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On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 11:16, garram1@swbell.net wrote: > I've got the engine out of my '68 in preparation for replacing the > heads. I noticed that there's a place on the top of the case that > looks like it should have a stud or bolt and nut on it. Let me try to > describe which one this is. On the top of the engine at the seam > between the two halves of the crankase there are 5 places for > studs or bolts. The one with no stud or bolt is the second on from > the flywheel end. I shined a flashlight in the hole. It goes straight > through and has no threads so I assume a bolt goes in here. > > My questions are: > > What sort of bolt goes here? > > Isn't this one of the bolts that has to be torqued in sequence for the > crankcase halves to be properly mated? > > If it is - what do I do next? > If this is an FI engine, and you took off the intake plenum, you took that bolt out. That bolt also hold other things on the engine. It is an 8mm x 1.25mm x ?. I am not sure of the length. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org