Just did my starter today. The top bolt, 85 Westy, is a 5 inch long 10mm metric bolt, bottom is a stud. Mike > From: Walter Evens <wrevens@MYEXCEL.COM> > Reply-To: Walter Evens <wrevens@MYEXCEL.COM> > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:35:44 -0800 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Getting weirder by the day! > > I was trying to put my starter back in and found the bottom bolt would not go > in all the way. It'll go in half way from either side, but not all the way. > I decided to use a tap to clean out the threads. I discovered the bolts to > be- 3/8 by 16 SAE!!!!! Pulled the bottom bolt on my other GL and found the > same thing. > > What's up? I thought Vanagons were made in Metric Germany. Did they make > some here? > > Walter Evens > Hesperia, CA, USA > 2-85GLs > |
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