I just went through something similar with Audrey (vin 2105). When I was removing the intake manifold to replace the o-rings one of the bolts sheared off in the head. I tried drilling it to tap it out with no luck. I put it all back together and drove her to my mechanic. He welded a nut onto the exposed portion of the bolt and was able to back it out. He also used the same trick to get the broken exhaust stud out. It took several times and at one point he thought that he would have to pull the head and send it to a machine shop to have it drilled out, but in the end it worked. I think that as the bolt would break off below the surface he would tack a smaller diameter bolt on to extend it out to where he could work on it. BTW, Audrey is named for the man eating plant in "little shop of Horrors" because she always seems to be wanting me to feed her a little more money. On Apr 8, 2004, at 5:09 PM, Michael Paine wrote: > Hey all, > > Problem: Broken Bolt > Location: Outer Edge, Corner of Passenger Head (near jump lead post). > Condition: Not too bad, Exposed 3/8" of bolt. > > <insert all advised ways to extract a broken bolt> > > Extended Problem: Broken bit in broken bolt > Condition: VERY bad! To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/