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Originally Posted by Kestas
How many miles on the head? Has the head ever been off before? It may not be such a terrible expense if the head is due for reconditioning anyhow to have a machine shop do the repair.
One more thought - how much longer of a bolt can go in there? Job 05-2190 suggests that you may have some good thread further down the hole to bite into for a patch repair. Though I wouldn't expect a lot of strength from just a few intact threads.
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The head has 103000 miles on it and it has never been off before.
Based on the manual, I think there may be about 5mm of addtional thread left, if I decide to go with a longer bolt.
Thanks.
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