[Healeys] lost parts
John Harper
ah at jharper.demon.co.uk
Mon Oct 3 13:02:22 MDT 2011
Rich
You are right. There is no spacer on LHD cars. Unless somebody tells me
that we are considering a LHD car, I assume RHD. You will no doubt do
the opposite
Just to be sure and as I just happen to have a RHD 100 jacked up at
present. I remove a bolt to check. They are definitely 5/16" UNF but the
length of the one I checked was 2 3/4" long. I guess that either this or
a 3" would be OK.
A LHD would be around 2 3/8" or 2 1/2" long.
When I was based at BMC Service the standard fixings were only just
coming in. There was a lot of work going on. For example the Morris
Minor numbers has all been six figure numeric only. Most of these were
changed to AAAxxxx numbers. Also the same part used by Austin and Morris
would need a new number so that duplicated stock was not held. It does
not surprise me that a few fixings that were not used in high volumes
ended up with Austin style numbers.
One also has to add in the rivalry and vested interests that existed in
BMC at its formation. 55 years on I have friend who was a Morris
apprentice. He tells me that there was never any really good
relationships built up with Austin apprentices. This was no doubt
another reason why BMC went through a variety of mergers but failed in
the end.
All the best
>Sorry John, according to the Parts List, under Controls, Page 5, no spacer
>on LH drive cars. Also though I seem to recall 5/16" UNF threads on those
>bolts, why does the Parts List call for two 52K 1574 Setscrews, which are
>specific Austin part numbers instead of them being a standard BMC hardware
>number. That's why I thought they are BSF.
>
>Rich Chrysler
>
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John Harper
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