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Most Lucas items also used odd thread sizes such as 3 and 5 BA
On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 04:56, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, my A90's trafficator is full of weirdo BA screw sizes. I ended up
> buying a full tap kit a few years ago to deal with it.
>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 6:16 AM mike brooks via Healeys <
> healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> BA taps, nuts, bolts, set screws etc are still readily available in the
>> UK, mainly because they are much used by model makers. RGD Tools in
>> Yorkshire have all the taps. There are several vendors stocking nuts and
>> bolts. As a matter of interest I read somewhere that instrument makers like
>> Smiths deliberately used the uncommon odd numbered BA threads like 3BA,
>> when 2BA and 4BA were the common sizes. The set screws holding the fuel
>> gauge sender unit is another example of 3BA.
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Most Lucas items also used odd thread sizes such as 3 and =
5 BA</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_at=
tr">On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 04:56, Alan Seigrist <<a href=3D"mailto:heale=
y.nut@gmail.com">healey.nut@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px soli=
d rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Yeah, my A90's tr=
afficator is full of weirdo BA screw sizes.=C2=A0 I ended up buying a full =
tap kit a few years ago to deal with it.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 6:16 AM mik=
e brooks via Healeys <<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=
=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid r=
gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">BA taps, nuts, bolts, set screws etc are =
still readily available in the UK, mainly because they are much used by mod=
el makers. RGD Tools in Yorkshire have all the taps. There are several vend=
ors stocking nuts and bolts. As a matter of interest I read somewhere that =
instrument makers like Smiths deliberately used the uncommon odd numbered B=
A threads like 3BA, when 2BA and 4BA were the common sizes. The set screws =
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