Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

Well I was aware that some bolts would have been BSF thread, but my parts book ?(reprint?) is non specific other than to say bolt size 1/4" x 5/8" so I assumed that they would be 1/4"UNF, Newcastle Hi-Tensile have 1/4"BSF x 3/4" in length, that's a lot of machine work to remove 1/8" off the length to make them 5/8" long, depending on the price and again ?? how many I will need as I still don't have said vehicle home to check, if they are comparable in price to UNF well I will change them, but I do have a rather large stock of UNF nuts/bolts, and you have to admit UNF was far better than the crap jap threads that were in it cheers Dennis
ps just looked further into their website and found shorter bolts etc under setscrews,,.

I brought a bag of 300 mixed BSF nuts and bolts to see if they would do the job.
They are not rubbish but still not the quality of the originals.
At the moment I don't have the name of who supplied them, other than I purchased them from eBay UK.

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Unless its a Concourse resto why worry
You can shoot me if you like as I am using stainless steel bolts where I can

The next keeper can change them if he wants too. At least he will be able to undo them. SS bolts are cheap now too.

Keith

I have been eyeing off another set of Sidchrome Whitworth sockets on Gumtree,
but I wonder if they are any less worn than the set I have been using for Fourty five years .

Here's a nice set of tables to put on the workshop wall.

Take the file into a printing place and get them to enlarge and print onto some card then laminate.

http://www.gerardsgarage.com/support...ing_Tables.pdf

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Originally Posted by Dinty

Well I was aware that some bolts would have been BSF thread, but my parts book ?(reprint?) is non specific other than to say bolt size 1/4" x 5/8" so I assumed that they would be 1/4"UNF, Newcastle Hi-Tensile have 1/4"BSF x 3/4" in length, that's a lot of machine work to remove 1/8" off the length to make them 5/8" long, depending on the price and again ?? how many I will need as I still don't have said vehicle home to check, if they are comparable in price to UNF well I will change them, but I do have a rather large stock of UNF nuts/bolts, and you have to admit UNF was far better than the crap jap threads that were in it cheers Dennis
ps just looked further into their website and found shorter bolts etc under setscrews,,.

Not trying to be a smartarse, and I'm sure you're aware Dennis, but they are either one or the other. Set screws are threaded all the way and bolts have a plain section above the thread.

I agree, BSF or UNF, only the rivet counters (thread counters?) would pick them.

This afternoon after work I set about removing more paint off the bonnet, it is now approx 1/3 stripped, it is a slow n tedious job especially knowing that my paint stripper has gone off anyway almost all used up
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps5bd06fd4.jpg
cheers Dennis
ps Perry no offence taken, I knew the difference,,.

I used diggers paint stripper on klonk and it worked a treat not hard scrubbing, got rid of two paint layers at once, with only a couple of patches to redo. spread it on and then used a stainless wirebrush and scrubbed when the paint started to wrinkle and before it dryed off. If you put water on it gells up and wont work any more.
Best part is it $14 per ltr from Bunnings, cheapest there.

Sorry double post , stupid pad