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On 22 Aug 2004 at 15:22, Daniel Baum wrote: > I have just obtained an engine "handle", i.e., what on earlier cars was > the engine mount. You might be able to get the right bolt and washers to go with it from the same place that you got the "handle" from. > Can someone please let me know with what kind of bolt it is attached? M8 x 1.25 x 95, and the washers are somewhat special. There is a standard lockwasher and then a very large heavy washer. > From preliminary inspection, it seems the thread in the hole is > stripped, which probably explains why my handle was missing in the first > place. How would I go about fixing this? This bolt passes cleanly thru the fan housing and into the breather stand. The threads in the breather stand are helicoiled from the factory, so they should be fine. In spite of the fact that this bolt seems to do nothing on the late cars, you will note that this is the single largest fastener holding the fan housing secure to the case. For this reason alone, it's important. It's also invaluable when installing or just moving around the engine. These often get left off by people who have not yet had to deal with a fan housing that has come loose. If you add this bolt after the fact, you should loosen up the 4 bolts that secure the breather stand to the case so that everything can be tightened up together without stress on anything. I have these bolts and washers if you just want to get the proper parts from me with your next order. There WILL be a next order, won't there? ;-) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~