Bad roadtrip 10 days ago.

[rmk57]

 
   Visegrips are my go to for rounded off bolt heads.

[djfordmanjack]

since this is the easy to reach bolt. Do you still have a welder, Rich ? I drill out the threads from rather large nuts (M10 or 7/16 that is a 17mm or 11/16 wrench) and then slip it over the stud and weld it to the rounded head or broken stud with a real hot weld  and high Ampere setting. let cool off for a few seconds until the nut has changed from tomato red to blue, and unbolt the broken watchamacallitthingy.... works all the time, even with  decades of frozen solid rusted junkyard car bolts....

[Lgcustom]

Rich,
Can you drill a hole in the head of the bolt and use a regular screw extractor(easy-out)? Or can you get vice grips on the head from the side?

[59meteor]

Any chance that you can hammer a slightly smaller SAE 6 point socket, over the partially rounded off bolt head? Between the tight fit, and the hammering, it MAY walk right out.

[mustang6984]

since this is the easy to reach bolt. Do you still have a welder, Rich ? I drill out the threads from rather large nuts (M10 or 7/16 that is a 17mm or 11/16 wrench) and then slip it over the stud and weld it to the rounded head or broken stud with a real hot weld  and high Ampere setting. let cool off for a few seconds until the nut has changed from tomato red to blue, and unbolt the broken watchamacallitthingy.... works all the time, even with  decades of frozen solid rusted junkyard car bolts....

Never thought of that. Excellent idea. I'll keep that one in mind!   

[RICH MUISE]

Got it done. With a better/new 6 point socket we were able to get the other two bolts out with little hassle. Just took the two of us. We then used an air grinder with a large carbide burr to grind the head off the stubborn one. Only took 10 minutes or so. The starter is out, we'll deal with the leftover stud in the bellousing after the engine is out. Should be out tomorrow........just need to locate my chains.
Derrick and I decided to head up to our old home area in Colorado for a few days.....after the replacement engine is dropped in and all hooked up on the underside...maybe this weekend.

[RICH MUISE]

Got 90% of the stuff done to the replacement engine needed before it goes in. If all goes well tomorrow, we may give it a shot by the afternoon. It's been many years since my son and I did a project together, been enjoying that.

[hiball3985]

Good for you Rich I'm getting to the point of doubting I can do that kind of work

[Ford Blue blood]

Go for it Rich!  Having an adult child to help is priceless!  None of my girls are the least bit interested in cars or working on them.  Might be because they grew up in the "car scene" and have may miles in the back seat of the 36........

[RICH MUISE]

I'm right there with you, Jim. It probably would have ended up being a winter-long project if my son wasn't here to help. He's only got 4 days left, so I'm hoping we can get the motor at least installed and bolted to the tranny, engine mounts, and starter installed. Everything else is just tedious but doable for me. It'll just be slow. I keep cans of "BOOST" handy....for me, not the car, lol.
Bill, Derrick is not really into the car scene. It's a necessary evil to him.

[hiball3985]

I'm lucky also, my son is a car guy and will help anytime I need him but haven't had any major work to do so far. I work 15 minutes and then I have to rest for 30 

[RICH MUISE]

Had a few glitches that took some time..........broken bolt in the block, my old front sump oil pick-up tube flange that didn't match the new engine, almost forgetting the 1/8 spacer that goes between the block and tranny's bellhousing etc., but all has been taken care of. Yesterday we got the engine in and today we got it all bolted together, motor mount's stud nuts on, starter installed, torque converter bolted down, exhaust hooked up, and the rack and pinion almost reinstalled. We discovered late an apparent misalighnment on the rack, tomorrow we'll figure that out and that'll finish up the underside. That's all I was hoping to get done when Derrick was here, so we're in good shape.

[hiball3985]

Great progress Rich. You should be on the road again pretty soon

[mustang6984]

Can't sell it now...gotta get your moneys worth back out of the labor and engine!     

[Jeff Norwell]

You be back driving in a week Rich!. great progress indeed!