[Healeys] lost parts

[Alan Seigrist]

Jose -

Technically speaking the bolts on the engine are BSF, which is different to
Whitworth.  I think one of the last major production cars to use Whitworth
bolts and nuts was the MG TC.  By the late 1940s, most British car
manufacturers were using BSF.

Cheers,

Alan

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Jose Vicente Vargas <jvvmusme at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Alan seigrist is correct. All will be sae or unf except engine, which will
> be
> whithwort.
>
>
> jose
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
> On Oct 2, 2011, at 4:06 PM, WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink at msn.com> wrote:
>
> > Just from trying wrenches on my BN1 it looks like a 5/16" SAE (1/2"
> wrench).
> > The next closest was a 1/4" Whitworth. I suggest you try both a 5/16" SAE
> bolt
> > and a 1/4" BSF and see which fits the hole or which threads more easily.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Bill Lawrence
> > BN1 #554
> >
> >> From: phoenix722 at comcast.net
> >> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> >> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 11:40:28 -0700
> >> Subject: [Healeys] lost parts
> >>
> >> Help.  This is my first posting, so hope I am doing it right.  I am
> putting
> > my
> >> car back together after a long time, and can't find a couple of small
> > parts.
> >> These would be the two bolts that hold the brake master cylinder in
> place.
> >> They screw into threaded holes.  If you could advise me as to what size,
> > maybe
> >> I could find them.  I don't know whether they are American or Whitworth
> >> or.......?
> >>
> >> At least I still have the master cylinder.
> >>
> >> Austin Healey 100-M
> >> BN2
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Mike
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