Type 3 oil cooler mounting bolt

Hi all,

So I'm building up a new engine for a Type 3 and the case has an 8mm thread for the oil cooler to secure it to the case (in addition to the two holes for nut and bolt) Type 1 style. Unfortunately the Type 3 cooler uses a 6mm stud.

My question is, does the standard oil cooler have enough meat around the mounting hole for me to drill it out a bit so the 8mm stud will fit through it?

The other option is a machined stud that steps down from 8mm to 6mm, but I'm worried that this will snap off when I'm threading it in as the thread seems really tight, plus I'd need to get one made up specially.

Cheers,

Eden

This is a bit of hotly discussed topic on the samba, I have drilled one out myself and did have some concerns myself but it did not fail.

Buy the stud here

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1822351

Awesome, thanks for the reply and the link.

So I ended up buying a few of these as the shipping costs were expensive for a single stud. If anyone needs one let me know.