Short version ; What's the correct socket size for the bolt on the crankshaft?


Ahh, a week of vacation and finally a chance to perform a post mortem on my B230F. Basically, what happened was the water pump blew, and that ended my commute very quickly. As soon as I found out that the gasket and possibly the whole head was KIA, I had the brick towed in my yard where it has been waiting for my care.

Anyways... Being the poorly equipped & frugal man that I am, I found myself staring at the bolt on the end of the crankshaft without a socket that's even close of being acceptable. So, before make the journey to Sears and fork out more $$$ for a socket that "possibly" fits... help me out here fellas, what's the correct size socket for that? I just want to turn the damn thing into TDC...

I was also going to ask for the correct size for the spark plugs. I saw many suggested that I should take one with me to the store. However, mine are tightly fastened on to the engine itself, so much for that. If anyone knows the right answer at this point, go ahead.. what was interesting about this whole affair, was what I found when I started to tinker with the rest of the engine. The heat shield around the exhaust manifold seemed like a good candidate and after softening the bolts up a little bit, the thing came loose. And what did I find from inside? A Volvo OEM sparkplug resting on top of the exhaust manifold... :-)

So, if anyone knows the right socket size, let me know, or I'll just go aheadn and crack open the valve cover and see if someone stashed the right part in there....


-M.R.