[alfa] working with aluminum

[Timothy Spruill <captain_hyperion@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alfisti,

I have been doing almost all my own work on Giuliana,
my Milano, for about a year now.  I have found lots of
bolt/ screw holes stripped in the block and other
places on the car.  It seems like no matter what I am
working on, someone else has gotten there first and
screwed it up.  At first I blamed the previous owners
from the past 17 years.  Then I started to think that
maybe I had a bad torque wrench and that was the
problem.  Now I am beginning to think that I am the
cause of all my woes.  Is it possible that there are
so many bad 'Merican mechanics out there that they
could do this to an entire car, or am I a little to
eager and ham fisted.  What is the secret to working
in this soft beautiful metal?

Learning about helicoils,
Tim Spruill
Baton Rouge, LA
'71 Spider
'87 Milano
'03 Mazda P5



		
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