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Re: studs on catlytic converter

To: mlewellen@fruit.com
Subject: Re: studs on catlytic converter
From: britcars@juno.com
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:14:30 EDT
On Wed, 4 Jun 1997 13:36:28 -0500 Mike Lewellen <mlewellen@fruit.com>
writes:
>I have a 1976 MGB.  I have had to tighten up the exhaust system right 
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>below the catalytic converter. The studs are in really bad shape.   I 
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>noticed Moss doesn't sell these stud separately.  Does anyone know 
>where =
>I can get some or the thread pitch for each end so I can make some???

Mike.....

On all the cats we've worked on (Oh, No...the cat thread again....), the
lower fixings are bolts & nuts, not studs. The studs come out of the
manifold. We'd use 5/16" x 2" grade 8 bolts with self-locking (but not
Nyloc) nuts.

Lawrie
British Sportscar Center

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