<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Sincere thanks to all who responded. I think I will first try drilling and tapping the sealing block to 3/8 - 24. If that works out, great. If not, a steel block seems to be the best (if not the least expensive) solution....<div><br></div><div>Cheers all!</div><div><br></div><div>Dave<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 25, 2020, at 8:36 PM, Bud Rolofson <levilevi@comcast.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><div class="">Rethread it to the next size up. That's what I did and the engine never knew the difference. Being aluminum it's, of course, real easy to tap.</div><div class="">Bud</div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 25, 2020, at 11:52 AM, David Friedlander <<a href="mailto:forzion7@gmail.com" class="">forzion7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Hey all!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Looks like I've got some stripped threads in the aluminum sealing block</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">on my TR6. Anyone have one they'd care to sell me from a parted-out </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">engine? I'd rather go with a new-to-me original piece than going the </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">helicoil route.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Thanks all!<br class=""><br class="">Dave Friedlander</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">'74 Six</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><div class=""><span id="cid:ii_kgpeof7q0"><image.png></span><br class=""></div></div></div>
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