Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:36:26 -0400
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Exhaust studs
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If they have 6 flat sides, make sure your socket does too!
This is really the time to invest in a 6 point socket if all you have is
12pts......
If you actually have nuts/bolts, with heads, you 'should' be good. I've seen
these things rust to the point where they look like rusted rivets, there's
simply no head left on them what so ever.
-Craig
'85Westy
'80 Convertible Vanagon
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Cullen Stewart <cullberly@vermontel.net>wrote:
> None of the bolts/ studs are very rusty. They all have 6 flat sides and the
> PO said the engine had been replaced 30K before I bought it, so about 60K
> ago these were replaced. Does the condition on the outside reflect the
> condition of the threads?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Shawley
> To: Cullen Stewart ; vanagon list
> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:25 PM
> Subject: RE: Exhaust studs
>
>
>
> Dude I was terrified to replace my exhaust after studying the archives and
> list, I sprayed with PB a few nights and knocked on what I could get to
> with a hammer lightly. No problems with the replacement and the difference
> betweent the beat generic exhaust and the fresh OEM is night and day. Go
> slow and own it brother!
>
> Ryan
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:42:33 -0400
> > From: cullberly@VERMONTEL.NET
> > Subject: Exhaust studs
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > I have just replaced the intermediate pipe on my Westy and the stress of
> removing the old one has caused a crack in a primary pipe at the flange. Now
> it is time to tackle replacing the whole system. What sort of hell am I
> entering by pulling the exhaust bolts from the heads? So far I have only
> scrubbed them off with a brass brush and sprayed them with PB blaster a few
> times. Will heating the bolts with just a propane torch loosen the stubborn
> bolts or should I have the neighborhood welder hit them with the oxy torch?
>
>
>
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