Coil mounting bolts

[Rileysowner]

I just received my new coil yesterday, and it did not come with bolts to mount it to the mounting bracket. Since today is a holiday and stores are closed (at least I believe they are) I am not about to pull everything apart to put in the new coil since I don't have the bolts to mount it to the bracket. What sort of bolts and how many will I need so I can get them when the store opens?

[astrozam]

Have you already ground off the rivets from the original set-up? all you need to do is replace those rivets with an equal amount of nut/bolts, any style nut/bolt will do ( don't use brass tho, too soft ) you gotta have an old can of nut/bolts kickin around the house,if so just use whatever fits.

[Rileysowner]

I haven't done anything on it. 1) It is raining rather heavily so I don't want to have the doors of the van open while I do things as I am going to be doing the wires as well, so will be routing from the dist. cap to the plugs. 2) I wasn't sure if there was anything special about the bolts 3) AFAIK no place is open that I can get bolts if I don't have them. Since I do have a pile of bolts in some drawers and a jar, no problem there. So it is just waiting for the rain to stop. I have a bunch of things to do which I wanted to do today (oil change, check brakes to see if I can figure out why they are squealing when braking, check for play on the wheel to see if I did bearings correctly, and probably a bit more (Oh yeah, I wanted to do some body work on my Sunrunner) The rain has put the kibosh on that, so I am sorting through junk in the basement to make some room for other stuff. Maybe Monday morning I can get at it.

[astrozam]

is the coil mount still bolted to the engine? if so, just unbolt it bring it in the house/garage and grind off the old rivets holding the coil to the bracket. Have you got a dremel?

P.S I know I probably should already know this, but whats AFAIK stand for?

[Rileysowner]

A - As
F - Far
A - As
I - I
K - Know

[CaptSquid]

Whuffo the dirty dogs didn't include them long, skinny bolts/screws with the replacment coil?

[Rileysowner]

So Squid any idea on the size of the mounting bolts?

[CaptSquid]

about 1/8" diameter, 1" long with a 7mm hex head. Get 2 plain washers and 2 star washers. Don't forget the nut for the other end.

[Rileysowner]

Thank-you. Hopefully I can get to it Monday. No time today. Now if I could convince my almost 4 year old to let me work on the van tomorrow while I am taking care of him, then I could get it done. Not likely though.