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1. [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: wmc_st@xxiii.com; Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:25:52 -0400; I've wondered about that too... I've had lots of "Asian branded" cars over the years, and for the most part a 10, 12, 14, and 17mm wrench will tear the whole thing apart. Then I go to buy replacement; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00088.html (7,616 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:58:16 -0700; My GM cars use 6.3mm, 10mm, 13mm, 15mm and 17mm. Plus the crank bolt is something like 23mm. Randall _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mail; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00090.html (6,919 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:35:54 -0700 (PDT); Ah, but which wrench size? Europe changed from 14mm to 13mm for M10 at some point in the late 60s; there are people who charge huge amounts (relatively) to produce 14mm fasteners in the correct fini; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00095.html (6,667 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:41:42 -0700 (PDT); Is that actually what they call it? Doug _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shop-talk; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00098.html (7,175 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:15:04 -0700 (PDT); I am reminded: A couple of summers ago I was with my family in Greece, visiting my wife's family's summer house, and I needed a couple of 1/4-20 screws for making a camera mounting. It took some hunt; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00099.html (7,929 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 23:26:46 -0400; Should have gone to a brit car shop. Tripod mount screws are whitworth! 1/4 inch for most small cameras, 3/8 for biger ones. Both whit sizes are have the same thread pitch as unc threads(20 and 16, r; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00100.html (7,888 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 04:34:51 -0700 (PDT); When I first started visiting Greece about 12 years ago, I would occasionally see Minis, Triumph Sedans, Rovers, etc., but recently they seem to have pretty much disappeared, and now people drive the; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00106.html (7,986 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 05:41:35 -0700 (PDT); Speaking of AMC Hornets, look at this picture, at the upper right car: http://www.clusterballoon.org/nebraska/ne_100.jpg I just stumbled across it. Doug ______________________________________________; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00109.html (7,915 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:43:44 -0500; do you mean cameras actually have those beautiful round-contour thread forms of Whitworth? If Whitworth, I thought it would be sized by the wrench size . . . unconfuse me!* *Tony* __________________; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00127.html (8,192 bytes)
10. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 19:19:52 -0400; Whitworth bolts are referred to by their major diamter and pitch, just like American ones. A number of the diameters have the same pitch as the American (UNC) bolt does. Tools for whitworth are named; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00128.html (9,681 bytes)
11. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:06:06 -0700; Except the ones that are British Association (which on a TR3 is the majority of the "Whitworth" threads). Are you sure about that ? My understanding is that a 1/4 BSW bolt has a larger head than a 1; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00129.html (9,034 bytes)
12. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 13:58:14 -0400; It's my understanding that BS 1083:1965 says BSW and BSF bolts and nuts of the same diameter have the same size hex. I don't have a copy of the standard, though, and I'm relying on Industrial Press t; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00131.html (9,159 bytes)
13. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>; Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 14:31:01 -0400; By the time the TR 3 was being made the Brits had converted to something other than Whitworth. As far as I could tell when I restored my TR 3, SAE bolts and nuts worked just fine....there was only on; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00132.html (10,463 bytes)
14. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>; Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 22:50:53 -0700; I seem to recall that the SU's on the TR3 have some Whitworth fasteners. Jack TR's 3&8 --Original Message-- From: shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00135.html (11,413 bytes)
15. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: nick brearley <nick@landform.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:50:44 +0100; BS 1083:1951 and 916:1953 gives BSW and BSF bolts as identical in dimensions except for TPI. Source Kemp's Engineers Year Book 1962. Noticing the date makes me think it would be worthwhile moving int; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00136.html (8,471 bytes)
16. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 11:09:26 -0400; The CD is nothing more than a bunch of encrypted PDFs. It's a pain in the neck to deal with. It also won't work on anything but windows. Buy the book. You'll be able to use it for 50 years, and it's; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00139.html (8,869 bytes)
17. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 17:50:49 -0700; THen you weren't paying attention. Might be a few less on late 3As; but there were quite a few British fasteners on a TR3. All the threads on the SU carbs, most of the threads on the electrical equi; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00151.html (8,545 bytes)
18. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:28:34 -0700; Thank you, David and Nick. That clears up a long-held misunderstanding on my part. Ideally, I'd like one of each. But if chosing only one, I'd go for the print version; unless you've got a hardened; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00153.html (8,923 bytes)
19. Re: [Shop-talk] Metric Hardware (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 11:49:08 -0400; It's also possible that there were people making coarse-threaded bolts with the larger heads even after the standards changed. There was a market -- maintenance of all those old machines, steam engin; /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00154.html (8,931 bytes)

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