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From: <ABeerCan@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 7:57 AM
Subject: DML: Re:V6 JBAs for sale Attn: Kyle
> Kyle, I had a bolt break off in my V-6 dak exh. maifold. Mine was the
front
> one on the passenger side. It broke off just below the surface of the
head.
> I was thinking I had to use an ez-out to back it out, but my machinist
(alos
> a Mopar guy) told me other wise. The heads are cast iron ( I think I have
> the right metal there) and the bolt is steel. What he told me to do was
to
> get a wire welder (tig or mig) and a good hardened nut. Then I scrapped
the
> top of the broke stud with the end of a file to let the weld get a good
bite.
> Hold the nut up to the broken bolt/stud and weld it to the broken end.
The
> weld won't stick to the cast iron, but it will stick to the bolt. I let
it
> cool good and then backed it right out. If it is the same one as mine,
get
> ready for some anti-freeze to leak out as it goes into a water jacket. I
> replaced mine with a factory stud only to have to do it again about 10,000
> miles later. Now I have grade 8 stainless bolts in mine (with anti-sieze
> coating). Hope this helps
Will,
Thanks for the info, just right now it would be more of a hassle than
anything to deal with the headers and the JBAs. It is a great price and as
much as I would love them, I just cant do it right now. I worked 7 days last
week and plan on working 6 this week, plus hunting season........just too
many things to get done with too little time. Sorry Austin for waiting so
long, but let them go to someone else.
Kyle
93 Dakota 4x4 V6
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