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• Re: First day on the list. First questions
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 22:17:22 -0700
  ...Look REAL carefully at the studs that hold on the heads. This is where folks get into trouble. If there is ANY corrosion on...
• Re: Tires (by one reviewer)
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:11:27 -0400
  The Hakka snows with studs are the best snow tires I have ever used. I believe they may have saved my life two winters...
• Re: Header bolts broken
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:37:45 -0700
  ...Yes the exhaust studs are most liklely 5.8 or 8.8. Almost all repalcment studs are 5.8 unless you go for a...
• Re: WBX Cylinder Head Nut Torque check, re-torque
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 12:57:06 -0700
  ...torque value to 41 ft lbs but then with old case studs..... < shrugs > Since the drain bolts on my engine are not seized, clamping...
• Jeeps and bussi, and vanagons..(Rims!)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 12:04:57 -0800
  ...up on his spare tire mount...FITS! I figure if 3 studs fit the other two will be in the same pattern... A few...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Bigger wheels on 2WD Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Road Camper
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:07:25 -0800
  ...I would need to replace the studs and maybe grind a little of the centre of the rims to fit over the hubs. Has...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 7 Apr 2003 - Special issue (#2003-388)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 11:34:29 -0600
  ...The particular application was on the exhaust studs of aircraft engines. The brass is soft enough to turn even after being in place for...
• Re: complaints / Dansk Exhaust / Ford Purchase Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 14:45:41 -0400
  ...And yes, more than once I have also had to 'persuade' the pipe to fit over the exhaust studs. This is a given, whether...
• Re: reverse (manual) shifting
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:07:53 -0400
  ...If you can find nothing wrong, the correction of which raises the shift lever, try a washer or two on the mounting studs for...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  6 Nov 95 15:43:00 -0600
  ...It got rather frustrating though, My wife and I were struggling with getting the studs in the case to slide into the holes in...
• Re: Power Steering conversion questions (my arms are tired)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 5 May 2000 06:11:55 EDT
  ...the body >while >running the hoses? Is the pump mount holes/studs in existance >somewhere on >a non-PS engine? I have the belt...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 13:07:08 -0900
  ...I highly recommend Nokian Hakkapeliita C2 tires, especially for those that are not allowed to use studs. I have driven a number of different...
• Re: Spare tire location
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cobb
  Sat, 3 Apr 2021 06:41:54 -0700
  ...with new nuts and I converted the fronts from > bolts to studs that take the nuts (came in the kit). These have a slightly...
• Re: alternator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Oct 2018 02:12:52 +0000
  ...The vibration can also cause the alternator bracket and/or mounting studs to break sometimes even damaging the engine case to a point of...
• Re: bURNINGvAN 2015 and GW MB wheel
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:52:31 -0800
  ...a machine shop to make the lugholes bigger for your 14mm studs. Let me know, if you want me to bring them. BenT sent...
• Re: Watercooled cyl head...unusual place for JB Weld?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:32:13 -0500
  ...You also need to carefully inspect the cylinders and find out why the studs lost there pre-load, (tension) allowing the head to lift...
• Re: need input on confusing CV joints...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:30 -0600
  ...was obviously replaced once already (new looking with newer 6mm Allen >studs while other side has 12point) > >Anyways, I took apart the offending axle...
• heat exchangers replaced.
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 12:58:53 EDT
  ...On the right side, one of the studs came out with the nut but did not damage the threads in the head so they...
• Fwd: [WetWesties] $200 Set of 4 Nokian Hakka C2 185R14 8PR "Eco Stud 2" Tires, stock wheels/covers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:20:44 -0800
  ...Tires show very little use, studs still pretty sharp. > > A list member informed me that the tires are "too old". The tire > code is...
• Re: hands greasy, installing trans. -- please help!!...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:01:05 -0600
  You can start the two bottom studs on the tranny to get alignment. Did you use a clutch alignment tool on the disk? Be...
