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• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Apr 2005 (#2005-300)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:27:20 -0700
  ...No major problem, just broke a head stud and I have to replace both lower center studs. I have also replace a new set...
• Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 20:33:52 -0800
  ...about Patience.. >> and Attention to Detail... >> and not busting rusted exhaust studs and bolts off.. >> and Patience..and Attention to Detail ... >> and Patience.. >> and...
• Re: replacing flex plate with flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:53:39 -0500
  ...replaced the original heads and I broke off > a couple exhaust studs trying to remove the 20 year old exhaust system. > Meanwhile I have...
• Re: Centre bores Syncro Wheel option
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 1 Apr 2021 14:06:06 -0700
  ...some room or use spacers along with long enough > front lugs/studs. I'm not a fan of spacers so I grind off the...
• Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:42:26 -0700
  ...Hub (part with the wheel studs) is bent 3. Something wrong with wheel bearings 4. Something wrong with proportioning valve to rear wheel 5...
• Re: crank pulley removal
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:08:13 -0700
  ...I actually loosened my water pump and took it a little bit off the studs. I couldn't access the third lower bolt with...
• Re: Why Must I Use a Bar Type Torque Wrench On Cylinder Head Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:40:06 -0800
  ...and it this case, varying could mean leaky heads or > > broken studs.) > > > > Jim > > > > -- > > If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty...
• Re: 1986 Westfalia with 16" tires
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:33:30 -0500
  ...Had to add longer front studs but the backs were fine. If I have the van totally loaded with all my flea market tool...
• Fuel issues/troubleshooting/stupidity (a little long but pretty good)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:29:45 -0400
  ...It has studs not spade connectors but comes with adapters. You will have to file one down to fit the vans female spade connector...
• Re: Rust....
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:32:18 -0400
  ...When you see studs/bolts that seem to grow, but also morph fluidly into the object they are attached too, it is simply amazing...
• Re: Wheel suggestion. Did I send the wrong link? Sorry!
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Tue, 31 Dec 2019 18:57:11 +0000
  ...With spacers you should use longer studs/bolts. Dennis https://www.amazon.com/Ultra-402S-Сustom-Wheel-pattern/dp/B07TDQC6Y7/ref=sr_1_20...
• Re: AA Transaxle? German Transaxle? also Limited slip options?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Nov 2015 20:03:48 -0500
  ...A 185 width tire especially with a large void ration for clearing snow won’t help without studs or chains. My recommendation was a...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 07:06:36 -0600
  ...Have a machine shop make a hub from solid steel and use pressed in studs instead of lug bolts. This will also allow the...
• Re: How much power can a stock FI make?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:13:07 -0500
  ...I would not consider changing the heads studs from stock, ceramic-coated heads and pistons or counterweighing the crank. Mr. Lilley has never proven...
• Re: Nokian tires
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:34:49 -0800
  ...In my experiences in this area I have found Nokians to last much longer, retain studs better(for those of us lucky, or is...
• Re: Water Wetter questions...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:14:50 -0700
  ...from cavitation erosion but it is very >>>>> >> common on the head studs. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> As for effecting the sensors and the like the thermostat is still...
• Re: Super-technical question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Oct 1996 21:10:27 -0300 (ADT)
  ...If you want the modulus for steel in order to assess the influence of the steel studs upon the elastic elongation/compression of the...
• JBWeld and heads: 8 year report
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:54:03 -0300
  ...8 years on Prestone green antifreeze too, changed every two years. Studs are all perfect, not any sign of corrosion on them. Save your...
• Re: Fuel filter suggestion
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:05:40 -0700
  ...When I > > > install my new exhaust that should arrive on wednesday, can I use bolts > > > instead of the studs? and also, I have a...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:06:33 -0700
  ...all 2WD vanagons have bolts in front, studs with nuts in the rear. 'Amost' the only car that's mixed that way. Almost all...
