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Smallfry
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I have used this method on the broken glowplugs on my M57.
You could "quickly" whip off the head and put it on your milling machine instead.
I really hate these seemingly five minute jobs.
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Can you put the manifold back on and drill with a sharp 8-8.8 (whatever fits the manifold hole) to get a center mark in the stud
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This is the way forward. Using a hardened bush in the manifold hole.
Just waiting for the manifold to come back, then I can use it as a guide. My friend, who is skimming it) is going to put a hole down the middle of an M8x1.25 bolt that might also help as there is just (only) enough thread there to get the tip of a bolt to grip. It might be that with the manifold in place both together will hold so that i can get a centre hole started.
What i am not sure about is whether the manifold holes will be in the same place after the warp. We will see.
Noone has suggested, so i suspect its not worth it/will cause damage to try, to weld a bolt onto that broken stud. I'd have to build the weld up out of the head to do this so i imagine i will end up with a mess if i try and probably little success (in my hands!).
What i am not sure about is whether the manifold holes will be in the same place after the warp. We will see.
Noone has suggested, so i suspect its not worth it/will cause damage to try, to weld a bolt onto that broken stud. I'd have to build the weld up out of the head to do this so i imagine i will end up with a mess if i try and probably little success (in my hands!).
Smallfry
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Manifold holes are usually quite generous and do not exactly line up with the bolt pattern. Possibly because of expansion
