Torque wrench calibrated? On Dec 11, 2012 8:29 PM, "No Quarter" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** > I have a friend that had a 1967 VW bug and lives down in San Felipe, MX in > the Baja. The engine has about 10000 miles on it. The engine was built as > a 1600SP and has been doing quite well other than my friend tells me the > heads keep coming loose. I suggested the studs might be pulling out of the > case, however it's got case savers on it. Do you think maybe it needs > loctite to help hold everything together? Is it possible the nuts/studs > could be vibrating back out? He says he keeps losing compression and > retorquing the heads seems to fix it. This engine was balanced and blue > printed so it's a nice smooth runner. > > Thanks for the advice... > > NQ > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en. > > > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en.
