timing belt cover @#$%!?

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

I assume you've tried tightening it to get the stud stuck back in?

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>While removing the upper timing belt cover, per usual, this time 
>the weird flanged nut in the center of the cover would not release 
>-- apparently its stud has come loose so that when I turn the nut 
>it is actually unscrewing the stud from the block.  Which wouldn't 
>be so bad except it won't allow enough clearance to get the damn 
>cover off.  Has this ever happened to anybody?  Is there a 
>workaround, other than hacksaw violence?
>
>Leo
>84.5 wolfsburg
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