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With Liberia, Myanmar and of course=E2=80=A6 the United States of America b=
eing the
only countries that do not use metric one does have to wonder!!
M
On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:51 PM i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think they would rather make one type moving forward. Cheaper costs fir
> them, increased cost fir everyone else.
>
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
> 59 BN4
> 67MGB
> 65 AH Sprite
> phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 9:48 AM 55healey@comcast.net <55healey@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I figured it was just an excuse for the wrench manufacturers so they
>> could continue making 2 sets of wrenches.
>>
>> > On Apr 24, 2020, at 9:04 AM, i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Yup,
>> > The US was going to convert, but busineses and manufacturers raised a
>> storm over the cost to convert, so it never officially happened.
>> >
>> > Ira Erbs
>> > Portland,OR
>> > 59 BN4
>> > 67MGB
>> > 65 AH Sprite
>> > phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos
>> >
>> > On Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 2:15 AM <simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com>
>> wrote:
>> > =E2=80=9CFlirted=E2=80=9D? To tell the truth, I=E2=80=99d never given =
it much thought but had
>> =E2=80=9Cassumed=E2=80=9D that the US had resisted metrification. Don=E2=
=80=99t I recall that all
>> oil-producing kit is Imperial because of US domination in that area? And
>> planes=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6?
>> >
>> > I do know that, when Ted =E2=80=9CThe Grocer=E2=80=9D Heath dragged th=
e UK into the
>> Common Market, we were supposed to go Metric. There were some hiccups al=
ong
>> the way. A pint of beer remains a pint. As did a pint of milk whilst mil=
k
>> bottles still existed.
>> >
>> > EU: =E2=80=9CYou must cease drinking pints forthwith. You will obey=E2=
=80=9D.
>> >
>> > UK: =E2=80=9CWon=E2=80=99t. Can=E2=80=99t. Shan=E2=80=99t=E2=80=9D.
>> >
>> > Etcetc Finally:
>> >
>> > EU: =E2=80=9CYou will obey=E2=80=9D.
>> >
>> > UK: =E2=80=9COK. We will keep pint glasses (From which we will drink p=
roper
>> beer unlike your pallid Europ*ss). We will refer to those glasses as
>> =E2=80=9Cpints=E2=80=9D whilst acknowledging that they contain
>> >
>> > 568.261ml litres each.
>> >
>> > EU: =E2=80=9CZut, alors. We surrender. Have some cheese=E2=80=9D.
>> >
>> > Aren=E2=80=99t we all allowed the occasional rant?
>> >
>> > Simon
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>
>> > Sent: 24 April 2020 02:55
>> > To: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
>> > Cc: simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com; Patrick & Caroline Quinn <
>> p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>; Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
>> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > When the US flirted with metrifying and production when to canada and
>> mexico they made standard threaded bolts with metric heads so factories
>> there could use metric tools
>> >
>> > Ira Erbs
>> > Portland,OR
>> > 59 BN4
>> > 67MGB
>> > 65 AH Sprite
>> > phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 6:17 PM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I think you have it backwards. The original GM design would have used
>> the UNC thread pattern with a 9/16=E2=80=9D bolt head. The design predat=
ed
>> metrification in the US by a few decades. When Rover went metric, someti=
me
>> in the 80s probably, they retained the US standard thread pattern while
>> changing to a metric standard bolt head. It would probably have been mor=
e
>> costly to retool the engine castings to switch to a metric thread patter=
n.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Bill Lawrence
>> >
>> > BN1 #554
>> >
>> > From: i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>
>> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 7:13 PM
>> > To: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
>> > Cc: simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com <
>> simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com>; Patrick & Caroline Quinn <
>> p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>; Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
>> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Gm did that to rationalize tools as you say, but save money on not
>> converting thread and pitch to metric. I had a 87 Olds with that exact
>> situation. But also standards bolts heads too in some areas.
>> >
>> > Ira Erbs
>> > Portland,OR
>> > 59 BN4
>> > 67MGB
>> > 65 AH Sprite
>> > phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 11:39 AM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > In the midst of my recent Rover V8 rebuild I was surprised to discover
>> that while all of the fasteners used metric wrench sizes many in the sho=
rt
>> block used the UNC thread type ie: a 3/8" coarse bolt with a 13 mm head.=
I
>> assume that Rover simply continued the UNC pattern of the original GM
>> castings and changed the head size to simplify tool inventory.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Bill Lawrence
>> >
>> > BN1 #554
>> >
>> > From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of
>> simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com <simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com>
>> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:20 AM
>> > To: 'Patrick & Caroline Quinn' <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
>> > Cc: 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net>
>> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I have a vague memory of what we called =E2=80=9CTransitional Rovers=
=E2=80=9D ie a mix
>> of Imperial and Metric. All =C2=BE tonner long wheel-base. All UK based.=
They
>> may have been peculiar to the army.
