Head nut dilemma

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• Apr 13, 2026

• #1

On the studs that are supposed to have the long nuts, my basket case engine has one long nut and a standard sized nut that I can’t access with a socket or wrench. And is apparently also a different size nut. Has anyone else run into this?

 

kommando

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• Apr 14, 2026

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That is a previous owners bodge, you will have to find a way to get at the offending nut, probably by near destruction of a socket by thinning down the OD to gain access.

 

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• Apr 22, 2026

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kommando said:

That is a previous owners bodge, you will have to find a way to get at the offending nut, probably by near destruction of a socket by thinning down the OD to gain access.

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Definitely a bridge. The short stud it was attached to was only a turn and 1//2 I. The cylinder head

 

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• Apr 22, 2026

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Bodge not bridge. Dang autocorrect