HELP! I lost the top bolt for my starter.........

[dumbnotstupid]

Ok so my starter dies the other day. so I replaced it. As anyone whos done this before knows, that upper bolt is a real pain! Well anyway, I lost it, I can't find it and I need another one. So I put the one bolt in really really tight and drive to saturn (yes thanks I know this was a horrible idea, and well it still is). So then the guy says he can't find it without seeing it or knowing the specs of the bolt. So my dilemma is I cant get there without my car, and i dont want to take the bolt out in the saturn parking lot, so i was hoping someone could help me out. anyone know the thread count on those bad booys?

[Dr B]

A popular upgrade for the upper starter bolt is .................
to replace it with a exhaust manifold stud ,then all you need do next time...
is remove the nut from the stud ,Much easier ,and you have the stud there as a guide on install ,WIN WIN !

[MickSaturn]

Originally Posted by dumbnotstupid

Ok so my starter dies the other day. so I replaced it. As anyone whos done this before knows, that upper bolt is a real pain! Well anyway, I lost it, I can't find it and I need another one. So I put the one bolt in really really tight and drive to saturn (yes thanks I know this was a horrible idea, and well it still is). So then the guy says he can't find it without seeing it or knowing the specs of the bolt. So my dilemma is I cant get there without my car, and i dont want to take the bolt out in the saturn parking lot, so i was hoping someone could help me out. anyone know the thread count on those bad booys?

Just did a quick search at Partsamerica.com (Advance Auto's site) and found the listing below for starter bolts:

http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductL...=Starter+Bolts

Hope it helps. Maybe gives you something to work with...

BTW this is for a 94 SL2...you'd need to change the vehicle on the site to get to the right set of parts for yours.

[richpin06]

The top stater bolt is 35mm long by 8mm 1.25 pitch

[dumbnotstupid]

Originally Posted by richpin06

The top stater bolt is 35mm long by 8mm 1.25 pitch

Thank you that was a huge help! How did you know that anyway?

[BarnOwl]

Originally Posted by dumbnotstupid

Thank you that was a huge help! How did you know that anyway?

I'm convinced that richpin lives in a Saturn junkyard with a laptop and a digital camera. He'll show up with a pic of any part that gets named. See if he denies it.

[madpogue]

Originally Posted by BarnOwl

I'm convinced that richpin lives in a Saturn junkyard with a laptop and a digital camera. He'll show up with a pic of any part that gets named. See if he denies it.

I'm further convinced that he is approx. 6.5" tall, and has a camera approx. the size of a mento, with a lens made of a diamond. That's the only way I can imagine he can reach the places he does with his camera, and still get perfectly focused, perfectly lit pictures.

Or maybe he has a giant Saturn, of which everything is 10x normal size, allowing him to crawl in anywhere to get any shot of any part. Yeah, that's gotta be it.

[richpin06]

BUSTED..................

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...6a/Richpin.jpg

[richpin06]

Originally Posted by dumbnotstupid

Thank you that was a huge help! How did you know that anyway?

It's no problem taking out the top starter bolt and measuring it when your saturn doesn't have a cylinder head on it.

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...linderhead.jpg