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kpbo
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 Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:37 pm Post subject: name that mystery allen screw! |
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So crawling under my '87 Vanagon Syncro Westfalia the other day I discovered this allen screw laying on the driveway:
It's an M8 allen screw, with 8mm long threaded portion.
Anyone have any idea where it might belong? My van is the only vehicle that ever parks here, and the screw was roughly under where the transaxle resides.
Then again, the van still goes, so I suppose it can't be that important! 
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VicVan
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:48 pm Post subject: Re: name that mystery allen screw! |
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Does the screw appear to be cut, as it has snapped, or is this its actual original size?
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kpbo
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: name that mystery allen screw! |
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Good question! It appears to be intact (i.e., not broken off).
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raoul mitgong
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: name that mystery allen screw! |
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From the arm rest? (if broken)
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t3 kopf
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: name that mystery allen screw! |
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Hold it above your head and yell "HARD FOD" loudly and wait for someone to come along and retrieve it so they can turn it in to quality assurance.
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Mellow Yellow 74
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Forthwithtx
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: name that mystery allen screw! |
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| t3 kopf wrote: |
| Hold it above your head and yell "HARD FOD" loudly and wait for someone to come along and retrieve it so they can turn it in to quality assurance. |
Air Force joke. I get it. 
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t3 kopf
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: name that mystery allen screw! |
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| t3 kopf wrote: |
| Hold it above your head and yell "HARD FOD" loudly and wait for someone to come along and retrieve it so they can turn it in to quality assurance. |
Air Force joke. I get it. |
Navy but same idea. 
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Wellington
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: name that mystery allen screw! |
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| t3 kopf wrote: |
| Forthwithtx wrote: |
| t3 kopf wrote: |
| Hold it above your head and yell "HARD FOD" loudly and wait for someone to come along and retrieve it so they can turn it in to quality assurance. |
Air Force joke. I get it. |
Navy but same idea. |
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slo356
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 8:29 pm Post subject: Re: name that mystery allen screw! |
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| It looks like a bit like a cylinder head coolant plug to me but you would know about it if one of the came out |
Yep, I agree. Although mine were a little longer, ~20mm or so, I just changed out a warped #2 coolant flange and that was the allenhead bolt used.
It would be interesting to know if the OP found the bolt laying in the rear engine to frame mount which may have fallen there if/when the flange was changed in the past
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Gnarlodious 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 8:29 pm Post subject: Re: name that mystery allen screw! |
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There’s actually a dedicated topic for these questions:
Name This Part (engines, body, misc.)
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