engine mounting with studs or bolts?

This is advertised as a bolt kit for trans to engine.  The D shaped head holds the starter.  OEM didn't use nyloc nuts though.

The 2 lower, (green/yellow) are studs

The upper left (red) is a long bolt that passes through the starter and has a nut between the engine and trans, accessed in the engine bay.  Most starters today have a notched flat spot to accommodate a "moon" head bolt as pictured by Wolfgang or a standard hex head bolt.

The upper right (purple) is a bolt and there should be a threaded boss in the engine case.  I've seen them stripped, drilled, or knocked out with a nut used in its place, but standard is a threaded boss.

What Carey said ^^^

For what it's worth, the thread is 10 x 1.5mm.

Thanks ALL!  That helps.   I managed to back out the stud from old case for the 'yellow' position...  I couldn't remember about the red position being bolt or stud.  So engine is in without the need to remove (for this reason anyway).  eventually on to wiring & steering.  

(as a side note, I spent yesterday with the E46 wagon replacing the power steering pump, lines, & res. bottle.   Those "special" push-to-connect hose connectors were a pain to remove without the correct tool... but I got it done.)  Now back to the day job.

" Those "special" push-to-connect hose connectors were a pain to remove without the correct tool... but I got it done.) "

Running out to get that "special" tool that you use once and then toss into your tool chest for the next 40 years is how one collects a wide array of tools.

Like the special VW tool for the fan belt idler on the later model water cooled Scirocco and GTi.  Mine looks brand new 'cuz it was used exactly once and then I sold the car.

Yes, I have fan removal tool that's specific for the car, and I ordered this tool just in case I couldn't get it done without the special tool... because nobody has it avail without ordering and I didn't want to wait another day if I couldn't get done.   Now I'll have a tool that I won't even use in the tool box...  (at least it wasn't expensive compared to what could have been.)

I had to remove the headlight to get to the hose connectors but that wasn't nearly as bad as the mini-van, (or the Frontier when I had that), they should all be this easy considering they yellow, & oxidize like they do..

@Gordon Nichols posted:

Like the special VW tool for the fan belt idler on the later model water cooled Scirocco and GTi.  Mine looks brand new 'cuz it was used exactly once and then I sold the car.

Same with my VW-Porsche jack point to floor jack adapter. My 968 one gets regular use, though.

Weird Old tools S1E1:

I have this neat, coil spring gizmo with a sharp point on one end, and a loop at the other end.  The whole thing is maybe 8" long and I've had it since 1972 when I rebuilt my 59/AB Ford Flathead engine in my parent's basement.

It's a tool well known to mechanics of the 19-teens through the mid-1960's (especially on British engines) who occasionally had to remove the leaky crankshaft/crankcase end seals and replace them with new ones.  Remove the crankcase, loosen the crankshaft bearing caps just a little, screw the spring into the end of the exposed seal, give it a good pull and the seal would (usually, not always) slide right out.  Then, slide the spring-thing back in and screw it into the new seal on the other side and pull it up and around.

Still got it in the tool box, and it came in handy when working on my '67 Austin Healey 3000 (same old seals) in the late 1990's.

This one is pretty old, too:  

OK, so it's a little bent, but I've been using it to tap bearings out of deep housings since about the same time (1972).  It is actually the push rod for a Ford 59A/B flathead V8 fuel pump, which sat on top of the engine (for easy access and service) at the rear, near the firewall.  If you're wondering, the V8 distributor attached on the front face of the engine, driven off of the end of the camshaft, just like the oil pump in a VW engine.

When I'm gone and my son is cleaning out my shop, I'm sure he'll be scratching his head at some of these old things.  Lumber-Jack tools from the farm, anyone?