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Well, I knew it was bound to happen. Had to. I can't get lucky enough for something like this NOT to happen. Got one head on and snugged down, tubes nice and tight, and started on the other side. Had the tubes loosely fitted, so of course the head doesn't touch the cylinders. Can you see where this is going?? Tried to start a nut on about 2 threads of the stud. Slips... Makes a perfect back flip with a half-twist right down that PR tube. Nary a splash - it's a 10!! And we all know where the PR tubes go... Pulled a cylinder and piston off. Got the flashlight, rolled the engine around. Could hear that lil nut sliding, rolling around in there mocking me, "Ya done done it now, boy." After a little storming around, I closed up shop (my spare bedroom) and called it a night. Got some mechanical fingers from work today. Tipped the engine, shined my light, looked down past the cam and lo and behold, there it was, shining back up at me! Snaked the fingers in, snag, back out - easy now - and Voila! One nut safely and easily extracted. The visions of case splitting slowly slipped from my now joyful thoughts. And so it goes... -- Justin C-ya@tmgbbs.com http://tmgbbs.com/cya '95 CBR9 FeRRari red (now) w/ '93 bodywork '71 VW Squareback ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe