Dave;
An obvious misprint. The thermostat housing tightening toque reads
10Nm(61 ft-lbs).If you will reference the item above that entry reads"
coolant pump pulley 20 Nm(15 ft-lbs). Twice the Nm, 1/4th the ft-lbs. 
Does not compute. It should equal around 7.5 ft.lbs!  Now reference page
19.8. Ah-Ha! What they meant to say is              61 in-lbs!  Thanks
for pointing that out. I personally rely on the tried and true German
method of gooduntite on non-critical parts.
Good Luck
Ken Lewis
kdlewis@juno.com
86 VW crewcab
85 VW Vanagon GL
60 356 coupe

On Mon, 18 Nov 1996 22:37:56 -0600 "Dave" <dfilcoff@stlnet.com> writes:
>I recently replaced the thermostat in my Vanagon (87 Waterboxer), the
>Bentley manual (Back cover under "Coolant system, section 19) says I 
>should
>tighten the bolts on the housing to 61 pound/feet, is this correct?  
>It
>seems excessive when the housing is plastic, does anybody know if 61
>pound/feet is correct, or what it should be tightend to? 
>
>
>Dave
>
>87 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg
>(110K)
>
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