Thanks for the comments and suggestions everyone! As it turns out, 5 more flywheel bolts were also bad - making 7 out of 12 bolts needing special procedures to remove them. I drilled them out, basically. I wrote a detailed reply in the Diesel Forum about how I did it - so go read that post for more details. I will say it was more effort than just drilling.

Larry: I know what you mean, I've been there and done that myself - it is a very bad movie, not the worst, but plenty bad enough!

Tom

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