Hmm, a little threadlocker applied from the outside seems to have wicked in
and is holding the stud nicely - the never seize is still there.
I'll let you know if its works out.

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Tom Lambas <twlambas@gmail.com> wrote:

> I was putting my (almost new) oil pump back on my short block after
> finally getting the case halves back together when I
> found that the end of one of the studs wouldn't take a nut. I took it all
> apart and pulled the stud. The old stud had never seize
> on it, so I applied some to the new stud (M8x1.25x42).  I expected the
> stud to bottom out and leave about 17.5mm exposed, but
> it kept going. Should I pull it again, clean it all up, and put it back in
> with a thread locking compound? Seems like I should,
> but wanted to run it by you all.
>
> Thanks, Tom
>