RE: 2L head bolts - I meant studs

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>]

> I was told by a knowledgable person that the head retaining studs are in
> fact welded to a steel girdle which is placed into the casting
> mould before
> the ali is poured.  I know that certain studs suffer from corrosion more
> than others, IIRC the two near the rear on the intake side of the
> block seem
> to waste away faster than the others.  Any body confirm the story
> about the
> stud girdle??

I believe Paul Mitchell is correct.

Paul Glynn developed a jig for drilling these out and inserting a helicoil
with the block/liners still in the car.

bs

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