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Yea I tried clearing out the oil when I first tried loosening it and I think there was just enough to make it strip but today I found a small paint brush and cleaned out all of the bolt heads and they appear to be dry. I have plenty of extensions to use as a battering ram lol. I will give the...

Alright so first go with the 7/16 hex, hammer it in then see if that works if not then extract it with the spiral screw extractor kit correct?

The 7/16th inhex socket? and just so I understand why you chose that size is it a little bit larger than the 10mm allen socket?

Well other than the 10mm allen socket with a breaker bar, nothing lol. I thought you meant the stripped bolt my mistake.

I don't have anything on hand that will remove them, so you guys suggest I get an extractor? Can you post a link to which ones I need?

I found this bolt out kit by craftsman, you guys think the sockets in this set will work? http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00952061000P

I am sorry to keep derailing the thread but this gets more attention than the thread I made about me doing this. What do you guys think about those reverse drill bits that drill counter clockwise? I think that might work for removing the head bolt. Actually I found a set of Easy Out sockets at...

lol, I am talking about the stock head bolts

Yea a friend of mine was saying we might have to weld something on and get it out that way. Well the 7m I have has been well taken care of, 81k miles and I don't plan on driving it often anyway just need to replace the head gasket and a few other gaskets along the way and it should be good to go.

Is there another way? It would be nice to have like a list of methods because at the moment I am broke lol

Pretty much, it still sort of has the hex shape but it's mostly rounded. I can tighten the bolt but when it comes to loosening it is when it strips.

That is why I was asking because if you make it jump threads then that is basically like ripping the bolt out and damaging the threads. I want to get this bolt out safely without damaging anything but I don't care if the bolt itself gets damaged because I have ARP studs coming in.

Wouldn't making it jump damage the threads?

i stripped one fucking head bolt......... trying to think of how I can get it out.

Tonight I tried cleaning out the head bolts as much as I could, soaking up the oil and scraping out sludge and when I got to the fifth bolt according to the sequence it started stripping and it's a bit rounded now. What do you guys recommend I should do to remove it?

Mother of god

Got to a stopping point where I have to remove the head bolts

My stopping point for today and it is at TDC. The head screws are covered and filled in with oil I need to get some shop towels and clear them out.

Removed my turbo and exhaust manifold now all that is left is the last bit of the intake manifold then it is head removal time to change the head gasket.

I finally got the turbo and exhaust manifold off tonight and tomorrow I tackle the rest of the intake manifold and then it's time to work on the head. I did notice there is some oil on the last 2 holes of the exhaust where cylinder 5 and 6 are as well as for the spark plug wires there was a...