I stripped a head bolt....

[fuslit]

here is what i was talking about earlier... http://vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15829

first thing I thought of when I read the thread. I've used these on engine bolts a previous owner stripped they work (at least for me) great! Hammer it on to the bolt and it works in a similar fashion to an easy out, tightens up on the bolt as you loosen it.

Be sure you have a vice and pin punch to get the bolt out of it though.

-Todd

[Smokey Eddy]

augh i HATE the screeching sounds the head bolts make
*shivers*
thank god i got studs

[burn_your_money]

I didn't think there would be room for one of those inside the head, good to know

[Goat]

here is what i was talking about earlier... http://vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15829

 Wow cool! A trip to Sears is in order, tomorrow. I think I'm going to have the head checked by my machine shop and make sure everything is level.. once it's off.

[Goat]

So I went to Sears and shelled out $40 for some low-profile female easy-outs. I bring them back home, only to find out the only one that fits over the head bolt (#10) is too big to fit in the galley.
 I took a 1/2 inch drill bit and drilled out the head, dipping the bit in motor oil every five seconds or so. When the head gave up, I used a socket wrench to drive an easy out, taking the rest of the bolt out very easily.

 So the driver's side of the head will lift off the deck, but the belt-side is not so willing. I disconnected the oil line for the turbo, and I don't see anything else holding it on. Help?  :lol:

[Smokey Eddy]

Head studs out
oil line on the TOP of the turbo
oil RETURN line on the BACKKK of the turbo off? (DONT forget this one!) need a big wrench for it where it goes to the oil pan. easy to get at but a BIG ONE i use a crecent on it. Monkey wrench the first time i took it off. It's a torqued cocksucker!!! also gets hot so... really REAF on it but make sure you're turning the right way, its kinda confusing it screws onto the part that comes out of the oil pan

If you've already done this then my suggestion is, as my dearest wrenchin bud says:  BFH!!! (Big F*ahem*ing  Hammer!!!)

but it sounds like you forgots the oil return for the turbooo

[burn_your_money]

You did take the tensioner off right?

[Goat]

Haha no I left the tensioner on, as well as the bolts that hold the IP bracket to the inner timing cover, AND the top turbo oil line! It's all off now, and I discovered that some of the passages in the HG look like they've been blocked with sealant.
 I need to know: how do you determine the headgasket sizing? Is it by the two holes on the front?
 Also: My head is mechanical, right?

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