• Re: Vanagon rear-facing jump seat "stands"
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:19:04 -0800
  ...H shaped base with a hole for the steel studs (feet). Then makes an upside down U-like or V-shape to catch the...
• Re: hot Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rus
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:41:39 -0800
  ...Most > likely you will now > internal head gasket leaks, along with melted > gaskets and pulled studs. > > Dennis > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - small job getting bigger - please advise as to rings, valves, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 21:12:44 -0700
  ...There is also 'leave well enough alone' - like if the one side is working now, and you take it apart, and other studs break...
• Re: Replacing water pump - pointers?
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Wed, 8 Oct 1997 12:23:15 -0700
  ...moved far enough to allow the pump to come off the studs. >| Locating a replacement pump? Bus depot has em for $50 or so...
• Audi turbo 15" alloy wheels on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 20:19:26 EST
  ...Carat alloy front lug bolts too, FWIW) i got elongated rear studs for the back wheels, from a local Porsche shop. i took off...
• Broken Head Stud
  Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
  Sat, 25 May 2002 15:56:09 -0700
  ...I just managed to snap one of the head studs on my waterboxer while trying to torque the cap nuts. Turns out I misread...
• Re: ? Lock Washers on Exhaust Fasteners?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:24:44 -0400
  ...Re: ? Lock Washers on Exhaust Fasteners? Back in my days as an aircraft mechanic, brass nuts were used on exhaust studs because they do...
• Re: Oh no. Exhaust stud breakage.
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 19:21:29 -0500
  ...Without a torch, I paid someone to remove the studs for me. He removed two, and said he pulled pretty hard on the other...
• Re: WBX Recommendations Sought
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 29 May 2014 10:01:05 -0700
  ...The coolant will have depleted all its anticorrosion additives and the studs will likely be rusty and pitted, along with the jugs. Heads corroded...
• Re: '86 Vanagon removing/installing flex plate & torque converter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:53:06 -0400
  ...As others noted you will need to swap out the bottom studs. Also with the converter out inspect-replace that center bushing. If the...
• Re: [T2] Ponderous motor thoughts...
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 09:37:20 -0800 (PST)
  ...I believe the intake manifolds only have three studs per side, the oil breather, oil filler tube (and the dipstick?) are in a different...
• Re: Brake Drum Removal
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Sun, 19 Jan 1997 10:10:10 -0800 (PST)
  ...It sounds like you place the metal ring over the studs, tighten down the lug nuts, and then "lever" off the hub by slipping...
• Re: ET 45 alloys
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:33:08 -0800
  ...I found nice long studs for the rear, and redrilled the wheel hubs to accept the larger splining. But the rear did not need...
• Re: "Toyota made a Vanagon also" according to my local Midas Muffler Manager!
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 20:15:14 -0400
  ...my favorite vw mechanic do it after I break off the studs? > > Pax, > > Tom B.-& just after I "bragged" that my vanagon went 6400...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:12:28 -0500
  ...I will also take Dennis' advice and look at the case and studs. The engine was running fine before the breach and even running...
• Re: Oxyboxer Motors
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:53:28 +1000
  ...So, it was out with the motor and all studs (one was very slightly corroded), seals, hoses, coolant, water pump, etc were replaced as...
• Head aches (why do wbx heads leak?)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 23:12:17 -0700
  ...clamping force as a result of dissimilar contractions of long steel studs and aluminum water jackets in cold weather, not an issue when the...
• Fw: Sealing goop on cylinder sleeve inboard ends?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:47:28 +0100
  ...The > result includes several features that no experienced > water-cooled engine designers would ever have included, > notably the head studs that pass through the...
• Re: Aluminum Fuel Rails (aftermarket)
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:47:14 -0400
  ...I had to remove some head studs late one night to rescue a friend driving our "new" Westy home from Scott.....At least the...
• Re: WAS-RE: Vendor Rant
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 19:07:59 -0400
  ...lugs and studs for alloy LONG- Project & quasi TRIP REPORT Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 12:22:16 -0400 Big Thanks to: Doug Stewart...
