If you have a Farm and Country store near you this is the place to
go. They sell nuts and bolts in all grades by the pound. When I did the
tube shock conversion it only cost about $3 dollars for the bolts. Grade 2
go for about 99 cents a lb grade 5 about $1.50 don't rember what grade 8
go for. In whould guess that every nut and bolt on the MG wouldn't weigh
more than 5 lbs, which means you could do the whole car for under 8
dollars.
...Art
On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, James wrote:
> Find a good place to buy hardware (check in your local yellow pages under
> "Fasteners" - I seem to recall, in the bay area there's a great place in
> Concord). Buy an assortment of nuts, bolts, screws and washers in the
> appropriate sizes. Be prepared to go back often for wierd stuff, but don't
> skimp - buy fifty or so of each of the common sizes right off the bat.
> Replace every piece of rusted hardware you ever take off the car with a
> shiny new nur or bolt.
>
> Two years from now, you will have spent less than fifty bucks on new
> hardware and you'll congratulate yourself for your good sense every time
> you work on the car.
>
> - James Einolf
> '74 MGB (with a lot of new hardware, and still a long way from done).
>
> >Greetings knowledgeable Listers:
> >
> >I have been working on my MG alot lately, and have noticed that every bolt
> >that I have taken off and replaced is now rusting. Is this something that
> >is unavoidable, or should I be treating the bolts or something? It is
> >particularly bad on my Brake Master Cylinder tubing connections.
> >
> >Thanks for your advice!
> >
> > *******************************
> > Berrie C. Watson
> > Assistant in Campus Computing
> > USF St. Petersburg Campus
> > bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu
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