I'm a big dummy and need help

Last night I was changing the battery cables on my 1999 Tacoma Base 2.4L, manual transmission. The nut that holds the positive battery cable disappeared on me. I can't find a reference with the size. Anyone happen to know?

I don't know what happened, but I meant the nut that holds the cable to the starter

 

The nut that tightens the battery terminal clamp is a 10mm

Edit...might be an 8mm actually

 

Do you happen to know the thread pitch?

 

Size and pitch should be the same as the negative.

 

Well to add evidence against me, I meant the nut that holds the cable to the starter

 

Do you not have a drawer in your tool box filled with all the extra nuts and bolts you've collected over the years? Just start trying those until you grab one that fits!

 

Damn... I do... Now I gotta go back out and look

 

That's not dumb, it's gremlins.

 

I voted yes btw just because it's funny

 

I’m going to take a wild guess and say it’s M8x1.25

Most bolts and nuts on vehicles are going to be M6 or M8. It’ll be your most common fastener size.

 

It happens.

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That nut usually comes with the starter if you purchased an aftermarket one. The OEM nut is 14MM while the aftermarket starter usually comes as 13MM.

In regards to thread pitch it should be the same thread pitch as the windshield wiper arm as it is the same part number.
9009905129

As @BartMaster1234 stated it should be an M8x1.25. I am 99% positive as this is the standard size/pitch. The only other option would be an M8X1.0 which is so rare that I wouldn't even bother trying it.

 

Good news everyone!

It was M8x1.25

 

You lost a bolt... I lost a whole fender flare... Who's the bigger dummy???

 

How do you lose a fender flare?

 

With a first grade mastery of arithmetic and a mm ruler, metric thread pitch can be determined in a minute.

 

Garage Fairies....I'm sure of it

 

Only use a few body panel clips and don't put the screws in the corners back in...that could do it

 

It didn't fall off, I took it off a few months ago and left it in my garage... I legitimately lost it somehow