• was Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)-now torque stick vs. torque wrench
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:18:15 EDT
  ...me to only use the torque wrench on my lug nuts/studs from now on. David Clarkson 90 Westy (264,000 mi.) In a...
• Re: Why do I do this to myself....
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 18:23:07 -1000
  ...As I am pulling the right head (WHO thought up > exhaust Studs? That is a SILLY idea...) the piston > liner decides to come along...
• Re: Auto Trans Install - Take Out Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:28:26 -0700
  ...Once you have both studs in the holes, gently jack both engine and tranny up together/alternately with the two jacks. This should push...
• VW-HINTS FOR LONG BLOCK PURCHASE FOR A 71 DUAL PORT BUS
  Historical mailing list - Nick Pace
  Tue, 05 Sep 95 13:09:40 PDT
  ...Everyone claims (or at least should claim) that the studs are new. Ha! The exhaust manifold studs on my new long block is as...
• Re: The transitional engine...
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Thu, 23 May 1996 08:35:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...this means the seats, guides and studs will have to be removed. the problem is when you go to press-fit them back into...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 17:46:54 -0700
  ...I inspected the studs and they did not seem to > be in bad shape so I did not replace them. Is this an indication...
• Re: A Little Help with Rims
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 19 May 2011 08:00:57 -0400
  ...The Rims > are $109.00 each plus the hardware, spacers, Longer Wheel Studs etc > will run around $300.00. When you add in the...
• Re: [WetWesties] How do Vanagons do in the snow?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:44:17 -0600
  ...Man, did that thing have a grip with those studs. Never had a problem of any kind after that in Alaska winters. Made a...
• Newest Version of Coolant leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 12:02:42 -0300
  ...Noticed a big blob of blue silicone goop on one of the studs for the bracket. Pick it off and notice that the stud...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer-Arrgh!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 14:10:42 -0700
  ...I always use nuts on studs for the lower exhaust studs that hold the upper mounting tabs of the push rod tin........and I...
• Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:56:29 -0700
  ...the four studs/bolts, as I mentioned earlier are 10mm diamter ..but they sit in three 12mm holes in the bell housing and one...
• Replacing hose on right side
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Sat, 13 Dec 1997 18:04:04 EST
  ...Then start pushing the curved pipe into the little hose and it should come around and line up with the studs. Put the nuts...
• Re: 2.1L heads leaking @ -10?
  Historical mailing list - yahi
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:47:29 -0800
  ...cautionary note. Approach the re-torqueing of heads with considerable care. Studs are also prone to corrosion and pitting and there is a chance...
• Re: Is there a "best way" to loosen up passenger seat 's"rotation"?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 13:13:29 -0600
  ...If it is still too tight you might want to >try some washers on the bolts / studs between the swivel and the wheel >well...
• Re: oil leaks:beware, vender praise content!
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 22:20:25 -0500
  ...I could have hunted forever for some of those little things-exhaust studs, oil-filler neck-to-case gasket, intake runner to head phenolic...
• Re: Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:06:48 -0700
  ...a slot into the tabs that mount on the exhaust port studs, then in future you don't have to remove the bolts or...
• Re: 84 Vanagon GL, SW Houston area
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:34:43 -0500
  ...That > led to a couple of broken studs and the need to have them removed via > EDM, and thus replace all the usual stuff...
• Re: Head Pic
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:30:42 +0000
  ...it has a chunk missing around one of the > front exhaust studs. Hopefully I did this right, I did make it public. > https://plus...
• Re: Location long
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 12:01:11 -0600
  ...I had town and country mud and snow tires with studs on the S-10. The van had BF Goodrich T/A's on...
• Re: Put rebuilt 1.9l in,... solved
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:59:11 -0800
  Yepedipep! My rebuild by a oh so reputable outfit (Fast German Auto) included studs for the cover plate right next to the distributor, on...
• Re: Exhaust Success!-except the Strap!!
  Historical mailing list - Will Morris
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:13:43 -0400
  Congrats Dustin! I have to report similar success w/my removal, no broken bolts or studs, only had to saw one nut... install will...
