> From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:lang@ISIS.MIT.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 11:17 AM
>
> I know that the threaded portion of the EGR valve to
> the cyl. head is a 3/4 bolt... I looked around for a long
> time and did not find an equivalent solid bolt....
Actually had you found one you would have seen that the required bolt has a
head on it which makes it almost as big as the EGR valve! I found such a
bolt when plugging my EGR hole but decided that the look would be just way
too tacky for me. So instead, I went to a local industrial fastener place
and obtained a 3/4 UNF set screw. Not cheap! I think I paid $5 or 6 Canadian
for one of these. But to me it was worth it -- I now have a plug for my EGR
hole which is completely flush with the cylinder head surface but for the
recessed hex for the allen key which I used to tighten the thing. (For a
seal I ended up using some exhaust sealer on the threads). It's worked out
fine so far.
For a picture, check out
<http://www.cyberbia.com/peterz/tmp/p000706.jpg>
-- I must have put this up for someone else since the label was already
there. It's not the best picture but the only one I have right now.
--- Peter Zaborski CF58310UO ---
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