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• Building that engine, but got sidetracked with the car (part2)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 22:47:42 -0700
  ...Torch studs so the nuts will come off, (am I changing the heat-treatment?) nuts that were hopelessly locked (bench vise and vise grips...
• Re: : Snow Tire Recommendation- re studs
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 5 Dec 2015 12:12:15 -0600
  ...Snow Tire Recommendation- re studs > > Did not see the 195/75R14 on the site. Did see 195/70R14. Of course, the 205/70R14 matches...
• Re: Water Level Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 12:18:30 -0400
  ...Any simple fix >for this? How does this system work? Are there contacts in the >tank--there looks like three studs that stick through...
• Re: Electronic Rust Protection?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 22:18:07 -0400
  ...they call "Z-sticks" which (I believe) are basically zinc > head > studs. They say that these are supposed to help with the corrosion > issues...
• Re: Electronic Rust Protection?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:39:44 -0700
  ...they call "Z-sticks" which (I believe) are basically zinc head > > studs. They say that these are supposed to help with the corrosion issues...
• Re: Lug wench, steel nuts
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:17:07 -0800
  ...The REAL macho > dudes who have shiny black studs at their > disposal get a 3/4" breaker bar and a 19.09 mm > Impact...
• Re: Help! Cylinder head stud broken
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 20:17:10 -0800
  I have seen a head held on with 7 studs, but who knows how long it ran before it broke again. (It was broken...
• Re: who has wheel spacers? 5x112
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:49:58 -0700
  ...The bolt holes are slotted, but once they are on all 5 studs they do not move in any direction. The only thing that...
• Re: Mercedes Wheels, BTDT ?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:25:31 -0800
  ...I had to get longer studs for the rear > wheels. > Very happy with the result. I have some photos at: > > http://vanagonproject.page.us...
• Re: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:55:22 EST
  In a message dated 13/02/2007 8:38:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: But it really is...
• Re: Size for the clam shell bolt
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:35:35 -0700
  ...Vanagons and newer VW's use 14mm 1.5 bolts or studs. What might be confusing you is the 19mm head on that 12mm...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 25 May 2010 16:19:25 -0700
  ...I felt like sinking studs into the driveway to keep them in place. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical...
• Re: Passat Wheels a possibility
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Mon, 11 May 2009 10:37:45 -0500
  ...If you use spacers, you really don't have enough length on the stock studs, and replacing them with longer ones gets pricey. Here...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal..now how to pull drum
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:04:09 -0500
  ...Heat the center of the hub area between the studs > in a circular motion with the torch for about 30 seconds. You will hear...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 4 Jan 1999 to 5 Jan 1999 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 16:25:30 -0500
  ...Or can I buy appropriate spacers in the US? Where and how much? I assume I probably have to get longer studs in the...
• OE Tri-Star Wheel Arch Install
  Historical mailing list - Joe Pilot
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:16:52 +0000
  ...for the holes that have to be drilled? There are molded studs in the plastic that stand off enough from the surface to make...
• Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:29:06 -0400
  ...where the binding occurs) and then beat vigorously in between the studs with a ball-pein hammer. I might also give an occasional moderate...
• Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:32:12 -0800
  ...the best and safest way to remove the cylinder head exhaust studs and bolts or nuts ? Probably they have very many years of rusting...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 12:24:38 -0700
  you need to get shorter lower engine mounting studs for the engine it to fit properly on the auto trans. you set up end...
• Q: Cut the coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Arnold
  Sat, 20 May 2000 13:14:03 -0500
  ...and the crank pulley leaving too little movement to clear the studs. QUESTION: If I cut the short pipe from the pump will I...
• Re: Double Westy LP tank setup
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 12:25:34 EDT
  ...there are mounting studs already in place, for mounting the tank under your slider door area.. chris [text/html]
• Diesel Coolant Filling Question - Raise the front or not?
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 13:56:01 -0500
  hello, i filled up the coolant system after draining it to put my new raceware studs in. the needle is running on the right...
• Re: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:59:16 -0700
  ...The only time the change is a hassle is when I am doing repairs to an old wall and have to rip some studs...
• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:07:48 -0400
  ...Redo your head gaskets in advance, ceramic-coat the heads, valves and pistons, lower the CR, put aircraft-quality head studs in, heat-wrap...
• exh stud - drilling out is tough
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:06:47 -0700
  ...successfully extracted what was left of 6 of the 8 exh. studs/bolts. Last 2 broke off, one flush and one with a stub...
• Re: oil in coolant... a strange event!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:44:59 -0800
  ...look to your head studs. You lose a stud under the valve cover, it'll just blow all that coolant into the oil system...
• Re: Locking wheel lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:44:16 -0800
  ...For 2wd you can install thread-in studs up front and have all matching nuts. Mark Malcolm Stebbins wrote: >Is it possible that this...
• Re: Warped Brake rotors?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:20:58 -0600
  ...It was too late, the axles had to be removed to replace the wheel studs on the Isuzu. I recommend loosening the lugs and...
• Re: Tire Choice Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:38:14 -0400
  ...They are essentially the same but one set came with the holes for installing studs though I didn't have them installed. I use...
• Re: Removing Rusty Exhaust System
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:45:28 -0700
  ...they'll usually come right off with that process. ( nuts on studs are better than bolts screwed into the head for getting rusted things...
• Re: Bar's Leak (Was: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs)
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:24:16 -0800
  ...My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs) > Carefully, Appropriatley used, Bars leak, pwedered sealants, pepper, eggs, > etc, will work on many small...
