Not a bolt.  It's a stud that's solidly in the engine.  You need a new nut.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greenamyer, William L" <William.Greenamyer@WEST.BOEING.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 9:24 AM
Subject: BOLT ON TRANS

> Found something weird last night while crawling around under the leaker.
> Seems that on the bottom of the trans there are some bolts connecting it
to
> the engine.  On the drivers side, it appears that the bolt has broken off
or
> come out of whatever it was connected to on the engine.  The bolt won't
come
> out of the hole but it extends out all the way.  It is just to long to
come
> out of the hole so I don't know if it is threaded on the other end or not.
> I checked the Bently to see if I could find anything on this and didn't
see
> a picture of it at all.  Checked the other manual too and it was no help
> either.  For those of you experienced with dropping the trans and engine,
> what am I looking at here?
>
> William
>