Mystery bolt

**p38arover** · 3rd January 2010, 07:59 AM

I understand from blokes who worked in the UK Rootes factories that workers would put nuts or bolts inside box sections of a body, e.g., sills, etc., to rattle around.

This was done to annoy management! Only a Brit car worker would think like that. Not smart enough to realise that, in the long term, they were putting the whole company at risk

crl · 3rd January 2010, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

True Story. About 1960 a friend bought a new Morris Elite. In the boot was a square lump about 6" x 6" x 1" under the sound deadener and blue paint. At first service he asked the service dept. what it was as it was not shown in either the owner's handbook or sales literature. Dealer's staff had a look at others and were mystified. Eventually someone scraped off some paint and sound deadener to find a jam sandwich.

Emergency rations in case you get lost in the country.

**350RRC** · 3rd January 2010, 10:25 AM

A guy I know was directing the building of a car ferry a few years ago and apparently got under the workers skins over the months. They knew he was also going to be one of the skippers when it was finished.

In response to his demeanour they placed a large ball bearing on a horizontal bit of steel bracing in a wall of the master's stateroom behind the bridge. (where they correctly assumed this skipper would be entertaining 'guests' from time to time)

The slightest bit of roll would cause the ball bearing to roll from side to side hitting the vertical steel bracing each side, all day and all night.

Cost a lot of money to get removed.

cheers, DL

**Bigbjorn** · 3rd January 2010, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by crl

Emergency rations in case you get lost in the country.

Likely an assembler was eating on line, put his sanger down in the car and the line moved, and the guy at the next line station just sprayed on the deadener without looking. Eating on line was a common habit. This avoids wasting time eating at the pub in the short lunch break ensuring you can skol4 or 5 or more schooners in the half hour.

**crump** · 3rd January 2010, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by 350RRC

A guy I know was directing the building of a car ferry a few years ago and apparently got under the workers skins over the months. They knew he was also going to be one of the skippers when it was finished.

In response to his demeanour they placed a large ball bearing on a horizontal bit of steel bracing in a wall of the master's stateroom behind the bridge. (where they correctly assumed this skipper would be entertaining 'guests' from time to time)

The slightest bit of roll would cause the ball bearing to roll from side to side hitting the vertical steel bracing each side, all day and all night.

Cost a lot of money to get removed.

cheers, DL

yeh, I heard one about a nut on a piece of MIG wire in the door pillar of a 70's Holden with a note on it saying "So you finally found me!"

**p38arover** · 3rd January 2010, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by crump

Had the sump off the Defender today checking the Oil pump bolt and all was well BUT any ideas where the M6 x 25 bolt that I found in the sump may have come from???

Nothing obvious missing from underneath, maybe its a spare?

I've been going through the parts catalogue on the engine and have found there are ten M6 x 25mm bolts that hold the oil pump assembly into the block. Do you have them all? (These are in addition to the twelve M6 x 40mm bolts)

That's the only M6x20 bolt I can find in the engine.

Thread: Mystery bolt

Thread Tools

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions