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
>