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... and 2.2 pounds in a 'key.'Â Honestly, anyone with any
schooling/training in engineering or science is comfortable with both
systems*; well, maybe the 'born-metric' types don't know what a furlong
is (but there's always Google). Read somewhere--Carroll Smith's
'Fasteners' book; aka 'Screw to Win' probably--that the Whitworth thread
design is inherently superior to metric, but I guess that ship has sailed.
* Maybe shouldn't be too comfortable if you're programming rocket launch
trajectories.
Bob
On 4/24/2020 11:51 AM, Michael Oritt wrote:
> Metrification has been a success in the street drug trade:Â Every
> school kid knows that there are 28 grams in an ounce.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:12 PM i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com
>
> 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
>
> â??Flirtedâ??? To tell the truth, Iâ??d never given it much thought
> but had â??assumedâ?? that the US had resisted metrification.
> Donâ??t I recall that all oil-producing kit is Imperial because
> of US domination in that area? And planes��?
>
> I do know that, when Ted â??The Grocerâ?? Heath dragged the 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 milk whilst milk bottles still existed.
>
> EU: â??You must cease drinking pints forthwith. You will obeyâ??.
>
> UK: â??Wonâ??t. Canâ??t. Shanâ??tâ??.
>
> Etcetc Finally:
>
> EU: â??You will obeyâ??.
>
> UK: â??OK. We will keep pint glasses (From which we will drink
> proper beer unlike your pallid Europ*ss). We will refer to
> those glasses as â??pintsâ?? whilst acknowledging that they contain
>
> 568.261ml litres each.
>
> EU: â??Zut, alors. We surrender. Have some cheeseâ??.
>
> Arenâ??t we all allowed the occasional rant?
>
> Simon
>
> *Sent:* 24 April 2020 02:55
> *To:* WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com
> *Cc:* simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com
> *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
>
> I think you have it backwards. The original GM design
> would have used the UNC thread pattern with a 9/16â?? 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 changing to a metric standard bolt head. It would
> probably have been more costly to retool the engine
> castings to switch to a metric thread pattern.
>
> 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
> Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au
> *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
>
> 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 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
> 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 â??Transitional
> Roversâ?? ie a mix of Imperial and Metric. All ¾ tonner
> long wheel-base. All UK based. They may have been
> peculiar to the army.
>
> Glad I wasnâ??t in REMEâ?¦..they had to maintain them.
>
> Simon
>
> *From:*Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net
> *Patrick & Caroline Quinn
> *Sent:* 23 April 2020 00:23
> *To:* 'David Nock' <healeydoc@gmail.com
> *Cc:* 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant
>
> Gâ??day
>
> 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 are 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
>
> 
>
> So, I am getting ready to install the head on my
> 100 short block. Made 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. The 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 found
> 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.Â
> 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
> if 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 the block or nuts to mount it with. Once
> again, Whitworth? The closer I get to putting
> this together the more stuff I find out I don't have.
>
> Mike MacLean
>
>
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... and 2.2 pounds in a 'key.'Â Honestly, anyone with any
schooling/training in engineering or science is comfortable with
both systems*; well, maybe the 'born-metric' types don't know what a
furlong is (but there's always Google). Read somewhere--Carroll
Smith's 'Fasteners' book; aka 'Screw to Win' probably--that the
Whitworth thread design is inherently superior to metric, but I
guess that ship has sailed.<br>
<br>
* Maybe shouldn't be too comfortable if you're programming rocket
launch trajectories.<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/24/2020 11:51 AM, Michael Oritt
wrote:<br>
</div>
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cite="mid:CAPTa0B71aMPdB2u-tKJ23qOzPUJeUZ=ccYpZXUqDUUmScNKwYg@mail.gmail.com">
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<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Metrification
has been a success in the street drug trade:Â Every school kid
knows that there are 28 grams in an ounce.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael
Oritt </div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:12
PM i erbs <<a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com";
moz-do-not-send="true">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">Yup,
<div dir="auto">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>
<div dir="auto">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>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 2:15
AM <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com";
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-GB">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>â??Flirtedâ??? To tell the
truth, Iâ??d never given it much thought but had
â??assumedâ?? that the US had resisted metrification.
Donâ??t I recall that all oil-producing kit is
Imperial because of US domination in that area?
And planes��?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I do know that, when Ted
â??The Grocerâ?? Heath dragged the 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 milk whilst milk bottles
still existed. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>EU: â??You must cease
drinking pints forthwith. You will obeyâ??.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>UK: â??Wonâ??t. Canâ??t.
