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Re: sad, sad day....



Ahahahahahahaha

Bet ya didn't take the intake manifold off like Someone suggested?????

remember the warning about the clips
hahahahahaha

Sorry, having to much fun driving my new passat around and gleefully
wrenching on the roc
Brian
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Ting <alex@millenniumsolutions.net>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 5:41 PM
Subject: sad, sad day....


>
>argh.
>
>so, after all this talk about stripping nuts and
>breaking studs on the exhaust manifold, I decided
>to go and do both this weekend.
>I was in the process of putting my headers on and
>had nearly everything finished, when I rounded off
>one nut and broke a stud torquing the headers down.
>It looks like the stud broke with a little bit sticking out
>where the header flange is, so I may be able to vise
>grip it out if I take the headers off again.
>My question for those of you who have done this before
>(you know who you are), is whether I should just take this to a
>shop and have them do this, and whether I should replace
>all the studs while I'm at it.
>
>btw, I don't recommend taking the downpipe spring clamps
>off with a screwdriver (they almost killed me when they
>came flying off).
>
>Alex Ting
>(who's rocco now sounds like a popcorn maker on
>wheels due to a very big exhaust leak)
>
>Account Manager
>Millennium Solutions Group, Inc.
>575 Menlo Dr. #4
>Rocklin, CA 95765
>
>Phone:  888-801-2001 ext. 228 or 916-630-2001
>Fax:  916-630-2000
>Email:  alex@millenniumsolutions.net
>
>
>
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