yeah ill look into retapping tomorrow, yeah i can see the first few threads and then it looks smooth after that

 

i even used a helicoil to fix a hole for a brake rotor, on a 98 dakota 2wd, when I took out the two bolts that held the rotor on, the rusted threads came with it. I could not find a helicoil the proper size and not wanting to go larger I paid a guy 50 bucks to drill and tap and insert heli coil, he even mounted the rotor to be sure that it would get to the torque without stripping out. Was worth the 50 bucks. If you are around Windsor On, it's the Spark Plug Doctor.....loook him up. That is his main specialty since plugs last so long now in cars and some cars just don't leak any oil so the plugs get rusted in...maybe a good thing pulling our plugs on the new Hemi at 30K