i decided that i need to buy a helicoil kit...
i don't like the bodge on the engine and i know it will fail, probably on the way to the mot test or somewhere else important....
i'd never really looked at how a helicoil worked before - it was just one of those things that 'pro' mechanics knew about and did - and i didn't...
after checking out places like www.helicoil.com and looking at the diagrams it's EASY ! should have guessed really...
so this week i'm web shopping for an m8 x 1.25 helicoil kit....
i saw a full helicoil kit that did boltsizes from m6-m12 and it's great..... all those stripped bolot holes i could repair ! what bliss.... people would come from miles around just to have me ream out and re-thread their holes.... ;)
but
that all seemed a bit over the top and expensive (though in the long run it's probably sensible)
one thing i did realise as i got it all running was that try as i might to get away from it i think i'm a bus hooligan for life.... i love this stuff... three days sweating and swearing under a bus when i could be out partying ? i wouldn't change it for the world, i think i just need to keep it in balance....
i can see the new bus starting to take shape. i think i can see where it's going to end up and i think i like it !