[TR] Bummer Day

[Tony Drews]

Fairly common problem, unfortunately.  A helicoil or keensert would 
be acceptable.  The hole gets drilled and tapped oversize and a 
threaded insert is screwed in and locked into place, bringing the 
thread size back to normal.

- Tony Drews

At 06:27 PM 2/7/2010, Carl TR wrote:
>Getting the engine ready to drop on the chassis.   Ran into a problem...
>
>One of the bolt holes at the bottom of the front plate is 
>stripped.   It is one that is in the front sealing block - p/n 
>55810.   Part is no longer stocked at TRF and not referenced at Moss.
>
>I will look through my boxes of parts to see if I have a spare, but...
>
>Any suggestions?   Can it be filled and re-tapped?
>
>I do have a complete spare engine but I would rather not tear it 
>apart for this one part.
>
>thanks
>Carl
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