Goe, That is the bolt that holds the entire engine together. Remove it and the engine will fall out of the van and split in half :-) Actually it holds the oil pickup tube in place. Don't mess with it! Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD" <gstylia@YAHOO.COM> > Hi All, > > Would anybody know the function of a 6mm Hex/Allen > Bolt at the bottom of the crankcase located in front > of the Oil Drain Plug? > I haven't touched it ... yet...! > > You may view a picture at > http://www.esu.edu/~gstylia/vw/BoltUnknown.jpg > > It is the red arrow'd one. > It looks like ETKA's part number is N-014-739-1, and > description "Bolt, with Hex. Socket Hd. - M8x16). > > RE: Vanagon 86, 2.1 Watercool > > Thanks, > > geo > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz |
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