Try an 8mm allen wrench on a 3/8 ratchet w/ extension.  This a job easiest
done by brial, and there  is a nut on the other side of the bolt too.  Hope
this helps

-aaron mckay

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher H. Stinson <stinson@MAIL.OLIN.WUSTL.EDU>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 9:16 AM
Subject: how to remove starter from '87 automatic Vanagon?

>I'm trying to replace the starter on my '87 automatic Vanagon, but I'm
>having a problem with the less-accessible "bolt" that holds the starter
>to the chassis.  The first, more-accessible "bolt" has a nut that
>comes off with a socket wrench.  I can't see the less-accessible "bolt"
>but it doesn't feel like there's a traditional nut on that "bolt" --
>it feels like a round-edged (not six-sided) "nut" on that "bolt".
>
>I can't find this addressed in my Bentley manual.  Any suggestions
>from the list on how to detach this second "nut"?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Chris
>
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