Okay so I got my head bolted on today.(sorry it's been taking me forever to get all of the necessary crap together) Anyway, I get the cams tightened down and lubed up and I'm eager to see how it will look with my freshly painted valve covers on it and when I get to the last valve cover bolt on the passanger side rear of the head, it's stripped out. At first I thought maybe the bolt was just getting hung up on the gasket so I tried gung hoeing through it. I didn't want to hurt it so I backed it off and tried a different bolt in the hole. Same thing. So I took the valve cover off and look and the hole and it's like all kinda screwed up in there. So I'm thinking of trying a thread tap first. If that doesn't work what should I do? Never done a heli-coil before and I'm not sure if a different type bolt will work. I hate to just cram a self tapping sheet metal screw in there cause that's just ghetto.
Let me know guys. I'm gonna try that tap tomorrow but any and all advise is very much welcomed!
Let me know guys. I'm gonna try that tap tomorrow but any and all advise is very much welcomed!