• Big Brakes (install)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:54:31 -0400
  ...It's held in place simply by being on the studs and being clamped in between the wheel hub and the wheel. But it...
• Re: Wheel suggestion.
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Tue, 31 Dec 2019 18:06:12 -0500
  ...With spacers you should use longer studs/bolts. Dennis https://www.amazon.com/Ultra-402S-�ustom-Wheel-pattern/dp/B07TDQC6Y7/ref=sr_ 1_20...
• Re: Sizes of large fastners?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 12 May 2012 12:49:36 -0700
  ...exhaust flange bolts are 8mm bolts or studs , for example... that's 8mm thread with usually either a 12 or 13mm hex head or...
• True Canadian Winter Bus Campout update
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:43:14 -0500
  ...Thus far it looks amazing, as everything was replaced from the studs outwards. Everywhere you look is fresh paint, smooth new drywall and brand...
• Re: Differences between manual/auto trans. equipped engines?
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 18:51:49 EST
  ...ESC.STATE.NC.US> writes: >The lower engine-to-trans bolts (studs) are shorter on the automatic >engine >by about a half inch. You...
• Re: remove engine
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:59:43 -0500
  ...I know the lower studs have to come out straight, but I cant begin to pull from the bell housing. Any suggestions? The alternative...
• exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:32:45 -0400
  ...The goal was to replace the manifold gasket at cylinder 1, so the manifold had to come off as the studs were damaged. Of...
• Re: Converting Vanagon to Audi 15" Rims
  Historical mailing list - Erik Lundberg
  Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:08:38 -0800
  ...They originally came with lugholes for 12mm > bolts and had to have been drilled for 14mm studs and bolts. They are > perfectly delighted to...
• Re: need help Transmission trouble in Newfoundland
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:10:06 -0400
  ...Loose or broken engine to trans studs, flex plate, etc. Are common. Torque converter can also have a bad bushing. Dennis, From my phone...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 25 May 2010 19:55:31 -0400
  ...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: ML 320 benz wheels on a vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:01:39 -0400
  ...the centercaps fit fine and that you don't need longer >studs with the aformentioned adapter? > >BenT > >Sent from my mobile device > >On Sep...
• Re: Help!! Another broken alternator bracket
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:08:43 -0800
  ...Then the studs (brand new from VW) broke 1,000 >miles later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada 49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W...
• Re: Found on ePay... Ronal R9's
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:48:58 -0700
  ...out the holes, but also purchase some special 14mm lugbolts > and studs. Considerably less appealing than before. > > On 6/15/06, BenT Syncro <syncro...
• Re: How my engine rebuild is going
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 May 2004 17:38:11 -0400
  ...Since you had a catastrophic failure, both the studs and the nuts should be replaced. These studs are unique in their application as they...
• Fresh water tank level meter
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:20:53 -0700
  ...if you see four studs protruding into the water at different levels on the forward side of the tank, you have the conductivity type...
• Re: "Toyota made a Vanagon also" according to my local Midas Muffler Manager!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 15:48:04 -0700
  ...my favorite vw mechanic do it after I break off the studs? > > Pax, > > Tom B.-& just after I "bragged" that my vanagon went 6400...
• Re: Small coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:46:42 -0600
  ...The bolts/studs that attach to the cylinder head exhaust will sometimes break and leave you with no options but to remove the head...
• Re: 2.1 rebuild - new nuts for case halves-thoughts for all bolted connections.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 20:37:00 -0700
  ...it's not like the studs stretch and fail, or the nuts get loose. it's that the design is a joke, and aluminum...
• Transporter/Vanagon 1600 AirCooled.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 13:28:12 +0100
  ...No boss or stud to mount a regular thermostat, on this engine it's bolted to the oilfiller opening studs. The crank mounted fan...
• Re: camp stoves outside but connected
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 2 Sep 2013 18:58:31 -0500
  ...the Westy! I dont know if all westies have the mounting studs on the passenger side or not, but thats where I plan on...