In a message dated 16/01/2004 8:04:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
sam.cooks@verizon.net writes:

So what  is the trick to insure that your drill is going straight into
the  block.  I saw something at Home Depot that you fit onto the business
end of a drill that functions as a "press" by resting against the
surface of the object being drilled and keeping the drill bit
perpendicular, but don't know if it would  work.

Yea, for sure, but  that gadget can only be used if you have the engine out
and in a good working  environment.  We're talking about drilling while the
engine is still in  place with all that crap around the exhaust ports that do no
allow any kind of  jig to be used.
My suggestion at the outset  was to remove the engine and quit wasting time.
Others suggested that  those broken off stud/bolts could be drilled out in
place and I was just  pointing out how difficult that is.
Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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