Got a lot done today, but......, Or am I fuched? Options

[KaptKaos]

So I have the HEs installed and the muffler too.

I went top side to install the intake manifolds. I got the driver side in, but when I went to do the passenger side, I got this:



That silvery stuff on the intake stud is aluminum. I didn't over torque it, it never got tight at all. So the question is, am I fuched or can I relatively easily fix this?

TIA

[Twystd1]

Locktite red won't work in his application. There aren't any threads left to stick too.

He MIGHT be able to get by with Locktite thread maker. Which is bassiclay a high temp epoxy you put in the bad hole. Then you coat the bolt/stud with mold release and stick it in the hole. After it sets. you remove the bolt/stud and voila... Insta thread cert.

Problem is.. me no think it works at 400 degrees F.

Me thinks the epoxy might start to degrade. I KNOW there is mil spec stuff that works. I just don't have any connects at NASA anymore. Those guys have glues and epoxys that we can only dream of.

I would yank the head and do it right.

Unless I had a time constraint.

Then I would at least try it in the car. It's keeping the angle and not wobbling a hand drill is the hard part. Worse comes to worse. and he screws the pooch. He yanks the head. I'd have John do a Heliarc number to it. Drill it out in the mill. Install new time cert.... DONE.

I dunno.. Sean. let me know if'n ya need my little drill.

Clayton