What did you do today?

[Hooli]

If there is room to get a drill in, then a helicoil style of repair is a doddle to do.

[mercrocker]

Trouble with this one is access - only just room for a spanner! I'm going to try some nordlock washers.....

[Hooli]

Slightly larger bolt with a slot cut so it taps it's own thread?

Bit of a bodge but could work.

[mercrocker]

Maybe, that might be the last resort....Thing is, it really is due a new engine in a year or so (although I have been saying that for 4 years now) and the exhaust itself is stainless so I can afford a one-time fix....

[Hooli]

Metal rawbolt? won't expand the hole so it's still fixable easier then.

I'm just thinking aloud now.

[mercrocker]

It seems clear that a chemical solution is probably unworkable owing to the heat involved....I've used liquid metal to hold in a B series thermostat stud but this is a different league....

[LynehamHerc]

Didn't someone on the beige, Peter C(?), have some miracle chemical metal?

[paulplom]

My mate's just rang, the little red car is all ready. He's fetching it over.
£220 fully comp, 60mpg and £20 tax. What's not to like?

[mercrocker]

Didn't someone on the beige, Peter C(?), have some miracle chemical metal?

Oh yes the stuff that knits Stuttgart steel back together? !

I'm going to try an engineering solution first, though. Strangely enough it isn't the stud I thought would wind back out and there is another branch of the exhaust blowing now too but at least access is a lot clearer that side. Debating whether to bring the van back here and do it - the barn is dry but no power or lighting to speak of and not a lot of space either.

[paulplom]

Valeted inside and out. Came with sat nav and bluetooth transmitter fitted as standard. Reciept for £165 for brake pipes and mot. Got 95 on the way home. Petrol light came on when I was nearly home. Very pleased. Would buy again.