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I was removing the bolt that holds the clip to remove the caliper on my 80 ford, and it broke off. I was able to drill it out, what was to be a 1/2 hr brake job turned into a longer project. Anyone else had a unexpected repait today? Stan
 
We finished planting corn today and thankfully everything held up pretty well. We had 2 bearings go out on one disk so we switched to the other one and by the time I got through with it, a bearing was squealing on it. I guess I'll have plenty to do next week.
 
Well, I spent all afternoon, evening taking off the wear surfaces on two of four bottoms on my plow. Got two large bolts that I just can't get - trying to drill them out. Only two bottoms to go. Looks like I'll be nder that plow all day today! Don't have aheat wrench, and some of the bolts/nuts are rusted beyond wrenching off. Have drilled out several.
 
If anyone on here has changed a turbo on a Duramax in a pickup, you know how fun it is to get the 6 bolts that attach the pipes from the manifolds to the turbo inlet. 12mm 12 point heads. As tight as they are, I don't know how they don't pull the threads out of the cast iron. 5 came out, 1 rounded off. If anyone would like to get in there and extract that bolt, I'll let them have the full 4.5hrs warranty pays to swap a turbo.
Forgot to mention, you'll be working between the firewall and back of the engine...
 
I learned along time ago. The last or hardest bolt to get to will be the one to break. Also if you drop something. It will land in the hardest place to get to.
 
Went to help a fellow Hudson enthusiast pull the front sheet metal off a '50 Super Six sedan on Thursday- to our surprise, former owner had apparently done the same thing not too long ago, as it had all new bolts, and nothing rusted together. What we thought would be an all-day ordeal ended up taking only a couple of hours! Next project is to pull the engine and transmission, and install a TH 400, with adapter. Murphy's Law isn't always in effect.
 
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