Shanâ??tâ??.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Etcetc Finally:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>EU: â??You will obeyâ??.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>UK: â??OK. We will keep pint
glasses (From which we will drink proper beer
unlike your pallid Europ*ss). We will refer to
those glasses as â??pintsâ?? whilst acknowledging that
they contain</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>568.261ml litres each.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>EU: â??Zut, alors. We
surrender. Have some cheeseâ??.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Arenâ??t we all allowed the
occasional rant?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Simon</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Â </span></p>
<div
style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt
solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
lang="EN-US"> i erbs <<a
href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 April 2020 02:55<br>
<b>To:</b> WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <<a
href="mailto:ynotink@msn.com"; rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ynotink@msn.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a
href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>;
Patrick & Caroline Quinn <<a
href="mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>>;
Healeys <<a
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant</span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Â </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">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</p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ira Erbs<br>
Portland,OR<br>
59 BN4<br>
67MGB<br>
65 AH Sprite<br>
phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos</p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Â </p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 6:17 PM
WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <<a
href="mailto:ynotink@msn.com"; rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ynotink@msn.com</a>>
wrote:</p>
</div>
<blockquote
style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt
solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm
6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm">
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I think you have it
backwards. The original GM design would have
used the UNC thread pattern with a 9/16â??
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 changing to a metric standard bolt
head. It would probably have been more
costly to retool the engine castings to
switch to a metric thread pattern.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Â </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bill Lawrence </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">BN1 #554</p>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
align="center">
<hr width="98%" size="2" align="center"></div>
<div
id="gmail-m_8352228232194750169m_1653997730557240969m_6037447791772944075divRplyFwdMsg">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="color:black">From:</span></b><span
style="color:black"> i erbs <<a
href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 23, 2020 7:13
PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <<a
href="mailto:ynotink@msn.com";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ynotink@msn.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a
href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>
<<a
href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>>;
Patrick & Caroline Quinn <<a
href="mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>>;
Healeys <<a
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant</span>
</p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Â </p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12pt">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. </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ira Erbs<br>
Portland,OR<br>
59 BN4<br>
67MGB<br>
65 AH Sprite<br>
phone makes it's own choices. Forgive
typos</p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Â </p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Apr 23, 2020,
11:39 AM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <<a
href="mailto:ynotink@msn.com";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ynotink@msn.com</a>>
wrote:</p>
</div>
<blockquote
style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt
solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm
6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm">
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black">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 head. I assume
that Rover simply continued the
UNC pattern of the original GM
castings and changed the head size
to simplify tool inventory.</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Â </span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Bill
Lawrence</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black">BN1
#554</span></p>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:center"
align="center">
<hr width="98%" size="2"
align="center"></div>
<div
id="gmail-m_8352228232194750169m_1653997730557240969m_6037447791772944075x_m_2173325284267159273divRplyFwdMsg">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="color:black">From:</span></b><span
style="color:black"> Healeys <<a
href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>>
on behalf of <a
href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>
<<a
href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 23,
2020 12:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Patrick & Caroline
Quinn' <<a
href="mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Healeys' <<a
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys]
Today's Rant</span> </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Â </p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p>I have a vague memory of what we
called â??Transitional Roversâ?? ie a
mix of Imperial and Metric. All ¾
tonner long wheel-base. All UK
based. They may have been peculiar
to the army.</p>
<p>Glad I wasnâ??t in REMEâ?¦..they had
to maintain them.</p>
<p>Simon</p>
<p>Â </p>
<div>
<div
style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt
solid
rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm
0cm">
<p><b><span
lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
lang="EN-US"> Healeys <<a
href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick
& Caroline Quinn<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 23 April 2020
00:23<br>
<b>To:</b> 'David Nock' <<a
href="mailto:healeydoc@gmail.com"; rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeydoc@gmail.com</a>>;
'Michael MacLean' <<a
href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net";
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Healeys' <<a
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Healeys] Today's Rant</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p>Â </p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Gâ??day</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Â </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">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.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Â </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">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.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Â </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Hoo Roo</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Â </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Patrick
Quinn</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Blue
Mountains, Australia</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Â </span></p>
<div>
<div
style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt
solid
rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0cm
0cm">
<p><b><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"
lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">
Healeys [<a
href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net";
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David
Nock<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 22
April 2020 11:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michael MacLean<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Healeys<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Healeys] Today's Rant</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-AU">Â </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">All the
threads on the 100/4 engine are
BSF not Whitworth. Whitworth is
a coarse thread. </span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-AU">However the
wrench sizes are
interchangeable. They are one
size apart from each
other. </span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-AU">Â </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
lang="EN-AU">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. </span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-AU">David
Nock</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-AU">Â </span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-AU">Sent from
my iPhone</span></p>
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lang="EN-AU">Â </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
lang="EN-AU">On Apr 21,
2020, at 10:18 PM, Michael
MacLean <<a
href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net";
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<p><span lang="EN-AU">So,
I am getting ready to
install the head on my
100 short block. Made
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. The two
mating surfaces were
cleaned with a white
(finest grit) Roloc
brush. I have the
correct head gasket
(copper faced). Â
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 found
out the head nuts are
Whitworth (3/8")Â
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.Â
Woohoo, but no nuts or
lock washers. Can
someone tell me if
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 the
block or nuts to mount
it with. Once again,
Whitworth? The closer
I get to putting this
together the more
stuff I find out I
don't have.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-AU">Mike
MacLean</span></p>
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