Scirocco Register

Well took the rocker cover off tonight as got a nice chrome replacement (cheers Tony). It was in a right state, see pic. And the studs wouldn't budge so going to order one of these to hopefully do the job.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sealey-Stud-Remov ... 2379wt_905



Once fitted think its time for an engine flush to get rid of any remaining gunk. The old gasket was well shot as well, came off in 4 bits....

Hope to get this all done, and a new radiator fitted and a few bits n bobs over the weekend so I can tax on Sunday and get back on the road.....at last...

Looking forward to driving the rocco again and getting to a few shows.

I presume you are getting the rubber gasket John?

Looking forward to seeing your car soon mate.

yes ian, got one off tony so the studs with shoulders are no good. I just be happy when driving her again mate

You mean HIM !!!

Right, got the stud extractor and its a heafty bit of kit. Anyone used one, got any tips as I really dont want to wreck anything......Not even sure if I can get the extractor into the corners as it will be really tight...!!!!

Might be a silly question but have you tried putting two nuts on the studs and tightening them into one another, then undoing the bottom one? Usually works with a bit of perseverance on even the tough ones. I used the technique to get the rocker studs out of my head, worked fine

walkinginperu wrote:Might be a silly question but have you tried putting two nuts on the studs and tightening them into one another, then undoing the bottom one? Usually works with a bit of perseverance on even the tough ones. I used the technique to get the rocker studs out of my head, worked fine

This is the method I used John, gave it plenty of the WD40 before hand, I didn't have any problems.

We tried that last night but think the nuts i had were poor quality as the tread on them went........going to put plenty of WD on and leave it a while then try again over the weekend