• Re: Check my head?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:20:04 -0500
  With some skill and good drill bits and right angle drills the exhaust studs can be drilled out with the head in place. If...
• Re: Centre bores
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 31 Mar 2021 02:26:52 -0700
  ...The bigger that bore, the cozier they will be with the holes for the lugbolts/studs. BenT > On Mar 30, 2021, at 5:57...
• Audi Wweels On Vanagon Weekender
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:13:10 +0000
  ...I just test for them on the Vanagon and they fit fine in the rear (longer studs will be required) and the fronts will...
• New Style Spark Plug Wires
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 09:57:13 -0400
  Has anyone replaced their spark plug wires with ones having the new style connectors which require the distributor cap to have the little studs...
• Re: cost of a westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:45:05 -0700
  ...be in better shape! Traction ain't bad with 4 wheel studs either. Worst case I have been able to back up very steep...
• Re: Ratio Rockers with swivel/roller tips?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:42:19 EDT
  ...Easy as unbolting the old rockers, change the studs to the ones provided, add some shims, bolt on new rockers, Adjust to one turn...
• Re: installing a LP tank on a van for use w/ a portable stove or heater?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 07:50:25 EDT
  ...i was thinking of mounting it under the slider door, there are already welded on nuts in the floor to put the attaching studs...
• Re: will these wheels fit???
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:14:23 -0600
  Jonce, What is the diameter of the 5 bolt/stud holes? Remember that the Vanagons use 14mm studs/bolts. Most other vehicles use 12mm...
• Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Sun, 9 Apr 2006 19:43:57 -0700
  ...I then noticed that all of the studs can be moved about a bit in the head, except for one, which seems to be...
• Re: Exhaust fun never ends - some progress
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:32:33 -0400
  ...Could not get the nuts double-nutted tightly enough to break the studs loose without stripping something. Mind you, I've been alternately heating...
• Re: My 2 cents on head leaks. Old hash I'm sure...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hogue
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:08:34 -0400
  ...Old hash I'm sure... > > > >I have mentioned the studs on many occasions. Anytime you have > internal>head gaskets leaks, the initial cause was...
• Re: 1.9 exhaust install
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 23:02:22 -0400
  ...Also, Sears used to sell some "cut-down" 13 mm open-end wrenches that are great for putting nuts on the studs. John '84...
• Re: Nokian tires needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Mar 2013 13:04:17 -0800
  How about two Hankook Winter I PIKE 215/75 R15's ....studded, but the studs can be removed. Got 'em free. Don't think...
• OEM Mercedes 16X8J 5 spoke alloy rims
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:39:11 -0800
  ...others require spacers and longer bolts in the front (2wd) and studs in the rear. 8" is typically too wide to provide for proper...
• Drain Plug? What's a Drain Plug?
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Mon, 01 Jan 1996 09:54:57 -0700
  ...The plate itself is held on by the usual handful of studs, and looks to have been made this way. Almost like somebody didn...
• Bug O Rama
  Historical mailing list - Bob Calkins
  Mon, 25 May 1998 15:51:15 -0700
  ...do I have to cut out the center on the front 2 for the 80? I think I will have to put studs in...
• Re: Nuts and Braces
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:53:26 -0500
  I bought Bus wheel studs at a large NAPA Dist. center in Little Rock and they were very reasonably priced as I remember. Not...
• Re: 16" alloys for the vanagon, check this out
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 24 May 2001 20:44:48 +1200
  ...I can't even imagine how long the studs would need >to be to make these work on a Vanagon. The spacer looked to...
• Re: JB Weld exhaust studs?...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 21 May 2002 19:35:40 -0700
  The difference being the glow plug sees really high temps about never and the exhaust stud sees really high temps about always. I have...
• how much head stud corrosion is OK?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:07:47 -0700
  So i was looking at the head studs on the engine i am rebuilding and noticed that a couple of them (one in particular...
• Re: Stainless vs Copper exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:03:03 -0700
  ...Took the studs out and replaced them with SS bolts too. Washers too. Used anti seize of course with them. Grounded the whole engine...
• Rear Seat Re-installation question.
  Historical mailing list - Harry Rosenblum
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:54:59 -0400
  ...the seat wouldn't latch back to the studs correctly. There are two other threaded holes just aft of the larger threaded holes for...
• Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 01:50:45 -0500
  ...Hold the drum with the studs facing upward (about waist high) and drop it. The hub should pop loose from the drum. This worked...
• Re: rear axle nut removal (x-post)
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 22:19:11 -0800
  ...rear axle nut removal (x-post) i am putting benT's long studs onto my van's wheels. i started with the back, figuring...
• Re: exhaust gaskets leaking
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:03:22 -0800
  ...The studs and nuts notoriously are badly corroded, rusted, and stuck. Getting the nuts off without breaking a stud off is 'the hard part...
• Re: Coolant leaking at upper head nut
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:14:23 -0800
  ...I've never heard this mentioned and didn't find anything in the >archives. > >I know the head studs are in the cooolant jacket...
• Re: 1.9l WBX to 2.1l WBX Swap Tips? Have a complete 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:11:24 -0500
  ...You will also need to swap the lower engine to transmission mounting studs. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• My Rusty Exhaust Is No More
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:25:33 +0000
  ...Tow studs snapped off, so I helicoil those. An I am back to all stock hangers/mounting points, the rusty system had about a...
• Re: which Audi wheels fit Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 11:01:10 -0700
  ...What >was the measurement of the wheels that fit the vanagon? anybody know the >part #'s? what was the spacing between studs? >thanx, >Mark...