Author Topic: Need help ASAP (Read 4071 times)

firestorm13666 · « **on:** July 16, 2006, 07:18:05 pm »

Well i have a misshap and lost the bolt that holds the speedo cable on the trans.I need to know what size it is so i can go get one or if someone in the use wants to send me one they have laying around that would be grate.Thanks

burn_your_money · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:42:14 pm »

Not sure but I think it's the same as the ones on the waterpump. Assuming this is a mk1 or mk2.
You can probably get away without one in the pump for a while while one is shipped to you.

nkb · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:05:01 pm »

if its the same on the water pump it would be a 6mx1.0

firestorm13666 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:11:56 pm »

Thanks guys i will go and buy one in the moring.

fatmobile · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2006, 11:47:58 pm »

I don't think that's the same size bolt. It is nice to know the thread on the waterpump bolts, that's a common thread used throughout the engine bay.
The speedo bolt is uncommon.
It's probably closer to the 2 bolts that hold the tin cover to the lower part of the trany... the tin shield between the engine and trany.
Grab the 11mm... or 7/16" wrench Pull one of the 2 bolts under the car, that hold the bottom of that tin shield to the trany... see if that's the right thread. .

firestorm13666 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2006, 02:12:56 am »

It had a 11mm head is it might be 8mmX1.25 pich?Like the allen head pully bolts on the engine.And i think it is like half a inch long.

lord_verminaard · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2006, 05:33:13 am »

Mine didnt have that bolt in it, and It's stayed put for over a year now, I just tamped the metal "base" of the cable in to the transmission, seems to work fine.

Brendan
84 Scirocco 8v
00 Camaro L36 M49