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Mail From: "Philip Airey" <(email redacted)>

Ben
You should contact Corky for allen bolts. The stock studs need to be pulled
(using the double jam nut method) and either longer studs or the allen bolts
(preferred I think) installed.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Lawrence <(email redacted)>
To: (email redacted) <(email redacted)>
Date: Sunday, August 16, 1998 11:11 AM
Subject: FMII 1.8: Exhaust manifold studs


>
>I am installing my FMII 1.8 turbo manifold and the flange is so thick at
the
>outer corners that the studs don't stick through. I can't even get a nut
>started on those four studs. Socking it up tight using the other studs
>doesn't help. Anybody else experienced this? It is a show-stopper at the
>moment.
>
>I tried backing the studs out a bit to gain some threads, but I can't get
>them to turn using the jam nut mthod. Besides I don't know how many
threads
>I can steal that way, I think I should put longer studs in.
>
>Regards,
>
>Ben Lawrence
>Melbourne, FL
>
>

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Mail From: "Chew, Aaron" <(email redacted)>

You're supposed to get supplied cap screws for the four corners.
However, the supplied cap screws that came with my kit were a bit too
short (although they did screw in, only a few threads do the securing)
for proper securing. My advice would be to get some Grade 8 cap screws
at your local hardware store and shave them down a bit with a belt
sander for proper securing!

Aaron

> ----------
> From: Ben Lawrence[SMTP:(email redacted)]
> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 1998 11:54 AM
> To: (email redacted)
> Subject: FMII 1.8: Exhaust manifold studs
>
>
> I am installing my FMII 1.8 turbo manifold and the flange is so thick
> at the
> outer corners that the studs don't stick through. I can't even get a
> nut
> started on those four studs. Socking it up tight using the other
> studs
> doesn't help. Anybody else experienced this? It is a show-stopper at
> the
> moment.
>
> I tried backing the studs out a bit to gain some threads, but I can't
> get
> them to turn using the jam nut mthod. Besides I don't know how many
> threads
> I can steal that way, I think I should put longer studs in.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben Lawrence
> Melbourne, FL
>