Dear Mike,
As I learned the hard way, when a PO's upper A-arm bolt-through
configuration snapped for me, metric grade 8.8 is equivalent only to Grade
5 SAE -- NOT Grade 8, SAE.
Best,
Teddy
69 2000
Pgh PA
OROC
At 07:12 AM 8/1/00 -0400, datsunmike wrote:
>Paul,
>
>8.8 is a metric designation re: strength like grade 8. BTW, I do believe the
>nut is 5/16-18 rather than the 1/4-20 I told Hoon. It seems only the engine
>and carburator nuts and bolts are metric on the Roadster.
>
>66 Mike
>
>BTW, my cleaner wing nuts are 5/16-20.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Pam & Paul Bauman <plhbauman@earthlink.net>
>To: Roadster List <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>; Hoon Kim
><hoon@pixar.com>
>Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 11:52 PM
>Subject: Re: air cleaner cover wingnut size?
>
>
>> Hoon:
>>
>> My 67 1600 agrees. Tried the nut on a bunch of bolts, but only one seemed
>to
>> fit. Since the vast majority of the car is SAE, so metric makes sense.
>>
>> Having said that, I still don;t know what size it is. The bolt head reads
>> 'OF' and '8.8'. 8MM fine? Anyone know?
>>
>> Paul Bauman
>> Westminster, CA
>> 67 1600
>> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=881168&a=6499541
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Hoon Kim <hoon@pixar.com>
>> To: datsun roadster mailist <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 1:55 PM
>> Subject: air cleaner cover wingnut size?
>>
>>
>> > I lost a wingnut for my air cleaner cover, anyone know what size it
>> > is offhand? I'm pretty sure it's metric. for a 67 1600
>> > --
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------
>> > Hoon Kim
>> > ______\____ hoon@pixar.com
>> > :/_()_____()_; x6184
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>>
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