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Busted 2 thermostat housing bolts! - Franko - 07-15-2013
Hey so taking my thermostat housing of my OM617 I busted 2 of the bolts.
And will need to drill the busted ones out. Can i just replace them with run of the mill bolts? Or are they some sort of special kind?
RE: Busted 2 thermostat housing bolts! - Simpler=Better - 07-15-2013
You're lucky, up in Canadia you have metric stuff in every hardware store! Regular bolts will be fine, add some neversieze or grease to them. If you're loaded($$) use brass studs with mild steel nuts.
RE: Busted 2 thermostat housing bolts! - Franko - 07-15-2013
Awesome thanks,now just gotta drill out the broken ones.
Thanks
RE: Busted 2 thermostat housing bolts! - larsalan - 07-15-2013
I had broken off 1 or 2 of the original stock bolts, they came out pretty easy with a screw remover or something as I recall.
To be clear, the bolts I broke were the ones that hold the 2 halves of the housing together.