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Hi, trying to replace my starter motor today which I thought would be fairly straight forward, apart from trying to squeeze under bloody bus and seem to have found only one bolt holding it on. One side seems normal but the back side which is hard to see so I took a picture on my phone, there seems to be no bolt. Can't tell if it's a cap or not, anyone else had this or know what's wrong ? Sorry if I'm being thick, hopefully I can attach a pic to show the issue.
Cheers
Pete.
Ps
Van is a T25 2L Air cooled

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One of the bolts has a cap on it with a "flat" on one side. You undo a nut on the other end and then withdraw that special bolt.

Oh, and whilst you are there it is normally considered a "must" to replace the starter bush in the bellhousing as they often wear causing lazy starter syndrome. Cheap, but can be fiddly to do. Details on "how to" in the wiki

Thanks

Additionally, don't "test" any starter motor off the van as it has only got 1 bearing at one end, the other being the above mentioned one. Off van testing can wreck it in 3 seconds

Also when you buy the starter motor don't be pleb and drop it on to a hard concrete floor.

Just checked out wiki, could find yesterday that's why I posted, however in have found it know and explains that it is a strange cheesehead bolt type on the air cooled vans. (We're they pissed when designing that) still not sure what tool to use to remove the bolt though. Does a normal socket work ?
Pete

Thanks Col. (AKA Thomoson) I will be sure not too. Lol. You could always get off your fat ass and come over to help me.

The nut is accessible from the engine compartment.

Really. I will check that out. Thanks. Presume I have to remove some tinware first?
Cheers
Pete

It's quite easy to get to, no need to remove any tin ware from memory.

It's ok. Realise what a tit I've been. I've already removed it once before when I changed my gearbox. It's the same bolt. Because I am removing starter I just presumed I had to take it off from the starter side. Doh !!! Thanks for your help.
Pete