Gary,
You'll have to first decide if its important to have the proper British
hardware. The bolts and nuts have special markings that are not
available at the local hardware store. The bolt head have a recess and
the nuts have a circular marking. All the screws are posidriv type and
may not be readily available. If its important to have the British
markings then you'll also need to look at each item to determine if it
is reusable. There are sources of British hardware using the Web.
Since your hardware is no longer marked, using the Moss catalog as well
as the books you mention is about the only way to go. If you had someone
near that has a restored BJ8 to look at once in a while that would help.
Should be a lot of BJ8's in CA.
Alan S.
1967HBJ8/34297
GARY MOOMAU wrote:
>Hello, I am a new kid on the block and live in Yucaipa, CA. I am the owner
>of a 1967 BJ8 which is currently a "basket case" in my garage. With all good
>intentions, I disassemble my BJ8 in 1989 with the hopes of doing a ground-up
>restoration. As I took my pride-and-joy apart, I bought replacement parts
>for everything that, at that time, needed replacing (about $20,000 worth).
>The block, heads, crank, and cam were taken to the local machine shop. All
>electrical motors (windshield wiper, fuel pump, generator, etc.) were
>professionally rebuilt by my local British Motor (AH) Mechanic. I then went
>back to school (Graduate work - Duh!), moved, bought a business that died,
>sold a business, moved, moved, got sick, moved, etc., etc. Now it is 2004
>and my BJ8 is still a basket case. The only part missing is the cam (and a
>tool box), which was stolen in a garage burglary in 1997 (don't ask me why
>the cam was taken). I have begun the task of inventorying everything and
>from what I can see, everything is there. Now I older (just older, not
>wiser), near retirement, health ain't good, and I have to watch my funds,
>BUT I am ready to restore my screaming green bomb.
>
>
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>Question: Is there an existing list of screws, nuts, bolts, and washers
>that give identification, description (size, length, etc.) so I can measure,
>identify, separate, and know where to put them (before you say it, don't go
>there). All fasters (nuts and bolts) are in bottles and cans which have
>long lost their identity. At this time I have begun to identify them using
>the Austin-Healey 100/100-6/3000 Restoration Guide by Gary Anderson/Roger
>Moment and cross referencing them in the Austin-Healey 3000 Mechanical
>Service Parts List issued by BMC Limited (Series BJ7 and BJ8).
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>Gary Moomau
>
>Yucaipa, CA
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