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finchaser Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:06 pm

The wacky female hex isn't a spell cast from my wife...

after hugging my transmission for about an hour yesterday to remove my starter/solenoid I am at a loss. I removed the lower hex nut on the starter and was working on the upper one and found out that on my 1968 912 the upper bolt on the starter is a female Hex bolt. As in, I put a metric Allen wrench about 8mm or bigger into the hole of it and it broke it free.

After turning it for quite some time it had about 1/4" of free play in the bolt head but wouldn't come out any farther.

I pried a flat head under the bolt head while turning and it didnt seem to work. Is that upper starter bolt about 4 inches long and i just need to keep going or what?

Thanks for any insight

dirty_rat Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:46 am

i take it the starter is off the gearbox. maybe you should fit a new starter



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