BTDTOTTNS (Been There, Done That, On To The Next Step).� 

I had the opportunity to try that this weekend and REALLY wish it had worked for me.� The broken exhaust bolt (might as well be a stud by now) did not succumb to propane heat, the "100 taps" and a variety of persuasions including two different types of extractors, so I paid a mobile welder to give this a try on Saturday.� Three attempts resulted in an ever shorter stud as another piece broke off per attempt.� On the last one after welding the nut on he also heated the area of the head with his acetylene torch, all to no avail.� 

Drilling in place was the next step but I could barely make a dent beyond the punch mark in the end of the piece. I finally pulled the head to take to a machine shop and that is where we stand at the moment.� The welding method might work in 90% of the cases, so I guess I'm just lucky.� Fate wanted me to get more intimate with the WBX than I ever intended.

Stephen

--- On Mon, 10/24/11, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Remove Broken Stud: Web Page
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, October 24, 2011, 12:08 AM

Stumbled on this via thesamba. IIRC, I had read a comment from Terry K
referring to this method and wasn't 100% sure what he meant. Seems
this may be the technique he spoke of:

http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/studremoval.htm

Neil.

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