Recent content by Dan the man

I've never heard of a heli coils hold in a cylinder head bolt hole not to say that they don't work. We wasn't the one's who installed it it was the machine shop, after the heli coil failure the block was junk. Are you using something other than a heli coil ?

It might not fail with a stud, I've seen them fail with the use of bolts. I do wish you the best of luck.

I've never seen heli coils hold up when used in a stress area. I have a friend who had a block where the machine shop used heli coils in the cylinder head bolt holes, it never held a headgasket after that. The cap is a breeze to install, the problem is having the block align honed

That's sad, hate to hear that he passed. All of the better entertainers are passing away. May he rest in peace

Post 18 is another possibility

The OP said that he was told that the engine was rebuilt before he got it. Myself, I don't see any other way but to pull the engine and fix it right. I don't believe in patch work or doing things half as*ed.

I don't see any way around it

I don't think that I would use a heli coil for any engine block repair.

I wouldn't use jb weld on a major engine component regardless.

Wouldn't the block need to be alignhoned:

Those 2 bolts will let you remove the cap and a cap should be easy to get but I think that the block will have to be align honed and new bearings.

That's the rear main bearing cap.

Do all Rollmaster timing chains have multiple key ways?

What ever it cost is what it costs. If I want or need the parts I'll just have to pay it.

Dart Sport or Dart swinger? You should, that would be cool. I don't know if interior parts have improved in quality since 2007, that's when I had quality issues with Dart