• Re: propane copper tubing 3/8" type K , rigid or soft
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 08:34:20 -0700
  ...on both sides >>> > > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> > > >>> That is correct & the Rear Pair of Mounting Studs are Already >>> there >>> > just >>> > > >>> waiting Patiently ~ >>> > > >>> >>> > > >>> Also there are a couple of...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal..now how to pull drum
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:26:01 -0800
  ...There are puller's for that, that connects onto the wheel studs and pushes the axle in. I've had to resort to that...
• Re: Coolant Overpressurization / Head Gasket Leak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:02:47 -0500
  ...Internal leaks between the tops of the cylinders and heads are really due to failure of the studs to keep the heads down under...
• Rear wheel bearing replacement...don't do it like this..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:56:42 -0700
  ...back on the splines and used a bar through the lug studs to immobilize it to remove the CV hex bolts) I should have...
• Re: Removing engine the German way
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 19 May 2009 20:48:14 -0400
  ...hardest thing is taking the >> exhust off without breaking the studs. remove the exhust first then the >> air >> cleaner housing , wires(mark these) , fuel...
• Re: Automatic transmission Issue
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 3 Mar 2018 02:17:15 -0500
  ...Loose > lower engine mounting nuts, (bad studs), can often be a the cause. Using > cheap nuts/washers can cause this connection to loosen without...
• Re: tip needed for Van Cafe oversized tire carrier install
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:27:58 -0400
  ...nuts .. > and make sure the wheel will fit over your longer studs or whatever > and still work. > > > On 3/11/2014 9:22 PM...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:19:11 -0800
  ...The block tends to pull up "hills" around the > head bolt holes which leaves "valleys" between the studs, in the very > places that do...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:45:22 -0800
  ...The block tends to pull up "hills" around the > head bolt holes which leaves "valleys" between the studs, in the very > places that do...
• Re: exhaust nuts and bolts & other things
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 22:32:45 EST
  ...GOV writes: << Is it an OK idea to replace the cylinder studs with stainless bolts? >> Tom, That's an excellent thing to do as...
• Books & Berg Catalog, LONG
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Jun 96 12:09:28 +0200
  ...Swapping the studs for chromoly ones that do not expand as much as the stock ones will give you a much higher torque on...
• Re: 84 Westy stumbles off idle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 5 May 2010 10:45:52 -0400
  ...Vacuum leaks can be hard to find -- a particularly hard one is the two studs in the manifold that secure the cooling pipe across...
• Re: Wheel alternatives...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:56:08 -0700
  ...properly on a Vanagon, but some of the > modifications (drilling, different studs, spacers, machine work) sounds > pretty pricey. We might even be up into...
• Re: Bostig engine coming... My 2.1L for sale in Philadelphia, PA
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:07:29 -0800
  ...besides the auto trans flexplate, you need the shorter lower engine mounting studs too. cabbage wise...you can get a lot of good miles...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 01:13:23 -0400
  ...I inspected the studs and they did not seem to >be in bad shape so I did not replace them. Is this an indication...
• Re: GEX Vanagon Engines
  Historical mailing list - Gus
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 09:11:13 -0400
  ...upgraded valves? > How is the case align bored? > Are the head studs tested-replaced? > Camshaft-lifters new or reground? > Crank, rods, pistons, flywheel balanced...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:45:17 -0700
  ...things finally > >> lined up, and enough thread was showing on lower studs, I used lower > >> nuts, then uppers, to bring the transmission and engine...
• this is how bad it gets folks , on $ 9K 86 Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 12 May 2008 20:04:36 -0700
  ...It is 9 on a scale of 10 for 'bracket is already broken, it could bust off the studs in the engine too any...
• Wheels another option
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 5 Apr 2014 06:59:19 -0700
  ...machine shops to bore out the centers, new lug nuts, extended studs, ect...and often the wheel swap ends up a bit of a...