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Subject:Re: Radiator Bleed Screw
From:Mike Collum
Date:Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:22:39 -0400

Jeff Oxroad wrote:
> This next seems to be the radiator listed through all the later model
> water-cooled Vanagons:
>
> Radiator: 068 121 253E
>
> The bolt for bleeding is listed as   N 010 237 6
> "Remarks" column says:  Screw, hexhd   M8X12
>
> I think this last one means you can use any M8X12 bolt.

FWIW ... The radiators on my '84 7 pass and my '85 Westy came with M8
bolts with a trench down one side (except near the head).  I lost the
one on my '84 and replaced it with a regular M8 bolt.  Later, for ease
of bleeding, I cut a trench in the side of the bolt.

Mike