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[T3] Thermostat check; stubborn bolt.


So saturday is a good warmish day and I have a terrible cold but I'm all
set to go and just se凝HV missing from my automatic air cooling sytem.
Easy enough. Just pull the tin off the right cylinder bank. No such luck.
The damn bolt at the FRONT (FIF) Right of the bank is frozen. Totally
frozen.
45 minutes, a mountain of patience aand a pint of liquid wrench later, not
even a budge. I can see from below that the bolt appears to be rusted
straight up through the threads on one side. This is not a good start to my
VW spring. Anyway, I suppose I'm going to have to torch this thing off,
right? I've never done this and I dont like the idea of open flame so near
my carbs, fuel lines, etc. Looking for advice; how hard is this? What kind
of torch do I need? Is this something I can do myself? Will I be torching
from above or below? Please give lots of details. All this for a stupid
bolt.
Grumble.

-Mike
72 Sqbk, 1600, dual Weber ICT 34s
Brooklyn


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