Sheared Bolt - Water Pump

[tryitnsee]

AARRGGHHHH........... After stripping the sprints' 'other' motor to almost nothing I headed for the distinctly dodgy looking water pump - and of course the stud sheared <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START >: --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... ns/mad.gif ALT=">:"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> ...... Any advice on how deep this bolt goes so I don't go overboard when trying to drill it out? I may even just drop the bare block at a local machine shop but I guarantee they won't have seen a Dolly Sprint block for decades if ever! HELP!<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :( --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /frown.gif ALT=":("><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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[Carsreunited]

Where are you?

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[bodgerben]

Not very deep 3/4 inch - remember this is a left hand thread. Drilling it out is normally quite easy, you can then use a small left hand stud extractor, I seem to remember the last one I did the sheer fact of drilling it out loosened the remains of the bolt and it could be undone with a screwdriver!<br>
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Put a new bolt on there, with a penny washer under it - two levers under the washer and pop the pump out, then you can see if the cage remains in the block or not.<br>
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Do the decent thing and swap it for a leccy pump, the club has all the engine bits and you can get the leccy pump from loads of places.

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[tryitnsee]

thanks Ben, I'll be trying that, hopefully this evening. In response to carsreunited - I'm over in Brussels - from the photo on your post it seems you're the one way up north who had the bonnet bulge and extractors coming up over the top - I remember the car was for sale..... did it go or did you buy it?<br>
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John

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[Carsreunited]

That's just the photo of an F3 Manifold at Gaydon Museum from the Mansell car.<br>
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Mine is <br>
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[algtj]

Giza go Mr!<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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