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Downpipe nut size
Walsted Offline
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#1
One of the nuts holding the downpipe to the turbo on my car has rounded. Before I remove the nut, I'd like to buy a new one so I don't drive around town with no exhaust. Does anyone know the thread size and pitch of that nut?

By the way, if any one local to me wants or needs a T5 from an 86 in exchange for a six pack of dark ale. I'd like to get it to someone who can use it more than I.

Thanks.
Mike Walsted - Sold my 1986 5-speed TurboCoupe
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JohnL Offline
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#2
The studs are oddball, but I think a 7/16 will work, I think it's standard pitch, whatever the common pitch is for 7/16. Like I said, I'm not sure but I think that's it.
John Lewis
88 TC, 87 XR, 84 SVO
Currently deciding which is worth my time.
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JohnL Offline
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#3
http://www.turboford.net/cgi-bin/ultimat...400#000013

7/16-13 should be right. Coarse thread, I remember finding some at Advance Auto. They don't stay on good though, you need a locking nut (not nylond kind) or some other way of locking them on there, maybe a lock washer if you can. The old nuts stay on because they are probably locking, but also because they are so rusty.
John Lewis
88 TC, 87 XR, 84 SVO
Currently deciding which is worth my time.
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Walsted Offline
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#4
Thanks, John.
Mike Walsted - Sold my 1986 5-speed TurboCoupe
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