Rescuing my Volvo after 3 years parked

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Originally Posted by v8volvo

Hmm. I wonder if the greenbook gives it? Otherwise no idea here, at least. Maybe a good fastener supplier could figure it out with measurements. I certainly would think it is a pretty irregular size. A die to match it would probably only have one job to ever do -- cleaning up D24/T crankshaft bolts -- and I would not be surprised if it were expensive....

What about a wire wheel on a bench grinder? I would not think the threads would suffer from that as long as you kept them parallel to the motion of the wheel and didn't go too nuts, no?

Yeah my thoughts were a die and a corresponding tap for the crankshaft snout. The snout is pretty gummed up and I really want an accurate torque rating.

I actually do not own a wire wheel on a bench grinder. But I do have a few wire wheels that mount into a drill. Perhaps I can try that. This epoxy stuff is very hard, like using a pick I really have to bare down on it to get the epoxy to chip off.