200 tdi big end and main bolts?

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jOn

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• Oct 28, 2005

• #1

Bloody 12 pointed nuts, anyone know what size socket for the big end and
main.
All my sockets are 6 pointed

 

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johnty

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• Oct 28, 2005

• #2

9/16 or 14 mm

Johnty

Mary series 2a (blown Diff)
Matilda series 3 station wagon (waiting to be painted)
Un-named Discovery 1 (engine in bits all over the place)


"jOn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Bloody 12 pointed nuts, anyone know what size socket for the big end and
> main.
> All my sockets are 6 pointed
>

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Oct 28, 2005

• #3

On or around Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:24:55 +0100, "johnty"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>9/16 or 14 mm
>

9/16" will be loose if they're 14mm. not close enough a fit for tight
bolts, really. Much more likely to be metric, anyway.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
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a great lie than to a small one" Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
from Mein Kampf, Ch 10

 

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jOn

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• Oct 29, 2005

• #4

Cheers for the info, i'll have to search for a socket now
--
Jon

 

J

johnty

Guest

• Oct 29, 2005

• #5

I just been putting mine back together and can confirm its

14mm Main bearings

and also

15mm Big ends

I thought they were the same size(Just goes to show how long its been in
bits !!!)

Mary series 2a (blown Diff)
Matilda series 3 station wagon (waiting to be painted)
Un-named Discovery 1 (engine in bits all over the place)(but going back
together now)


"jOn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Cheers for the info, i'll have to search for a socket now
> --
> Jon
>