Hi yall it's been a minute. I've finally gotten back to putting my engine back into the car. I had my engine done by Inlinepro and it was an amazing experience all except for one problem. Stripped holes. I'm not 100% positive that it was 100% their fault, but they weren't stripped when I sent it out lol.

ISSUE:
Anyways the issue is, my passenger side motor mount where the plate mounts to the block, the lower two holes are stripped, left one goes in but won't tighten and the right one just slides in and out. What do yall think is the best fix for this? Also one other place where there is a stripped hole is where the Idler pulley bolts in.



Thank you for any and all input! I would still go through John(inlinepro) in a heartbeat, super great guy!

 

Time-sert or similar

 

Are you sure you are using the correct bolts? In the correct holes?

 

IIRC as well these mounts come with their own bolts since the OE bolts are too long and will destroy the block

 

See if you can get a good look inside the holes. It is not uncommon (I have seen a car with one BAD and another where it was galled but was able to repair the threads) for the bolts to gall in the motor mount holes in my experience. Did you notice when you removed the mounts if the bolts were tight most of the way out? Because it can pull the threads out of the block. This is due to the use of steel bolts in aluminium holes. Given everyone is averse to putting any thread dressing at all on bolts nowadays as the bolts are reused over time any coating is removed and then this can occur. You would have noticed this when removing the original mounts though since the bolts would bind up and be very hard to remove. If the threads look ok then double check you are using the correct bolts.