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Need v6 Cylinder Head
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:37 pm
by Fred32v
Rats! I broke a tap off in the 2.8 v6 cylinder. How do I get it out or do you have a cylinder head? HELP!!!
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:08 pm
by markss327
My experience with broken taps, in cast iron...... has not been pleasant.
Are any flutes visible? Is it accessible with a pair of needle-nose pliers?
Can you heat the head, oxy/acetylene, not just a benz-o-matic, but get the head hot enough, to expand the hole, and use the needle nose, to 'unwind' the tap.
Good luck.
Save it.
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:42 pm
by wxo
Hang onto the head until Fall. Then we can make a project out of removing the tap. Who knows it might take a week.
Tap Removed
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:27 pm
by Fred32v
This morning I took this head to Rick's Garage looking for a miracle. I thought this head was done and we would be required to find another one. Not readily available. Well it took Rick about 3 minutes to remove that villain broken tap. Most of that time was spent getting out his WALTON TAP EXTRACTOR set. UNBELIEVIBLE!!!! This is a set of tools that every garage should have. I can not explain the relief I felt when he easily cranked that deeply imbedded broken tap out of the GT's head. Another happy ending.
