Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
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Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
Stupid me, dropped a new helicoil in attached water jacket and cannot fish it out. I would rather not yank the head. Tried a magnet and vaccum- no joy. Maybe leave it? Sounds crazy but i doubt it would pass through radiator core. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Re: Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
I should add that i can no longer see it down there. Thanks again.
Re: Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
Out of sight, out of mind. It's too big to migrate to anywhere important.
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Re: Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
Excellent. Just what i wanted to hear. Thank you.
Re: Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
Can you roll the engine over if it's on a stand and blow some compresses air in there to see if it will come out? At least it in the water jacket and not the oil pan.
Re: Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
Thanks, yes it’s on a stand. I’ll give that a try. Does this jacket go through a passage on the block deck. I looked at a set of head gaskets that i have and it looks like a small hole. I don’t think the 3/8” helicoil will pass into the block. I pulled the water pump off and could not locate it in the block.
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Re: Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
Forget it's in there....it won't do anything and likely will be there long after that block has been retired to the scrap heap.
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Re: Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
I can't imagine it being easy to get through the thermostat. It wouldn't bother me to run it. You should see the kind of junk that come out of blocks water passages.
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Re: Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
The good news is that it wasn't a 10mm socket.
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Re: Dropped a helicoil in bbc cyl head water jacket. Please help
That sounds suspiciously specific...
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