[Healeys] purpose of brass nuts

[Alan Seigrist]

High heat + steel nuts = rust.  Brass = always turntable.

On Saturday, February 1, 2014, <goldengt at cal.net> wrote:

> Yesterday, I saw three hairline cracks in my intake manifold at the
> flanges. The last time I had the manifold off, I decided that the factory
> brass nuts were sort of tall and giving a little extra grief during header
> installation gyrations so I used plain steel nuts. Does someone know the
> purpose of the brass? Corrosion resistance is all I can think of.
> I am having the cracks welded.
> Thanks,
> Ken Freese
> 65 BJ9
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