'Gasping' at $35 for nuts n bolts!!
Dan D
'76B
'65B
Central NJ USA
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From: Richard Lindsay
<richardolindsay@gmail.com>
To: mg-t@autox.team.net; "mgs@autox.team.net List"
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Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:06 PM
Subject: [Mgs]
Handbrake and bolts
Hi Friends,
This morning I assembled all the parts of
the handbrake assembly
(those bits found in the the cockpit only). The 'arm'
of the
handbrake's chrome was beyond saving so I decided to either have it
re-chromed or replaced at some later date. Yesterday I sanded the
chrome to
rough it up a bit, then applied a high-build primer and
black paint. Gasp!
Well, for now, it will work and will look okay -
just not correct. The push
button's chrome was fine and left
polished. The handle/grip got a coat of
matte black paint. The
adjusters are brass and are now nicely polished and
clear-coated,
while the rest of the metal bits are painted semi-gloss black,
including the assembly-to-tunnel attachment bolts.
All of the rusty
floorboard screws - including the ones whose heads
were drilled off - have now
been removed from the captive nuts on the
angle-iron; those parts which
supports the inboard edges of the
floorboards and propshaft tunnel. I did a
test using another of the
1/4" captive nuts found elsewhere. I ran a 1/4-20
tap through the nut
and fitted a 1/4-20 bolt. It fit nicely and was strong.
My
floorboards will be attached with 1/4-20 countersunk Phillips head
screws
for $1.50, not $35.00 'correct' screws! You have my full
permission to gasp
again, as desired. :-)
-rick
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