gatorfan6908
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- May 17, 2010
- Messages
- 149
Morning All,
Quick question about anaerobic gasket sealer... When removing the block cover on my 1982 L6 90HP Mercury OB, I broke off a few head bolts. This thing hasn't been taken off since factory, so you can understand how difficult it was to get them all out. I got all but two of them out... and so far one on the top left has an easy-out broken off in it and I cannot remove it nor drill it out for a helicoil. The other bolt is on the bottom right of the block and is extremely difficult to get to with the bottom cowl in place. Anyways... No shop around here wants to drill them out and I don't want to damage the block and NEVER get a good seal on it.
SO after talking w/the local shop guy, he suggested the anaerobic gasket sealer and said I may be able to get through with not having those two bolts. If you take a look here, you can see exactly what I am talking about. Best I can tell, it SHOULD work, but I'm no expert and wanted to get some advice. The only other option (that I don't think I could follow through with) is to drill new holes and thread them. Give me whatever advice you can... as this is the only thing holding me up from finishing this boat resto (FULL STORY IN SIGNATURE)...
Quick question about anaerobic gasket sealer... When removing the block cover on my 1982 L6 90HP Mercury OB, I broke off a few head bolts. This thing hasn't been taken off since factory, so you can understand how difficult it was to get them all out. I got all but two of them out... and so far one on the top left has an easy-out broken off in it and I cannot remove it nor drill it out for a helicoil. The other bolt is on the bottom right of the block and is extremely difficult to get to with the bottom cowl in place. Anyways... No shop around here wants to drill them out and I don't want to damage the block and NEVER get a good seal on it.
SO after talking w/the local shop guy, he suggested the anaerobic gasket sealer and said I may be able to get through with not having those two bolts. If you take a look here, you can see exactly what I am talking about. Best I can tell, it SHOULD work, but I'm no expert and wanted to get some advice. The only other option (that I don't think I could follow through with) is to drill new holes and thread them. Give me whatever advice you can... as this is the only thing holding me up from finishing this boat resto (FULL STORY IN SIGNATURE)...
