There may be some other cases where metric fasteners were used on
vintage British cars. The T series MGs had what was referred to as
'French' metric thread forms on the engines and gearboxes. This was
because the tooling used for these was leftover French tooling and
Nuffield/BMC elected to use the threads and put British Standard/
Whitworth heads on the bolts. What I have found on my TD is that the
French metric form is similar to fine thread metric. I know that many
years ago (early '70s), before metric fasteners were at all popular, I
got some replacement bolts from a VW dealer.
On 11/7/2011 1:00 PM, Alan Grossman wrote:
> Renault powered Lotus Europa? Just askin'
>
> Cheers, Alan
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Nock" <healeydoc@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Richard Kahn" <tahoehealey@hotmail.com>
> Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 8:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Master cylinder-Metric?
>
>
>> NO British cars used Metrics until the Jaguars in the mid 80s.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> David Nock
>> British Car Specialists
>> Stockton Ca 95205
>> 209-948-8767
>>
>> www.britishcarspecialists.com
>> .
>> .
>>
>> On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:06 AM, Richard Kahn wrote:
>>
>>> Are the fittings for the brake and clutch master cylinder metric? I
>>> bought a
>>> bench bleeding kit from Napa that does not fit. They figured that a
>>> British
>>> car would have metric. One more delay with another trip to the
>>> store. I'll
>>> have to bring the old unit in for sizing.
>>> Rich Kahn
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