Re: Stripped out engine mount stud..Complete

["Ryan McCarthy" <rmccarthy777@msn.com>]

Hey! The 1.7's aren't THAT bad! :-)




If you're anything like me, that would be
> all the time, but with a 1.7, you kind of have to do that just to make it
> go...
> 
> Aaron
> '82 Scirocco
> '70 Beetle
> '87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0
> '81 Honda CX500-dead
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Captnbr@aol.com [mailto:Captnbr@aol.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 12:58 PM
> > To: aaron@makuta.com; scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: Stripped out engine mount stud..Complete
> >
> >
> > Well, I am all done with my repair.  hERE is what I did.  I
> > sawed off the old
> > stud with a hacksaw, that was fun let me tell you it took
> > almost 2 hours.
> > The metal in that stud that they used is something fierce.
> > Make sure you
> > have nice sharp drill bits or you'll get nowhere.  Drilling
> > was hard, I had
> > to use the weight of the car on the drill so I could give it
> > enough pressure,
> > I had my dad lower the car onto the drill very slowly. The
> > bolt I used is
> > M10-1.50x30mm. I went around to a few stores and the best
> > grade I could find
> > was class 8.8, I could not find any higher anywhere so we
> > will see how long
> > it lasts.  I dropped the bolt in from the top and used a
> > lockwasher to hold
> > it inplace so I could tighten it.  Took it for a test drive
> > and all seems
> > good,  the engine is no longer floppin around like
> > a......uhhhh......ya know.
> >
> > Brian 86 16v
> > <http://members.nbci.com/captnbr/captnbr>
> >
> > <http://hometown.aol.com/captnbr/myhomepage/auto.html>
> >
> 
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