i hate them i hate them i hate them with a passion. so im building an engine for The bush and i get it all built and go to put the header on come to find out the holes are stripped. so i have to pull it all apart and put another head gaskit on it and put a head i have laying around on it. and hope that it works AHHHHHH stupif freakin car. im glad im getting rid of it. now i know why you hate them caboobaroo

You know of the multitude of ways to fix the stripped exhaust stud holes right? Search and you will be relieved. DON'T tear off the head just because the stud holes are stripped!

Yea seriously..not that big of deal..helacoil..or tap it out for a bigger bolt.

the heads have two sets of tapped holes for the exhaust, one set is 90 degrees from the other. just have to cut the flange and rotate it, than weld back together, you may be able to do it with clamps, although Ive never tried it..

i hate them i hate them i hate them with a passion. so im building an engine for The bush and i get it all built and go to put the header on come to find out the holes are stripped. so i have to pull it all apart and put another head gaskit on it and put a head i have laying around on it. and hope that it works AHHHHHH stupif freakin car. im glad im getting rid of it. now i know why you hate them caboobaroo

 

That is hardly peculiar to EA82Ts

 

Don't dismantle it. Just fix it

basically, thats an easy fix, the hardest part is finding the proper sze drill bit for the helicoil. hate to say it, but replacing the heads cause of a striped bolt is like raplacing the car cause a scratch in the paint.

+1 on the helicoil....

 

 

 

But EA82Ts still suck:-p

God I pray that this works and is running tonight....

Yup, EA82T FTL.... Especially when I saw Suberdave's EJ20G:slobber:

 

And this post is brought to you by the USMB drunk!

Just tap it directly with a 7/16 tap and put a standar stud in it. Works great. No need to drill, weld flanges, or helicoil at all. Certainly no need to remove the head! Just use oil and tap slowly, backing it out a few times to let out the chips. Plus doing it this way, if it strips again ever(unlikely), this way you leave Helicoil as an option for the future.

yeah its easy when you have a hellicoil or tap set but i dotn so i just did the head

 

$7.99. click on the picture.

 

Your energy, your effort, your mess.. my opinion? bad choice.

Well guess what? I was promised the car Sunday. Bought an Engine from Carfreak. Subaruguru worked on it. And it doesn't work? Just my luck. How come everytime I try to buy something from someone on this board, it doesn't work out?

yeah its easy when you have a hellicoil or tap set but i dotn so i just did the head

 

You don't have a tap, but you had an extra Headgasket lying around? Please don't tell me you used the Old headgasket. Seriously, any hardware store has a 7/16 tap, and any auto parts store has a 7/16 stud. Hell in a pinch I've just run a 7/16 bolt straight into the hole(slowly, carefully)

 

What you did is like open heart surgery to remove a mole.

 

 

"The force is strong in you, but much to learn you have. Patience young padawan"

yeah its easy when you have a hellicoil or tap set but i dotn so i just did the head

 

Wow. Wow.

no i dint reuse the old headgaskit i had a set of headgaskits that where for an engine that snapped a wrist pin. i didnt use them on the bad engine so i used them on this one

Snapped a WRIST PIN? Holy cow I have never seen a Subaru do that before and I have probably seen more torn down than anybody on the board minus 1-2 people TOPS.

 

Snapped Rods, saw one with a cracked crank, 16 bent valves and cracked pistons....but never a wrist pin. Probably the strongest thing in the engine pound for pound!

 

Would really love a picture of the carnage!!!