[V8] monkey lads strike again

[Ron Wainwright]

Ed, were the four bolts in the rear of the pump...or
were they not there? & you obviousley took the rad fan
out to remove the PS pump....so I would think you have
enought room to helicoil. 

 & whats the need for a right angle drill?
 Ron

--- Ed Kellock <ed.kellock at msn.com> wrote:

> I removed the p/s pump from the 90 v8 yesterday to
> replace an o-ring on a
> leaking X-cap. 
>  
> I found that the two bolts that hold the pump in on
> the front were
> overtorqued and came out with some threads in them. 
> So of course there
> wasn't enough thread left in either hole to get them
> to bite.
>  
> I have a helicoil set that's the right size but I
> need a right-angle
> drill.  I am looking but so far have some doubt
> about the size of them
> versus how much space I have to work with.  
>  
> The alternative seems to be to remove the a/c
> compressor to get the
> bracket out of the car to work on it at the bench.
>  
> Anybody out there with any BTDT?
>  
> Thanks,
> Ed
>  
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