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Re: Waterpump 1984 E350
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:57:56 GMT, "Whitelightning"
<white.lightning2@verizon.net> wrote:
>Search the yellow pages for a wielder who makes house calls, have him
>wield in the area that snapped off, grind it smooth,
>drill and tap. Then use a liberal amount of anti seize on the threads
>and length of the bolt before installing
>it. Usually the bolt seizes in the timing cover and the head snaps
>off. Late '70s to mid '80s Buick and Olds were bad about this as
>well. Never liked the
>design, long bolts going through an aluminum timing cover to hold
>water pump on.
Pontiac engines from that era as well. Had it happen to me TWICE on
my old Firebird. (Small block 350 then big block 455) Had to
literally chisel the cast aluminum timing cover off the engire to get
at the bolts - needless to say the timing cover was destroyed both
times.
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