Date:         Mon, 13 May 2002 12:31:47 -0700
Reply-To:     sanford schulwolf <sanfordachulwolf@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         sanford schulwolf <sanfordachulwolf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Head gasket job getting out of hand
Comments: cc: jmorris1@CAROLINA.RR.COM
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I was working in my friends shop last week - he is a
top vw syncro guy in SF and saw him working on the
exact problem.  What he did ( stay with me as I don't
know all of the proper terms) was cut a tubular piece
of some type of Metal , on one side he welded a lage
bold head.  Next he cut a 4mm (about) section out of
the tube- length wise, through, about a 1/4 of the
tube. (whole tube was seated from the base of the
broken stud to the original length)  ........  He then
welded this tube to the broken stud and simply
unscrewed it.



--- John Morris <jmorris1@CAROLINA.RR.COM> wrote:
> Hi all,pulled the engine in my 85 Westy to replace
> head gaskets this
> weekend. Things were going great on the driver side,
> barrels weren't stuck,
> head sealing surface was pitted but reparable with
> JB Weld. Replaced the
> water pump, t-stat and clutch and it all was going
> so smoothly, I should
> have known that disaster was lurking on the other
> side of the case.
>
> On the passenger side, two of the head studs (both
> top middle ones) snapped
> when I began to loosen the nuts. One of the studs
> looks long enough to
> remove without much trouble, the other snapped
> leaving only about an inch of
> stud showing.  Is it possible to remove the piston
> pins without the use of
> the VW special tool? And what methods would you
> employ to remove the
> offending studs from the case? I'm assuming an
> EZ-out is the logical choice,
> no? Any ideas or info from those that have been down
> this road before would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Getting in over my head !
>
> John Morris
> '85 Westy
> "If he speaks in the woods but she is not there to
> hear him, is he still
> wrong?"

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