Heh. That makes sense!

On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 12:16 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> IIRC they're half studs and nuts and half bolts - if they were all
> studs you wouldn't be able to get the manifolds off!  ;)
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         How many nuts are there? I had to remove one to pull the left
>         lower tin. The rear end was held by a bolt. I did not see what
>         the other two on the left side were -- nuts or bolts. Similar
>         arrangement on the R side?
>
>
>
>         On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 10:58 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
>         > Just the exhaust nuts Mike, to prevent heat-cycle bonding
>         > with the steel studs.
>         >
>         > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
>         > <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>         >
>         >         Well, okay -- going around the engine and replacing
>         >         the bolts and nuts (my engine has some of each) with
>         >         brass sounds like a fun-filled weekend project,
>         >         considering how tucked away some of those fasteners
>         >         are.
>         >
>         >         I only had to remove two exhaust fasteners to get
>         >         the tin down. My previous car was a 71 bay window
>         >         and those studs are famous for snapping off. I was
>         >         white-knuckling the removal of these two fasteners,
>         >         I can tell ya.
>         >
>         >         Are the 1.9's fasteners more robust?
>         >
>         >
>         >         On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 09:19 -0700, Jake de Villiers
>         >         wrote:
>         >
>         >         > As mentioned by John , those should be brass nuts
>         >         > and if you want you can use some hi-temp copper
>         >         > anti-seize on them.
>         >         >
>         >         > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
>         >         > <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>         >         >
>         >         >         On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 07:27 -0700,
>         >         >         Zeitgeist wrote:
>         >         >
>         >         >         > I obsessively use anti-seize on nearly
>         >         >         all external fasteners,
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >         But what kind anti-seize to use on the
>         >         >         exhaust port fasteners? That's m'
>         >         >         question.
>         >         >
>         >         >         -- RJS
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         > --
>         >         > Jake
>         >         >
>         >         > 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
>         >         > 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>         >         >
>         >         > Crescent Beach, BC
>         >         >
>         >         > www.thebassspa.com
>         >         > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>         >         > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>         >         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > --
>         > Jake
>         >
>         > 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
>         > 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>         >
>         > Crescent Beach, BC
>         >
>         > www.thebassspa.com
>         > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>         > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>         >
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
> www.thebassspa.com
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>