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Thanks Gav.
Followed my words to my Kids, "Google It"
Looking at all the bolts removed, didn't really "looked" to have a coating ???? worn off, or that how they look after 50 yrs
sheradised, Invented in the 1900. stood the Test of Time then !!!!
whitehillbilly
The zinc is actually alloyed with the steel. It does not give quite the same protection as dip galvanising, but it does not materially enlarge the thread or gum it up either.
Hello from Brisbane.
You can still get the correct sized sheradised bolts from the UK - LR Fasteners is one supplier I seem to recall.
Like everything else of this nature, the shipping cost can make the exercise one for the purists.
Cheers,
Neil
Just had a quick look at their website.Quote:
Originally Posted by S3ute
3/8" BSF nuts at 9GBP for 10 !
Full body kit of nuts & bolts for an 86" hardtop 600GBP.
It must have taken some legwork to get the parts lists together, source the parts & then get them sheradised but, as you say, an exercise for the purists.......
Land Rover Body Fastener Kits, Spares, Land Rover Parts
Colin
Hello again from Brisbane.
Yes, you have to want them badly to proceed down the import path.
Actually, I had finally decided to bite the bullet and do it anyway (just the ten on the rear crossmember) and submitted an order whistling through my teeth that it would be worthwhile once the price was forgotten etc. However, there was still another small sting awaiting - the firm I was dealing with (might not have been LR Fasteners) was a small operation that didn't take credit cards or PayPal. In fact, would only accept direct deposits into their UK bank.
The catch there is the foreign payment fee demanded by my bank, as well as any unforeseen handling charges by the various intermediaries along the way. These were projected to potentially add an additional $30-$40 to what was already a sphincter clenching sum for the bolts etc plus the shipping quote. I figured that each bolt was going to cost somewhere around $10-$15 which basically explains why the pre-shipping invoice is lying around somewhere in the deep litter pile towards the bottom.
Might save it for a future UK holiday.
Cheers,
Neil