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Subject:Re: busted ground bolt on engine block
From:Mark
Date:Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:02:29 -0500

I broke the original bolt holding the ground wires in place.  Now I'm
looking for a good spot to ground.  I suppose any bolt nearby will work.
Even the bolts holding the compressor in place?

Thanks!

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> My guess is you are talking about one of the 6mm bolts that are on the head
> near the AC compressor. These are hard to drill out due to their size and
> location. Is the other hole still usable? If so just use that one.
> Otherwise
> just shoot for another location.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mark
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:37 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: busted ground bolt on engine block
>
> Hi all -
>
> In attempting to clean my ground wires on the engine block, I busted the
> head off the bolt holding them in place.  So what next?  Should I just
> attempt to ground them some where else on the block?  If so, any good
> candidates?  I see that the A/C compressor is bolted to the block nearby.
>  I
> could go for one of those.  Or should I attempt to extract the offending
> bolt with an e-z-out and replace?  I don't have a lot of clearance, so the
> e-z-out route might be difficult.
>
> Thanks for any insights!
>
> Mark
>
> --
> Mark
> 1990 Westy (2.1 - manual)
>
>

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Mark
1990 Westy (2.1 - manual)