Re: [T3] oil sump studs

[Mark Fuhriman <mfuhriman@earthlink.net>]

That nut is difficult to tighten -- it loosened up on me a few years back during a routine oil change.  I don't remember all of the details on how I tightened it, but I know I used a very small 10-mm(?) open-end wrench.  This wrench was very short and slim and seemed to just barely catch that nut.  The wrench came in a little set I bought at Sears a long time ago.  

Mark
'69 Fastback

-----Original Message-----
From: David Yaghoubian <goob@adelphia.net>
Sent: Dec 12, 2005 11:14 PM

Also, does anybody have a tip/trick for tightening the pickup tube holddown 
nut (the10mm one inside the case that screws on to the back side of one of 
the sump studs)? I backed that stud out a tad to accommodate the new 1.5 qt 
deep sump I installed, and am now totally paranoid that the bolt on top is 
loose, so I'm dying to take a wrench to it... but how?!

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