All of my VW starters have had 2 bolts. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oleg M. Smirnov" <[email protected]> To: "Patrick Austin" <[email protected]> Cc: "a2list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] One more transmission question
> > http://www.splatterfish.com/temp/IMG_0617.JPG > > > > The starter is mounted via three bolts. Two to the transmission > > and one to the front motor mount. On the other (engine) side of the > > motor mount is a tab with a nut welded to it. There's supposed to be > > a bolt in that mount, but it was missing on mine. When I removed the > > starter, the whole engine lurched downwards at a pretty good rate and > > almost landed on my head. Luckilly it got caught on the front mount. > > ANYWAY, I circled the location where (presumably) there is supposed to > > be a bolt. Does anyone know what size bolt goes there? Is the > > engine threaded inside that hole, or is only the mount threaded? If > > the engine isn't threaded, its kind of backwards, since there's no way > > to get a bolt through from the transmission side. What gives? > > > Hmmm, I think what you have circled there, that's just where the end of > one of the starter bolts goes. The top & longest of the three goes right > through the starter, transmission case, then through that eyelet on the > engine block, and ends up in that nut welded to the other side of the > engine mount. Only the nut is threaded. > > > > > Oh, and what size/type are the twelve sided bolts around the outside > > of the flywheel/pressure plate assembly there in the picture? > > Those are 9mm 12-points. > > Cheers, > Oleg > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ##### ##### ##### ################################################################# ################################################################# #################################################################
