The diesel rod bolts are M9X1.0 Thread pitch. The early non stretch bolts used nuts with a shoulder. The shoulder gets a ding to further lock them. Dennis Sent from my Windows Phone -----Original Message----- From: mark drillock Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 5:00 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: DIESEL need rod cap nuts AFAIK, the typical VW gas inline engines use a different rod nut, except for the supercharged Corrado which uses the diesel rod nuts you are looking for. Mark
James Felder wrote: > Good point. I know that the diesel rid bolts are a desirable replacement fir the waterboxer bolts, but I know that the diesel bolts and nuts are a pretty odd size an are very high quality. > > Does anyone know? > > Jim > > > > On Aug 21, 2011, at 2:06 PM, "pat "<psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > >> Jim, are the diesel cap nuts different than the gas motors? >> I always read that VW's inline is so stout that not much was changed for the >> diesel app. >> |
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