Re: [Amc-list] alt bolt hole

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I'd do the helicoil as once you hit water you have to deal with sealing issues and or possibly cracking later on!
Plus staying iwth 3/8's means it all bolts up stock and is invisible.
  No reason you can't do it with the head in place on the block.

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: "Michael Canada" <gcanada@xxxxxxxxx>
> Hi guys I need a bit of advice for 401 V8. I was trying to put my alternator on 
> and found the bolt hole was stripped out, great time to find out. The head is on 
> the engine and in the car. My question is, should I just drill and tap the hole 
> out and install heli coils 3/8 or wound the head be able to take just being 
> tapped out to 7/16 bolt thread ? The hole is the one closest to the header 
> flange.
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