Originally Posted by
lsbully
I really appreciate your help gents!
Got home yesterday, excited about removing a head shim and running the car, that soon turned into what the F, when my allen wrench broke and was stuck in the bolt, after standing there in disbelief, and trying to remove it, I gave up and ran the car.
It ran very well, I put tank after tank after tank thru it, for bout 30 minutes, and it only died twice, that happened just like it did before, but this time no gurggling sounds, just died.
So late lastnight I thought about what I should do to remove the bolt with the allen wrench in it, got a carbide ball file, chucked it up, ground down the bolt and allen wrench and drilled the fastener out, with no damage to the head or other parts what so ever...THANK YOU LUCK!
I removed one shim and will run it again today!
Nice work! I'm glad that you never had to cut the head off. I'm happy to hear that your engine is running better now.