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Well guys I recently had my 72SB up on the jacks getting her ready for springtime. I replaced the exhaust system. But I still heard a noise. I doublechecked all the exhaust nuts and then figured out that the head was loose. I took the rocker arms off and sure enough the nut at the bottem rear of the head was loose enough to turn easily with a wrench. I checked the other three under the valve cover and only one was slightly under torqued. I figured it was a freak thing. Maybe it had rattled loose? I started to tighten it up. It never seemed to tighten something just didn't feel right. It has some torque on it still so it hasn't completely stripped out. When I noticed that there was an extra 1/4 inch of threads showing on the stud I figured something was wrong. Not wanting to do damage I popped the cover back on and put the project on hold. What should I do next? Helicoil with the engine in? Give it a few more turns and see if it tightens up? What do ya think? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org