I was just taking off the little autometer fitting(person before me put the npt one on) to run the feed off of. Fitting was already a little rounded and so the socket just turned on it. vice grips just shredded the brass, so i drilled a hole through it to put something through to try to turn it(broke 2 allen keys) and then it snapped. so now im left with that. I was doing this all to run an ss line to the shocktower to run the stock sender, oil press/temp, and feed line. what to do now? is it possible to just block it off and run it all off the head?

oh and i did try using a torch too, and some pb blaster(didnt use both at the same time)

stripped and eaten up:


drilled hole:


:

 

....you may have to use one of those oil distributor blocks that greddy, GE or acautotechnic makes

 

I had mine brake like that, so i went to pepboys and bought a kit with a drill bit and lefthand thread srew extracter... drilled the hole, threaded the extracter in and out it came.. Just dont brake that off in tere too, you'll have a hell of a time drilling that hardened stuff out.....

 

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that didnt even cross my mind. good call. may have to do that if its too much of a biatch. then just jb that one shut. keep the advice coming. how much are each of those OIL blocks?

 

ahaha.
thats one mangled bolt..
that reverse extractor is the best thing i can think of now..
just dont try to take it out to quick!

 

Stay away from the AC Autotechnic block, it leaks from the ports and that's not hearsay - it's personal experience. Try the GE or Greddy blocks, at least their number one selling products aren't indiglo gauges.

 

here is an update. i bought some snap on extractors(really nice stuff). but i went through a couple sizes and it just kept on eating away at the brass. well, it turned out GREAT! :







im going to just JB weld it closed(clean it really well with acetone(anything better to use? and file it all over to make it really rough.

here are my 2 JB options:
1. JB that broken piece on and just fill everything up with JB
or
2. Just fill the hole as best i can without that broken piece.

I know that JB can easily take the temps(it can take 600 F) and the pressure easily.

 

dude that extractor is huge.. should of been like a 2-3

 

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i went up through all the sizes until that one. i know it was kinda big, but all the other ones jast ate at it. i think i would have had to JB it anyway, couldnt get all the brass out.

 

put that piece back on and jb weld it shut. that stuff works good if done rite. I have two vacuum nipples on my charge pipe that i used jb weld to hold on there.....

 

At least you are not giving up. Yeah, I'd say JB weld the piece on and then JB weld over the entire area when it is dry.

 

Or try some PC putty metal. It's like a putty and works like JB weld, but a whole lot easier to handle and is also pretty strong ( I think it was stronger than JB weld and doesn't indicate a temp breaking point). I use it all the time and it works very well and very strong. You can get it at most hardware stores. I hate mixing and using the JB weld now that I have found this.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by technine &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Or try some PC putty metal. It's like a putty and works like JB weld, but a whole lot easier to handle and is also pretty strong ( I think it was stronger than JB weld and doesn't indicate a temp breaking point). I use it all the time and it works very well and very strong. You can get it at most hardware stores. I hate mixing and using the JB weld now that I have found this.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i used that stuff but it kinda sux that i didnt really read the info. Its kind of all spread out in different spaces but it says 250 F continous and 300 F intermittent. The oil gets to about 180 F right? should i worry? damn, i wished i would have used JB instead but its already on there. I could JB all over it too .

should i try to remove that stuff and just JB weld it?


Modified by blufke at 5:03 AM 4/17/2003

 

My block broke like that too the other day. But luckily as i was trying to get soemthing to work the bottom part of the block cracked off too. Making it more even for me to screw the stock sensor in. After that i just put a little jb weld at the top and it hasnt leaked yet.

 

LOL ... sorry

That easy out is WAY too big, omg its HUGE!

The easy out probably caught the threads on the actual block and ripped it out. The ez-outs are made of some kind of hardened material - they're SUPER strong however if you do break one off inside a bolt good luck drilling THAT out - impossible.

Weld that up and get yerself a GE adapter, I think none of this would've happened if people would just realize that the Imperial system is not a standard around the world, we're the only morons who use it. If Japan uses metric as their system why wouldn't they use metric bolts doh ::

Should be a BSPT

Good luck!

 

hey good u didnt give up. some guy on here a few weeks back did the same **** he gave up. lol

 

should i worry about the temps that putty i used can take? i busted off the piece that broke before and removed as much putty as i could(couldnt get the putty i plugged the hole with) and then recovered with JB.

 

so whats the proper fitting or way to even prevent this from happening? (i figure we might as well learn something from your pitiful situation )

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by XDEep &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so whats the proper fitting or way to even prevent this from happening? (i figure we might as well learn something from your pitiful situation )</TD></TR></TABLE>

just make sure you use a BSPT fitting, the one that comes with your autometer is NPT and will make everything FUN(like the fun i had), and make sure you dont tighten it to much. a little teflon paste and snug will seal great. btw, i didnt tighten this fitting or put it in the block.

 

That is why I recomend the BPST fitting from Flamenco-t.