Oops! Sorry about that - it's a 1983 2.0 liter, fuel-injected
California. Found a picture of the old bolt and the old engine:

http://www.californiabackcountry.com/IMG_0237.jpg

Thanks for your help!
Mike.

On 6/20/05, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote:
> What engine/year?
> Could you provide a little better description?
> 
> Dennis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Mike Jeffrey
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 3:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: What goes here?
> 
> Hello listers,
> 
> What goes into the big threaded hole to the left (towards the back) of
> intake #2 (right hand side, towards back)? I have a plain old bolt
> that came out of the same hole in my old block... when I go to thread
> it into the new block, it hits something inside before it snugs all
> the way down.
> 
> If I remember correctly, it looks like the same kinda hole that
> accepts the oil temp sensor in front of intake #3.
> 
> Thanks! It is, quite literally, the last bolt that needs bolting
> before this engine gets started for the very first time!
> 
> Mike.
> 
> 
>