i decided that i need to buy a helicoil kit…

i don’t like the bodge on the engine and i know it will fail, probably on the way to the mot test or somewhere else important….

i’d never really looked at how a helicoil worked before – it was just one of those things that ‘pro’ mechanics knew about and did – and i didn’t…

after checking out places like www.helicoil.com and looking at the diagrams it’s EASY ! should have guessed really…

so this week i’m web shopping for an m8 x 1.25 helicoil kit….

i saw a full helicoil kit that did boltsizes from m6-m12 and it’s great….. all those stripped bolot holes i could repair ! what bliss…. people would come from miles around just to have me ream out and re-thread their holes…. 😉

but
that all seemed a bit over the top and expensive (though in the long run it’s probably sensible)

one thing i did realise as i got it all running was that try as i might to get away from it i think i’m a bus hooligan for life…. i love this stuff… three days sweating and swearing under a bus when i could be out partying ? i wouldn’t change it for the world, i think i just need to keep it in balance….

i can see the new bus starting to take shape. i think i can see where it’s going to end up and i think i like it !