Help needed! Important!

[DanGEP91]

Ok so this should probably go in technical discussion, but I don't know where (because I don't know where this bolt is from) -

So - getting the boat to join you boys at JAE tomorrow and this bolt suddenly fell off today and I don't know where from, and it seems quite substantial. The car hasn't performed any differently since it fell off but obviously as I'll be making a nice long journey from Poole up to wicksteed park in the early hours of Friday morning, I should probably get this bolt back to its home. But I don't know where it's from! Anybody have an idea??!?! Kinda urgent!

[A L 3 X]

Engine mount?

[DanGEP91]

3/3 are there, that was my first thought.

[Max9650]

bit of a longshot and random guess but thinking long bolts ... maybe altonator or starter

[DanGEP91]

I'll check them out.

[morgey]

Yea good chance its from the alternator, the lower one, mine fell out and i only noticed when it came to change the belt lol

[PaulStarletSR]

aye altenator! I've just taken mine off for the conversion sure... ;-)

[akyakapotter]

Yep alt be the one at the bottom

[DanGEP91]

That's gotta be it then as the garage I took it to just changed the belt, monkeys there seriously. Wheel nuts loose, belts not tight, hub nut loose, should've done it myself but I'm a lazy faker.

[akyakapotter]

That's gotta be it then as the garage I took it to just changed the belt, monkeys there seriously. Wheel nuts loose, belts not tight, hub nut loose, should've done it myself but I'm a lazy faker.

Yes don't be so lazy I'd complain mate

[DanGEP91]

Cheeky bugger, yeah, at least I got the botch job for free and they actually sorted my turbo oil return. Not gonna lie I lost heart with the car last week :/ ahh well. Expect a bombshell at JAE tomorrow! My car is a bloody shed at the moment!

[Keenoep82]

If it's not the alternator, check the front calipers. Looks like it could be one of the bolts that holds them to the carrier.

Edited September 15, 2012 by Keenoep82