Date:         Mon, 13 May 2002 19:25:50 -0700
Reply-To:     DaveC <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
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From:         DaveC <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Head gasket job getting out of hand
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>sanford schulwolf wrote:
>
>>  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.
>
>That is an intriguing description, but for the life of me I can't
>envision it. Can you draw a picture and post it somewhere for the list,
>or just e-mail me a copy.

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1. Weld a nut or bolt head on one end of a small-diameter steel tube
(that just fits over the broken stud).

2. At the opposite end of the tube, remove a section of the tube. Cut
out a portion of the tube so that the remaining tube is "C"-shaped.
Cut out a section only as long as the remaining stud segment is long
(this guy cut 4mm long; depends on how much is left of the stud...).

3. Along this opening you've just made, weld the tube to the
remainder of the stud.

4. When the weld cools, use a wrench on the bolt (or nut) end of the
tube and unscrew the stud.

Dave
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Dave Carpenter

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May you have twice as much.

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we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." -- Arthur C.
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