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[screech]

Uh oh!
We done the last few bits on building the engine tonight, and noticed a bolt for the top engine steady is still in the block!!
there are 2 holes, its the one at the back. is there what can i do?
Do i have to drill and tap it, its very close to the water pocket!


HELP!

TA

mark

[english-bully]

there that close to the water jacket you wouldnt belave it lol.....be very carefull if you drilling it,might be worth helicoiling it once youve drill it out.least there nout speical like hardend steel there only mild steel just make sure you have a steady hand and a good sharp pilot drill 1st....good luck are kid !!!

[pikey7]

DSN (and a few others) do repair kits. It's basically a new bracket that fixes onto other bolts. They aren't that cheap mind! (but a lot cheaper than an engine rebuild!)

[Dog]

Same problem here!
Only thou I have 2 stuck in my block, and its still in the car

Just going to bodhge it up for MOT, as I have a new engine coming in the next month or so!

[taffy1967]

Yeah I got one of those kits for mine from MiniSpares.

[Guess-Works.com]

Think I have one kicking around which is used, if you need I'll hunt it out..

[minidaves]

i have one of them kits

dave

[screech]

PM sent dave ta

[Dan]

Definitely use the repair kits for this, it's almost impossible to remove either of the two engine steady rod bolts once they snap without taking the engine out and sticking the block in the milling machine. There are several different kits available, you need to choose the correct one depending on which bolt has snapped and whether there is a breather canister fitted or not.

[screech]

Can someone link me to these? i cant find pics of them!
Hopfully the one dave has got is the right one, though i am taking it to dickie, me engineer tomorrow to have a look see what he can do.

[Dan]

Well, I should of course scream USE THE #**##****# SEARCH BUTTON because this is not exactly the first time someone's done this (and hence the existance of the repair brackets) but since it is pretty hard to find anything on Mini Spares' site thanks to their useless search engine and since no-one seems to have real catalogues on this site I have given in. Here's a link to them at DSN, bottom of the page. If only one bolt is broken and it's the front one, you have to treat it as if both are broken. You'll understand when you see the diagrams of the brakcets.

DSN

[screech]

SORTED

drilledand tapped!