 and they describe a
replacement sealing block which matches up in part # to mine. It appears
they suffered from bowing and stripping but the replacement seems to be
only a marginal improvement.
I am thinking about machining in a threaded nut in to the stripped hole,
any thoughts?
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Mitch Seff
75 TR6
Oceanside, N.Y.
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