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--- jesse and monica <jjmojo@blazenet.net> wrote: > Hey all, > I may be buying a 71 squareback from Justin a fellow > type3.org listee. > He lived in Maine, i live in southern pennsylvania. > It's about 550 to > 600 miles each way. I want to try to drive the car > home but....but here > is the catch. The car has 2 head studs pulling from > the case. The studs > are not on the same cylinder. Would i be an idiot to > try to drive the > car this far in this condition? I really don't want > to have to pay to > have the car shipped. My wife would probably be > driving a rental car > along with me so if the car broke down we could pull > it off of the road. > What you you old schoolers out there think? Leon, > you always seem to > know how far these engines will go. I just want to > know if i should be > even considering this. thanks for all of your help > everyone. > later, > jesse > 71 fi squareback > the only loser on the list on labor day! > If the studs that are pulling loose are on the bottom you can tighten them untill they will pull out then put super studs in the stripped out holes (if you don't strip out the studs sometime it will crack the case when you put the super studs in)To put these in you must remove the rocker arm assy, and of course adjust the valves after reinstalling the rocker arm assy. If this is all that is needed you should be able to make the drive in the car. Make sure the valve cover dosen't leak before you start out. Good luck. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org > Subj=subscribe > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com