Starter Bolts - Size for replacements?

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->-----Original Message-----
->From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
->[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of T. Reed
->Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:17 AM
->To: T Berk
->Cc: Scirocco List
->Subject: Re: Starter Bolts - Size for replacements?
->
->Since we're on the subject of starter bolts..
->
->I got under my car yesterday and discovered (to my horror) 
->that my lower starter bolt was completely backed out and 
->dangling from the ground wire normally attached to it. Who 
->knows how long it has been that way - but it must have been 
->at least a few miles because the threads were chewed up 
->pretty bad and I had to run them through a die before they 
->would accept a nut.
->
->That explains the brief recurrance of my starting issues; and 
->the tingle-y noise I had been hearing as I drove slowly 
->around the block with the windows down. I thought maybe a 
->drivetrain or suspension component was making that noise. Heh!
->
->-Toby
->
->On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, T Berk wrote:
->
->> Allyn wrote:
->> > $5 says they didnt have the correct 12-point driver to 
->remove those bolts.
->> > they are a dealer only item, and the shop should be covering the 
->> > cost if they are in fact stripped, since i bet the shop is 
->> > responsible for the stripping.
->> > Al
->> >
->>
->>
->> My 1st thought was "they *stripped* the starter bolts?"
->>
->> Bastaaaardes' <sayed with a Castillian accent>
->>
->> They stripped them because they didn't have the liquid 
->wrench it would 
->> take to get the bolt out, and/or the right tool (more likely).
->>
->> You don't need to source Scirocco specific bolts, you can 
->get the hex 
->> cap headed bolts used in other models.
->>
->> Es Stupido! (No, I don't really speak Spanish, can't you tell?)
->>
->> Be sure to get back all your old parts. In fact go in and 
->look at the 
->> mechs. Don't *say* anything, just glare at them until they 
->get nervous.
->>
->>
->> TBerk
->>
->
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