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Old Aug 16, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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what size is.

the bolts for the radiator housing? I seemed to have lost all 3.
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Old Aug 16, 2008 | 11:01 PM
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the bolts that hold the rad onto the Front?..there are 4.the heads are 12mm..Not sure of the thread though...Now if you are talking about the rad shroud,you can use any of the common 10mm bolts/nuts..or Ziptie the shroud to the Rad.
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Old Aug 16, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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mistery just killed it.
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Old Aug 16, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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That's MISTER....STYX!..but ya,I am a Mystery..I often Wonder..WTF?.heh!
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by misterstyx69
the bolts that hold the rad onto the Front?..there are 4.the heads are 12mm..
Come on guys, this is easy...
JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) lists bolts by the shank size, not the heads.
For the commonly used sizes we see most often, it's even simpler...the head is 4mm larger than the shank.
Thus, a 6mm bolt will take a 10mm wrench, an 8mm bolt uses a twelve mm wrench and a 10mm bolt takes a....wait for it...yup, a 14mm wrench.*

The four radiator mount bolts are 8mm x 25 or 30mm long (can't remember right offhand).


*For some reason, the 8mm bolts most commonly found found in American hardware stores do not adhere to JIS specs and will have a 13mm head. This is silly and the reason that I source most of my non-mission critical hardware from junkyards.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 10:39 AM
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And this is probably in the thread pitch thread located in the Archives. Almost all bolts in the engine bay are M8 or M6.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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oh crap I asked the wrong question lol. I actually wanted the size to the thermostat housing. My bad.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 04:19 PM
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..Quote.."come on guys this is EASY"..ya..it is easy..most of the bolts on the car have the Same thread pitch.I just take on off somewhere else and use it Where I need it..heh..thermostat Bolts have the Same 12mm head!!!.(I just did the Rad replacement,so I know the Head sizes,NOT the Thread sizes!)
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by misterstyx69
That's MISTER....STYX!..but ya,I am a Mystery..I often Wonder..WTF?.heh!





he's the blonde in front..........hahahaha
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by DannySB
oh crap I asked the wrong question lol. I actually wanted the size to the thermostat housing. My bad.
M8, about 2.5 inches long. Check the Archived thread pitch topic.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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M8, about 2.5 inches long. Check the Archived thread pitch topic.
Um, I don't think so.
The three bolts that hold the thermostat housing/hose fitting (he must have a S5) are M6 about 1" long.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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Ah, S5. I missed that. The S4 bolts are as I stated.
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