How can you tell if the head Bolt is standard or.

Tiny
BOBBIHARDIN
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  • 1995 FORD AEROSTAR
How can you tell if the head bolt is standard or metric I bought a helicoil set and its metric but when I put my bolt in it won't work and is eating the threads off my bolt how can fix it and determine what s size it is
Monday, December 3rd, 2012 AT 12:14 AM

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Tiny
CJ MEDEVAC
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VAGUE?

YOU HAVE DRILLED/ TAPPED OUT/ AND INSTALLED A HELI-COIL INTO A DAMAGED HOLE?

IF SO, TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE

LOOK AT YOUR HELI-COIL PACKAGE

WHATEVER SIZE THE HELI-COIL IS

OBTAIN A BOLT THAT SIZE, IN WHATEVER LENGTH IN NEEDS TO BE, AND INSTALL IT

THE MEDIC
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012 AT 2:56 AM

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