RE: [T3] spark plug spit out

["Kevin Guarnotta" <kguarnotta@usa.net>]

I just got the stud out of my toolbox, it is 40mm long, and actually looks
to be 8mm diameter. It does not appear to have broken off of anything
else...I can't imagine where this came from...I am wondering about just
trying to put the spark plug back in, and if it goes in, then trying to run
it. But to be on the safer side I will probably let it sit until I can pull
the engine...and be able to see in the hole better. I need to pull it anyway
for an exhaust gasket overhaul, and new clutch and distributor(granted I
know I only need to pull it for the clutch, but it should be easier to do
all of that with the engine out...

-kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:32 PM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: RE: [T3] spark plug spit out

On 22 Jul 2003 at 17:18, Kevin Guarnotta wrote:

> When I tried to put the spark plug back in-it hit something right inside
the
> engine tin. So I stuck my finger in there to see if I could feel anything.
> There was a stud sticking up-so I grabbed it, and turned it (the stud)
until
> I unscrewed it completely. When I got it out and examined it-it was a
stud,
> with a nut in the middle. I did not touch the nut, I unscrewed this thing
by
> turning the stud. I believe it is a 10 mm stud, but I will need to measure
> it when it arrives via tow truck later...

The only thing that I can think of is that this is part of one of the head 
studs. That's the only thing of that size (a 10mm stud would have nuts with 
15mm across the flats) in that area. The only problem is that the head studs

are ~10" long and they wouldn't come out this way. You'll have to tell us 
whether this is part of something longer that has broken off, or if is just
a 
stray stud that got left in there accidentally. Both options seem pretty 
unlikely to me, however.

If you look at the head stud tightening drawings in the Bentley manual, ch.
3, 
pg 19, you can see the relative locations of the studs to the spark plug
holes. 
You should even be able to stick a finger in there and feel the head nuts
and 
see if one is missing. If you're not sure, feel around a different SP port
for 
comparison.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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