Like Jeff, I'm also thinking the same thing. I'm in the middle (maybe the
beginning) of a resto on my 76 TR6. As Jeff, I'm leery of purchasing all
bolts from Moss, et al. In other words, I have mentioned to friends that I
sure wish there was a list of all bolts, size, type, and thread count, ...
available for my car. It seems to me that, given the technical info
available from the list and from the VTR, that this list would exist for a
TR6 (and also for Jeff's TR4A). Can anyone help with info?
Thanks,
Eric Conrad
Denver, CO
econrad@teal.csn.net
1976 TR6 CF52678U (body suspended above frame, undercoating
still coming off slowly, but awaiting the complete dismantling of what Tom
Di Iulio calls a donor car - I call it a P.O.S(h_t) - see below!
1971 TR6 CC??????U (does the commission number really matter?) It's
all for the parts, man! (engine, tranny, diff, gauges, wheels, shocks, &
other odds & ends removed so far.)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of john donnelly
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 10:45 PM
To: 'triumphs@autox.team.net'
Subject: Nuts & Bolts - Replacing During a Rebuild
Doing a rebuild is expensive enough (the recent thread on tr4$ is pretty
evident) and in doing my tr4a I'm trying to be prudent where ever possible
reusing the original fasteners, if it's safe. But there's a lot of times
that I've found myself looking into my bolt box and not finding the right
size. I'd like to stock up and get some new fasteners, but need your help.
Does anyone have a list of the most commonly used fasteners on a tr4 or 4a?
Going through the Moss or VB catalog, and trying to find the right bolt is
painful, and expensive. And the crafty people at Moss or VB don't give the
generic description, only their part number.
If I had a standard listing, McMaster-Carr has just about every conceivable
grade 8 nut,bolt and screw you can think of, and they're half the price of
Moss. I don't want to just order a bunch of 3&1/2"x3/8 shoulder bolts if I
really will need 3&3/4"x3/8.
Or, does anyone have a conversion chart from Moss or VB numbers to a generic
description?
Thanks!
John in San Diego
'67 TR4A
'71 P1800E
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