Progress made today!

[In The Ten Ring]

Today was the day my dad and I drilled out the broken bolt. I wish I had pics of dad in there but I had left my phone in my kitchen.

After many attempts to center punch the broken bolt, we realized there was still some broken extractor in there. So out came my dremel tool again and this time, I ground until I heard a change in the sound it made....I also noticed I was quickly biting into the bolt shaft.

Dad took over and drilled nearly dead center through her! It was really something to see a 72 year old man do that sort of thing. I changed out his bits for him and kept up with oil lubrication when he asked for it.

Guess what! The threads are still intact: one of the other bolts fit with no problem.

Now....does anyone have a spare gas tank retaining bolt and washer I could buy or bum?