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On 23 Jul 99, at 23:19, Dave Hall wrote: > I can hear all those old German engineers turning in their graves at such > heresy, Jim. > I happily spend the 30cents on a new set to make sure I don't have to > replace studs damaged by overtightening due to oil weepip«+§r remove > the oil again to replace them. Same for RC gaskets, and I save on sealant > too. > I guess we all have our different foibles (whatever they are!). I have an old manual that explains that the copper sump stud washers should be annealed with a torch before reusing. Somehow I have the impression that this MAY have been officially sanctioned at one time. We should not lose sight of the fact that this was not always a throw- away world, especially in the 3rd world where VW enjoyed a lot of popularity. Used gaskets don't leak any more than new ones. I don't strip studs, but I repair a lot of stripped studs on cars that other people have worked on. It takes a while to learn how tight is tight enough. A friend of mine spent some time in India and came back with a story about coming across a bike shop where he saw them welding broken bicycle spokes back together! Everything's relative. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org