>> >
>> > Glad I wasn=E2=80=99t in REME=E2=80=A6..they had to maintain them.
>> >
>> > Simon
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Patrick &
>> Caroline Quinn
>> > Sent: 23 April 2020 00:23
>> > To: 'David Nock' <healeydoc@gmail.com>; 'Michael MacLean' <
>> rrengineer.mike@att.net>
>> > Cc: 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net>
>> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > G=E2=80=99day
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Not long after I bought my first 100 back in 1972 I turned 21 and one
>> of the birthday gifts I received was a set of BSF spanners and sockets. =
I
>> still have them.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Now I have three sets of tools. BSF for the Healey Saloon. AF for the
>> 100 BN3 and metric for the Hilux, Mercedes and around the house. There a=
re
>> many variations of each for specific purposes.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hoo Roo
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Patrick Quinn
>> >
>> > Blue Mountains, Australia
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
>> David Nock
>> > Sent: Wednesday, 22 April 2020 11:59 PM
>> > To: Michael MacLean
>> > Cc: Healeys
>> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > All the threads on the 100/4 engine are BSF not Whitworth. Whitworth
>> is a coarse thread.
>> >
>> > However the wrench sizes are interchangeable. They are one size apart
>> from each other.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The threads on the small plate are 1/4 bsf and the gen bracket is 5/16
>> bsf. Also look close there are some of the studs that go thru into the
>> cooling system.
>> >
>> > David Nock
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Apr 21, 2020, at 10:18 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net=
>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > =EF=BB=BF
>> >
>> > So, I am getting ready to install the head on my 100 short block. Mad=
e
>> sure all the intake valves have the new seals I bought from British Car
>> Specialists plus the new set of springs I already had for the valves. T=
he
>> two mating surfaces were cleaned with a white (finest grit) Roloc brush.=
I
>> have the correct head gasket (copper faced). Tonight was the night to
>> torque the head down to the block. My surprise, for some stupid reason =
I
>> only ordered 8 new head nuts. I managed to order the correct amount of
>> washer for the head. No idea what my pea brain was thinking. Also foun=
d
>> out the head nuts are Whitworth (3/8") size. I have a Whitworth socket
>> set, so tragedy averted there. I seem to remember someone talking about
>> the water jacket blanking plate earlier this week. That made me look at
>> the front of my block. Three studs and an empty hole. No cover. I
>> managed to find two blanking covers in my stash of parts and a gasket in=
my
>> gasket set. Woohoo, but no nuts or lock washers. Can someone tell me i=
f
>> these little nuts that I do not have are Whitworth nuts. If so, what
>> size? I have a generator bracket, but there are no threaded studs for t=
he
>> block or nuts to mount it with. Once again, Whitworth? The closer I ge=
t
>> to putting this together the more stuff I find out I don't have.
>> >
>> > Mike MacLean
>> >
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:comic sa=
ns ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">With=20
<span class=3D"gmail-ILfuVd"><span class=3D"e24Kjd">Liberia, Myanmar and of=
course=E2=80=A6 the United States of America being the only countries that=
do not use metric one does have to wonder!!</span></span></div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:=
small"><span class=3D"gmail-ILfuVd"><span class=3D"e24Kjd">M<br></span></sp=
an>
</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_=
attr">On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:51 PM i erbs <<a href=3D"mailto:eyera30=
00@gmail.com">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">I think they would rathe=
r make one type moving forward. Cheaper costs fir them, increased cost fir =
everyone else.<br><br><div>Ira Erbs<br>Portland,OR<br>59 BN4<br>67MGB<br>65=
AH Sprite<br>phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos</div></div><b=
r><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, =
Apr 24, 2020, 9:48 AM <a href=3D"mailto:55healey@comcast.net"; target=3D"_bl=
ank">55healey@comcast.net</a> <<a href=3D"mailto:55healey@comcast.net"; t=
arget=3D"_blank">55healey@comcast.net</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">I figured it was just an excuse for th=
e wrench manufacturers so they could continue making 2 sets of wrenches.<br=
>
<br>
> On Apr 24, 2020, at 9:04 AM, i erbs <<a href=3D"mailto:eyera3000@gm=
ail.com" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>> w=
rote:<br>
> <br>
> Yup,<br>
> The US was going to convert, but busineses and manufacturers raised a =
storm over the cost to convert, so it never officially happened. <br>
> <br>
> Ira Erbs<br>
> Portland,OR<br>
> 59 BN4<br>
> 67MGB<br>
> 65 AH Sprite<br>
> phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos<br>
> <br>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 2:15 AM <<a href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alex=
arevel.plus.com" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexare=
