The bolts rattled out of my starter on my 1984 300sd. I was wondering if anybody knew what the sizes were?

I'll grab a set off my shop floor and measure them. I'd guess m10, 1.5... x60mm

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Sweetness. My brother has been driving it for little over 3 months and I noticed that it was abiut to fall off. I'll be sure to get some thank you

Rattled out?
Check for the front support bracket on the starter. Someone had replaced the starter for PO and left off this bracket. I was constantly having to replace main startet bolts.

Note: It's a pricey little bugger. IIRC, about $50.

yeah. mine doesnt have one. the owners before me "lost it". junk yards will have them for nothing, just didnt want to fight with the starter bolts with out my air tools

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84 300sd 2.47 dif 360k
26 mpg needs lots of love
given to me in pitty

89 civic hatchback auto 140k
33mpgs soon to be low to mid 40's
been in the family since mile 1

85 300d with unknown knock. driven over 30k with knock and still going. sold for $800

Junk yards are a good source but I don't consider them free because of the time involved. Sometimes, it's even less costly to buy something than find it in my junk bin where things get lost but are there "somewhere".

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

I'm pretty sure those are M12x1.75mm. 80mm long with unthreaded shank, I think the thread is 30mm long?

My car had two hex socket bolts, which I replaced with Grade 8.8 hex head bolts. Now I can remove the starter from above, without needing to take out the engine to clear the sound insulation.

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1995 W202 C250 Diesel, OM605 NA engine, 5-speed manual
1986 W123 200, OM617 NA engine, 5-speed manual, rev counter
1989 W126 300SE, 5-speed manual

They are m12 1.50 80mm, trick to putting the top one on is to use a ratchet with an adjustable angle.

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84 300sd 2.47 dif 360k
26 mpg needs lots of love
given to me in pitty

89 civic hatchback auto 140k
33mpgs soon to be low to mid 40's
been in the family since mile 1

85 300d with unknown knock. driven over 30k with knock and still going. sold for $800