APT???

[Goat and Chicken Farmer]

Well...of course getting the plug out was no sweat, after reading here I knew I should use penetrating fluid and heat as I did, but the slightest effort and off came one of the tangs on the screw, argh. I have also noticed that the front mounting bolt holes in the air horn showed signs of over-tightening and sure enough both the body and air-horn are pretty warped, it doesn’t appear that the sealing surface (the raised ridge area) on the body has been affected. Should I put on the brakes here and find a better core or can I recover?

[omaha]

   On one hand, you could fix what you have. Most Quadrajets at this point do seem to have some warpag, so this is not new. On the other hand, you could just find another core. I buy cores at the swap meets for cheap money.  So id say, find another core and put the other one on the shelf. You can fix it later. Your apt, when you figure out a way to remove it, you will have gained some valuable knowledge, right? LOL (dont forget to share your new "trick to remove APT screw" with all of us here.) Alternatively, you could just find another baseplate. good luck enjoy!

[Goat and Chicken Farmer]

I was thinking of a way to make a pilot or sleeve that would go into the plug hole to center a small drill bit to drill the stupid screw???