Well this is my first message to this list for over a year so...
I don't know how helpful this will be to people in the US or elsewhere but
when I needed a varied selection of fasteners for my B in the UK I simply
walked into my local LBC specialist and asked if he could help, he just gave
me a bag,
pointed to his racks and said 'help yourself'. I got just about every nut
and bolt I needed for a very reasonable price.
Worth trying if you happen to have a suitable workshop close enough to you.
Cheers
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Dodd, Kelvin <doddk@mossmotors.com>
To: prsmith@navnet.net <prsmith@navnet.net>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 28 January 1999 16:58
Subject: RE: Bolts and Things
>Preston:
>
> The US grade 5 bolt is the lightest suitable for automotive use.
> The problem with making up bolt packs is that standard size bolts
>have a standardized thread length. In many cases the bolts on our cars
have
>a specialized thread length that is not readily available from commercial
>sources. Also the original bolts may have had tapered ends which are also
>not readily available.
> Basic assembly bolts are readily available from bolt sources. But
>quantities under 100 lot are expensive. My suggestion is to get some
people
>together and order in bulk the popular assembly sizes. Any fastener that
is
>going into a closed end hole should be inspected carefully so that thread
>length is correct, if in doubt clean and reuse the original. Common sense
>prevails. The bolt kits coming out of the UK now, really help in difficult
>areas such as the later B fuel tank and engine to transmission fasteners.
>
>
>Kelvin.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: prsmith@navnet.net [mailto:prsmith@navnet.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 6:30 PM
>> To: DWADE REINSCH
>> Cc: shop-talk@autox.team.net; mgs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: Bolts and Things
>>
>>
>> In <36AFC3CF.4ED7@tenet.edu>, on 01/27/99
>> at 07:56 PM, "DWADE REINSCH" <dreinsch@tenet.edu> said:
>>
>> >Let me add another question to Preston's. Has anyone thought of
>> >packaging and selling at a resonable price a "bag of bolts"
>> for a MG.
>> >Just a set of general sized Brit threaded bolts, so as you
>> took things
>> >apart and put them back together you would have a replacement for the
>> >rusted out ones and the ones you ruin, without having to buy the
>> >"official" sets from Moss, etc., that are the exact 6 bolts
>> for one part
>> >and cost $4.95 plus shipping for the four bolts.
>>
>> An incredible idea - heck if we could get a list of the most
>> common sizes
>> needed (both grades 5 and 8) we would be ahead of the game.
>>
>> Preston
>>
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