Tightening Torque: heater box to head?

to follow up here is a link to the brass nuts:

when dealing with exhaust on a vw i have learned a couple things over the years...i will never have another exhaust system that is not "flanged" at the heater/j-tube connection. I will always use copper exhaust gaskets. and since i have been doing this for awhile now, i will probably never have to worry about exhaust leaks..i haven't so far, since i began flanging and using copper gaskets...these are also available at aircooled.net (this is where mine came from) and i highly recommend them...here are the links:

------------------- Chris Perdue

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Chris, ...........I think I'd rather have some fun and see if I can get my wife to go to the parts store and ask if they have brass nuts........................LOL

( good link Chris )

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i "double-dog" dare ya....LOL

------------------- Chris Perdue

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In addition to sockets, try a 13mm box or 13mm open end wrench. In my years of working on airc VW's, I discovered that there exists a 13mm nut holding the exhaust 'manifold' on the rear of T1's (probably other models too) that can only effectively be tightened/loosened with alternating applications (flip flopping) of a 13mm open end wrench.

I don't know, I always use an anti-sieze compound containing nickel. Just bought a lifetime supply from a FLAPS ~$5.