vel.plus.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> =E2=80=9CFlirted=E2=80=9D? To tell the truth, I=E2=80=99d never given =
it much thought but had =E2=80=9Cassumed=E2=80=9D that the US had resisted =
metrification. Don=E2=80=99t I recall that all oil-producing kit is Imperia=
l because of US domination in that area? And planes=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6?<br>
> <br>
> I do know that, when Ted =E2=80=9CThe Grocer=E2=80=9D Heath dragged th=
e UK into the Common Market, we were supposed to go Metric. There were some=
hiccups along the way. A pint of beer remains a pint. As did a pint of mil=
k whilst milk bottles still existed. <br>
> <br>
> EU: =E2=80=9CYou must cease drinking pints forthwith. You will obey=E2=
=80=9D.<br>
> <br>
> UK: =E2=80=9CWon=E2=80=99t. Can=E2=80=99t. Shan=E2=80=99t=E2=80=9D.<br=
>
> <br>
> Etcetc Finally:<br>
> <br>
> EU: =E2=80=9CYou will obey=E2=80=9D.<br>
> <br>
> UK: =E2=80=9COK. We will keep pint glasses (From which we will drink p=
roper beer unlike your pallid Europ*ss). We will refer to those glasses as =
=E2=80=9Cpints=E2=80=9D whilst acknowledging that they contain<br>
> <br>
> 568.261ml litres each.<br>
> <br>
> EU: =E2=80=9CZut, alors. We surrender. Have some cheese=E2=80=9D.<br>
> <br>
> Aren=E2=80=99t we all allowed the occasional rant?<br>
> <br>
> Simon<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> From: i erbs <<a href=3D"mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com"; rel=3D"norefer=
rer" target=3D"_blank">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>> <br>
> Sent: 24 April 2020 02:55<br>
> To: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <<a href=3D"mailto:ynotink@msn.com"; rel=3D"n=
oreferrer" target=3D"_blank">ynotink@msn.com</a>><br>
> Cc: <a href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; rel=3D"norefe=
rrer" target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>; Patrick &=
; Caroline Quinn <<a href=3D"mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au"; rel=3D"noreferr=
er" target=3D"_blank">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>>; Healeys <<a href=3D"m=
ailto:healeys@autox.team.net" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">healeys@=
autox.team.net</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> When the US flirted with metrifying and production when to canada and =
mexico they made standard threaded bolts with metric heads so factories the=
re could use metric tools<br>
> <br>
> Ira Erbs<br>
> Portland,OR<br>
> 59 BN4<br>
> 67MGB<br>
> 65 AH Sprite<br>
> phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 6:17 PM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <<a href=3D"mailto=
:ynotink@msn.com" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">ynotink@msn.com</a>&=
gt; wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I think you have it backwards. The original GM design would have used =
the UNC thread pattern with a 9/16=E2=80=9D bolt head. The design predated =
metrification in the US by a few decades. When Rover went metric, sometime =
in the 80s probably, they retained the US standard thread pattern while cha=
nging to a metric standard bolt head. It would probably have been more cost=
ly to retool the engine castings to switch to a metric thread pattern.<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> Bill Lawrence <br>
> <br>
> BN1 #554<br>
> <br>
> From: i erbs <<a href=3D"mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com"; rel=3D"norefer=
rer" target=3D"_blank">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 7:13 PM<br>
> To: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <<a href=3D"mailto:ynotink@msn.com"; rel=3D"n=
oreferrer" target=3D"_blank">ynotink@msn.com</a>><br>
> Cc: <a href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; rel=3D"norefe=
rrer" target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a> <<a href=
=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"=
_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>>; Patrick & Caroline Q=
uinn <<a href=3D"mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au"; rel=3D"noreferrer" target=
=3D"_blank">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>>; Healeys <<a href=3D"mailto:heal=
eys@autox.team.net" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team=
.net</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> Gm did that to rationalize tools as you say, but save money on not con=
verting thread and pitch to metric. I had a 87 Olds with that exact situati=
on. But also standards bolts heads too in some areas. <br>
> <br>
> Ira Erbs<br>
> Portland,OR<br>
> 59 BN4<br>
> 67MGB<br>
> 65 AH Sprite<br>
> phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 11:39 AM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <<a href=3D"mailt=
o:ynotink@msn.com" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">ynotink@msn.com</a>=
> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> In the midst of my recent Rover V8 rebuild I was surprised to discover=
that while all of the fasteners used metric wrench sizes many in the short=
block used the UNC thread type ie: a 3/8" coarse bolt with a 13 mm he=
ad. I assume that Rover simply continued the UNC pattern of the original GM=
