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On 17 Dec 2005 at 13:08, Jens Vagelpohl wrote: > On 17 Dec 2005, at 05:42, Jim Adney wrote: > > When I rebuild an engine, one of the things I sometimes do, > > especially if there are already loose studs, is replace all the studs > > with bolts with the heads inside the case. I have to be careful to > > adjust the lengths to get them just right, but then they will never > > loosen up or strip out. That right front stud is hard to replace, > > however. > > If I remember correctly VW actually offered repair studs that were > 8mm half their length and 6mm the other half for repairing chewed-up > stud holes at the oil sump cover. With those you could drill out the > stud hole in the case and tap it for 8mm. They may well have, but either way requires retapping the case, and the important part of this is keeping the new thread on the same center line and vertical. That's what my jig does. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~