[Mgs] Why brass?

[Simon Matthews]

I suspect that, on this car, a PO replaced these with steel nuts. The
short studs (the front an rear most studs) came out with their
respective nuts fixed to them.

Simon

On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 4:55 AM, Stephen West-Fisher via Mgs
<mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
> Brass is a lot less likely to corrode to the stud, many LBCs (and
> Land-Rover) used brass for the exhaust manifold nuts.
>
> Steve
>
> --
> Stephen West-Fisher
> N4IK
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> Why are these nuts made from brass?
>
> Simon
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