castings and changed the head size to simplify tool inventory.<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> Bill Lawrence<br>
> <br>
> BN1 #554<br>
> <br>
> From: Healeys <<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; re=
l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> o=
n behalf of <a href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; rel=3D"nor=
eferrer" target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a> <<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D=
"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>><br>
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:20 AM<br>
> To: 'Patrick & Caroline Quinn' <<a href=3D"mailto:p_cqu=
inn@tpg.com.au" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a=
>><br>
> Cc: 'Healeys' <<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; re=
l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> I have a vague memory of what we called =E2=80=9CTransitional Rovers=
=E2=80=9D ie a mix of Imperial and Metric. All =C2=BE tonner long wheel-bas=
e. All UK based. They may have been peculiar to the army.<br>
> <br>
> Glad I wasn=E2=80=99t in REME=E2=80=A6..they had to maintain them.<br>
> <br>
> Simon<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> From: Healeys <<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; re=
l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> O=
n Behalf Of Patrick & Caroline Quinn<br>
> Sent: 23 April 2020 00:23<br>
> To: 'David Nock' <<a href=3D"mailto:healeydoc@gmail.com"; re=
l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">healeydoc@gmail.com</a>>; 'Michae=
l MacLean' <<a href=3D"mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net"; rel=3D"norefe=
rrer" target=3D"_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>><br>
> Cc: 'Healeys' <<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; re=
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> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> G=E2=80=99day<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> Not long after I bought my first 100 back in 1972 I turned 21 and one =
of the birthday gifts I received was a set of BSF spanners and sockets. I s=
till have them.<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> Now I have three sets of tools. BSF for the Healey Saloon. AF for the =
100 BN3 and metric for the Hilux, Mercedes and around the house. There are =
many variations of each for specific purposes.<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> Hoo Roo<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> Patrick Quinn<br>
> <br>
> Blue Mountains, Australia<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> From: Healeys [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net=
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On Behalf Of David Nock<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 April 2020 11:59 PM<br>
> To: Michael MacLean<br>
> Cc: Healeys<br>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> All the threads on the 100/4 engine are BSF not Whitworth.=C2=A0 Whitw=
orth is a coarse thread. <br>
> <br>
> However the wrench sizes are interchangeable. They are one size apart =
from each other. <br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> The threads on the small plate are 1/4 bsf and the gen bracket is 5/16=
bsf. Also look close there are some of the studs that go thru into the coo=
ling system. <br>
> <br>
> David Nock<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
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> Sent from my iPhone<br>
> <br>
>=C2=A0 <br>
> <br>
> On Apr 21, 2020, at 10:18 PM, Michael MacLean <<a href=3D"mailto:rr=
engineer.mike@att.net" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">rrengineer.mike=
@att.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> =EF=BB=BF<br>
> <br>
> So, I am getting ready to install the head on my 100 short block.=C2=
=A0 Made sure all the intake valves have the new seals I bought from Britis=
h Car Specialists plus the new set of springs I already had for the valves.=
=C2=A0 The two mating surfaces were cleaned with a white (finest grit) Rolo=
c brush.=C2=A0 I have the correct head gasket (copper faced).=C2=A0 =C2=A0T=
onight was the night to torque the head down to the block.=C2=A0 My surpris=
e, for some stupid reason I only ordered 8 new head nuts.=C2=A0 I managed t=
o order the correct amount of washer for the head.=C2=A0 No idea what my pe=
a brain was thinking.=C2=A0 Also found out the head nuts are Whitworth (3/8=
")=C2=A0 size.=C2=A0 I have a Whitworth socket set, so tragedy averted=
there.=C2=A0 I seem to remember someone talking about the water jacket bla=
nking plate earlier this week.=C2=A0 That made me look at the front of my b=
lock.=C2=A0 Three studs and an empty hole.=C2=A0 No cover.=C2=A0 I managed =
to find two blanking covers in my stash of parts and a gasket in my gasket =
set.=C2=A0 Woohoo, but no nuts or lock washers.=C2=A0 Can someone tell me i=
f these little nuts that I do not have are Whitworth nuts.=C2=A0 If so, wha=
t size?=C2=A0 I have a generator bracket, but there are no threaded studs f=
or the block or nuts to mount it with.=C2=A0 Once again, Whitworth?=C2=A0 T=
he closer I get to putting this together the more stuff I find out I don=
9;t have.<br>
> <br>
> Mike MacLean<br>
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