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Sealing nuts???

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I'm busy putting a Beetle 1200 engine back together and found sealing nuts used on the case. I would like to install new ones, but find that the closest nut in South Africa is nyloc. I read that the sealing nut has a rubber insert. Does anybody know where in South Africa I can get these sealing nuts, or can I just go ahead and use nyloc nuts?

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Seen them at Volkspares before but the last time i wanted they had no stock
but that was a while ago
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you arent going to find them locally.
Use nylocs or standard nuts with copper washers
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Use some RTV sealer at the base of the stud threads before bolting on the nut, does the same job.
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Flat four racing used to seal these in a pack of 4 for the oil pump cover, they were not cheap something like R50 for 4
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I use shellac gasket sealer (that molasses like stuff) at the base of the studs.
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73type2 wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 1:01 pm I use shellac gasket sealer (that molasses like stuff) at the base of the studs.
Thats my favourite sealant to use on beetle engines as well
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