All this talk about washers on the oil pan reminded me of a bodge that
a buddy and I performed on his Chev 350 about 15 years ago.
We were putting the oil pan back on, and we overtorqued (and snapped)
a bolt. There wasn't enough of the bolt to grab onto, so we tried an
easy-out and promptly snapped that too.
Our bodge was to go to the local performance shop and get some 'valve
cover hold downs'. These are about 4 inch long chromed steel strips
with a bolt hole in the middle. They are used to apply even pressure
on the valve cover to prevent leaks.
A good gooping up with liquid gasket, a couple of these hold downs on
either side of the broken bolt, and the fix held until the Chev was
written off in a hit-and-run.
Michael
michael_bayrock@bctransit.com
71 GT6++ (waking up)
70 GT6+ (awaiting resurrection)
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