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Date:         Tue, 21 Dec 1999 07:47:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Foggitaboutit, was: HEADSTUD HORROR!
Comments: To: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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If one was corroded to the point it wouldn't take 37 ft lbs, what are the others like?

Might be a good time to think about a new, used, rebuilt engine. It was at this point that I replaced my first engine.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message ----- From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 6:45 AM Subject: Foggitaboutit, was: HEADSTUD HORROR!

> Jim- > > Don't even THINK about "going without" one of your head studs. Not unless > you are a glutton for punishment. You would never relax and enjoy your van > again, constantly pinching your sphincter while driving, having to carry > jacks and tools, wondering when your "little experiment" would fail... like > Damocles Sword. > > I don't play in the water, but if they are built like the air, you don't > have to split the case. Follow the advice of the water-cooled brains in the > collective. > > G. Matthew Bulley > Bulley-Hewlett > Corporate Communications Counselors > www.bulley-hewlett.com > Cary, NC USA > 888.468.4880 tollfree > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------------- > Get your FREE semi-private E-mail account, use your computer at work. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Ruch [SMTP:jpeterruch@HOTMAIL.COM] > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 8:01 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: HEADSTUD HORROR! > > Don't read this with the lights out... it could happen to you! > > Twenty some hours into a both-sides head gasket job (including resurfacing > of the old mating surfaces etc)... first side done... going into the final > torque sequence (anicipating the sound of the engine firing on the first > attempt)... at the specified 37 ft. lbs.... out of the dark and gloomy > nothing... PING!! and my wrench goes slack. I knew it wasn't good. > > I had noted that the head studs didn't look so good and that if I ever did > this job again, I might have to replace them. One of them (number 2 in the > torque sequence) failed. It broke way down near the crankcase... before > any > threads that might be there. > > I am thinking about threading the hole in the head that the stud passes > through and simply plugging it. > > Questions: > > 1. What are the chances of my getting away with this "plug plan". > > 2. If I have to replace the stud(s), do I have to split the crankcase? > > 3. "To me -- to me -- why do these things always happen to me?" > > Thanks for any help anyone can provide. > > Still smiling (amazingly) > > Jim Ruch > '85 Weekender; "Snugvagon" > Alfred, NY > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >


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