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Re: [Mgs] Handbrake and bolts

To: Richard Lindsay <richardolindsay@gmail.com>, "mg-t@autox.team.net" <mg-t@autox.team.net>, "mgs@autox.team.net List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Handbrake and bolts
From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:51 -0700 (PDT)
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'Gasping' at $35 for nuts n bolts!!

Dan D
'76B
'65B
Central NJ USA
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 From: Richard Lindsay
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Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:06 PM
Subject: [Mgs]
Handbrake and bolts
 

Hi Friends,

This morning I assembled all the parts of
the handbrake assembly
(those bits found in the the cockpit only).  The 'arm'
of the
handbrake's chrome was beyond saving so I decided to either have it
re-chromed or replaced at some later date.  Yesterday I sanded the
chrome to
rough it up a bit, then applied a high-build primer and
black paint.  Gasp! 
Well, for now, it will work and will look okay -
just not correct.  The push
button's chrome was fine and left
polished.  The handle/grip got a coat of
matte black paint.  The
adjusters are brass and are now nicely polished and
clear-coated,
while the rest of the metal bits are painted semi-gloss black,
including the assembly-to-tunnel attachment bolts.

All of the rusty
floorboard screws - including the ones whose heads
were drilled off - have now
been removed from the captive nuts on the
angle-iron; those parts which
supports the inboard edges of the
floorboards and propshaft tunnel.  I did a
test using another of the
1/4" captive nuts found elsewhere.  I ran a 1/4-20
tap through the nut
and fitted a 1/4-20 bolt.  It fit nicely and was strong. 
My
floorboards will be attached with 1/4-20 countersunk Phillips head
screws
for $1.50, not $35.00 'correct' screws!   You have my full
permission to gasp
again, as desired. :-)

-rick
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