FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Need help with a bolt size

Hey Everyone,

I'm about to do some electrical work under the hood and was wondering if anyone know the bolt size in the picture below. I need to buy some nuts to fit them. I've tried it with a 1/4"-20 nut, but that didn't work. There are six of them sticking out in the engine bay towards the back. Thanks in advance!

-Alex

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Permalink Reply by NestahEdition on July 11, 2013 at 9:09pm

M6 or 6mm x 1.0 pitch.

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Permalink Reply by SJFJ 4x4 on July 11, 2013 at 9:10pm

Thanks, Nestor! You're the man, as always!

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Permalink Reply by Sonof40 on July 13, 2013 at 2:08pm

Just FYI, your truck is made in Japan and is therefor all metric for fasteners.

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Permalink Reply by SJFJ 4x4 on July 14, 2013 at 3:15am

Hmm, I never thought about that. Thanks for the tip, Steve!

I had some standard size nuts I bought from the home depot for my recent fuel door mod, but couldn't find any other sizes laying around my garage to try and fit them. I bought the 6mm nuts as Nestor mentioned and that worked perfectly.

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Permalink Reply by NestahEdition on July 14, 2013 at 10:40pm

I used those M6 studs too with wire clamp-rubber insulated to run the battery cables when I installed the 2nd battery kit for BgameFJ.

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Permalink Reply by SJFJ 4x4 on July 14, 2013 at 10:50pm

I'm actually starting on my second battery install! I actually bought some clamps like the one in the picture you attached, but I got the cheap plastic ones instead. Do you they'll work okay? I was at Lowe's and Fry's and didn't see any of those metal-rubber ones. I also had to use my drill to make the holes larger to fit.

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