Stupid D69U pony motor gas tank question.

can you start that one nut then put the tank in place?

Should not have to but 12 point nuts may be the easiest answer. Pitstop.com. I put Allen head cap screws on my carburetor.

A child's hands usually can do things like that better than mine.

I have a friend that's standard answer is,"Go get a triple jointed Chinese kid from the assembly line."


I know it can be done,but always with great difficulty. If I remember 1/4 inch drive sockets help. As i get older and stiff joints who knows if I still can.

Are those 1/4 inch bolts? If and only if I am remembering the right parts,they should be. At this stage of the game have they rattled around loose and been taped out to a larger size? That would make it harder yet.

I actually used a little bit of all the suggestions ( started by hand, 1/4” drive with swivel, etc.) finally got the nuts on and tightened. No Chinese (or Peoria) assembly line worker but a willing pair of female hands helped to get the nut started on the stud. I guess at the factory they assembled the entire pony motor including the tank put it in place. Definitely NOT field work friendly...

There are a few annoying things like that on these machines. Definitely helps if designers have to "eat their own dog food"

We used to own a 2010 Chevy Malibu. In order to change a headlight bulb, the entire front clip had to be removed from the car. Not sure whether that was from the engineer not eating his dog food or GM trying to generate more work for its service departments. Just to be safe, I went to an independent mechanic's shop to change the bulbs out.

Things aren't really built to last these days, or be fixed. Only built to be replaced.

I have a 2005 chevy silvarado 1500. It has something like 35,000 miles on it. The speedometer stopped working, the stepper motor wasn't working right, so I replaced the stepper motor to get the speedometer working. A few months later, now the Tachometer doesn't work. I may need to replace the stepper motor in that.

Considering the few miles on the truck, it is a wonder why anything is really breaking down on it.

I'd take an awkwardly placed nut and bolt over having to replace a stupid little stepper motor every year just to have functioning dash meters.