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raf24
03-09-12, 05:40 PM
Bottom bolt fell out of my alternator,ordered a new one and fitted it but found this big nut down the back of the inlet manifold?? Ive never seen it before and wondered if anyone knew if it could be off my engine,as you can see from the second pic next to my keys its quite a big bugger.its an e16se,dont really want to drive it till i know what it is.
http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad166/bigraf24/0DBE5FA1-2AB4-460B-BD33-70D83AEC0052-9544-00000C58D3514FF5.jpg
http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad166/bigraf24/DCD1C6F0-264C-4205-B1F4-65D45FBCB22C-9544-00000C58E9D214D6.jpg
therealnovaboy
03-09-12, 07:09 PM
is it not the nut you sometimes get with a new front wheel bearing?
brucer
03-09-12, 07:16 PM
id say driveshaft nut.
MK999
03-09-12, 07:17 PM
Too small for that imo, but either way the threads are clean so it's never been on anything... so I wouldn't worry.
Mike
03-09-12, 08:19 PM
Thats not from a Nova.
raf24
03-09-12, 08:23 PM
Wheel bearing maybe,i remember my mate fitting a new one as it failed the mot on a front one,i wonder if thats been sat up there and fell,got wedged till i found it?
mowgli
03-09-12, 08:29 PM
get a small piece of rope & tie it to the rear tow loop.... you'll start a new fashion.... hanging spares on a nova...lol
raf24
03-09-12, 08:31 PM
get a small piece of rope & tie it to the rear tow loop.... you'll start a new fashion.... hanging spares on a nova...lol

Ha ha,whats your expert opinion mowgli? You know these inside out & have helped me out a few times in the past ;)
mowgli
03-09-12, 08:38 PM
i agree with the others about it looking like a hub nut, but i've not played with a wheel bearing for literally decades.... my current nova has only done 17000 miles on its original ones !!!!!... so i'm going with the mechanic dropping it & saying sod it.... its too shiny to be important...
raf24
03-09-12, 08:42 PM
i agree with the others about it looking like a hub nut, but i've not played with a wheel bearing for literally decades.... my current nova has only done 17000 miles on its original ones !!!!!... so i'm going with the mechanic dropping it & saying sod it.... its too shiny to be important...

Ok thanks mate
Mike
03-09-12, 08:50 PM
Definetly not a Nova hub nut either.
raf24
03-09-12, 10:29 PM
Definetly not a Nova hub nut either.

Thats good news then,feck knows where its came from :confused:
Benn
03-09-12, 11:15 PM
Remember a hub nut/drive shaft nut is 30mm, and that nut isnt. Thread looks too fine too. Be from something else non Vauxhall.

Looking again, it looks NOTHING like a hub nut.
raf24
03-09-12, 11:23 PM
Remember a hub nut/drive shaft nut is 30mm, and that nut isnt. Thread looks too fine too. Be from something else non Vauxhall.

Looking again, it looks NOTHING like a hub nut.
Its doing my head in,where it has come from & the fact it probably isnt even from a vauxhall :roll:
Benn
03-09-12, 11:32 PM
I've stripped my Nova to almost a bare shell. I've never seen that bit before. So bin it and forget it.
raf24
03-09-12, 11:38 PM
I've stripped my Nova to almost a bare shell. I've never seen that bit before. So bin it and forget it.

Will do,thanks pal