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Subject:Re: machine shop recommendations (vancouver)
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Fri, 8 Nov 2013 09:51:43 -0800

Any automotive machine shop will have this.  Machinist will likely have to
drill out the broken bolts but will be able to repair it with Helicoil
inserts (hopefully).  Worth it for a part you can't get anymore.

Good luck!

Stuart

From: carchrae@gmail.com [mailto:carchrae@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tom
Carchrae
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:10 AM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: Vanagon mailing list
Subject: machine shop recommendations (vancouver)

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

Take that thermostat housing to a machine shop with a hot tank and soak it.
That should clean it up even if it is epoxy, and have them remove the broken
bolts.

Thanks Stuart.  That is a very sensible suggestion - especially the bolts
part.

Vancouver persons; do you have any recommendations of shops that would do
this?  Otherwise, I'll try yellow pages.

Thanks all,

Tom