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Date:         Fri, 20 Oct 2000 08:13:19 -0400
Reply-To:     Donald Baxter <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Donald Baxter <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternator mount ??
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I believe he's talking about the bolts that hold the alternator bracket to the engine, not the bolts that hold the alternator to the mount.

DB

----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 1:51 AM Subject: Re: Alternator mount ??

> Top bolt's just a bolt. Bottom bolt is a carriage bolt. studs are on the > engine itself. > > Karl Wolz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rennie Wible" <volksdragon@EARTHLINK.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 10:20 PM > Subject: Re: Alternator mount ?? > > > > ETKA shows that every mounting point uses a bolt, except one that is vague > in > > the picture. > > > > The top alt bolt is a special bolt (due to the VW part number) 8mm x 25mm > long > > The bottom alt bolt is standard, 8mm x 75mm long and goes through the > bracket. > > > > That lower bracket only shows the nuts, which are 8mm. It looks like the > studs > > come off the engine, possibly the head? > > > > Rennie > > VolksDragon@earthlink.net > > Los Angeles > > > > 61 crew cab (911 conversion) > > 65 convertible > > 84 vanagon (for sale) > > 84 vanagon (another for sale) > > 86 syncro > > 93 fox > > > > > > > > jhlauterbach wrote: > > > > > On an '84 with 1.9L engine, is the alternator mounting bracket held to > the > > > engine with studs or bolts? I found my alternator hanging loose tonight > and > > > found that one of the two bolts (or studs) was missing and the other > sheared > > > off. I am hoping to get one bolt in so that I can get to work tomorrow. > > > > > > John Lauterbach > > > Macon, GA > > > '84DL > >


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