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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Terry – Here’s a question. What kind of a machine are you restoring? I have found that sometimes unusual hardware, such as metric carriage bolts, is relatively inexpensive from the machine dealer. I do mean sometimes! Other times, it seems like legalized extortion. For many years, I was always of the opinion that I would buy box quantities of whatever I needed since it was about 60% of the individual cost. Maybe not for things such as cylinder head bolts but for common 3/8” x 4” and other sizes that you might use for hay wagon construction and other farm construction was a no-brainer. An auction at an iron working shop 30 years ago (structural steel erection) provided me with about 1000 lbs. or more of ¾, 7/8, 1, 1 ¼, and 1 ½” bolts of various lengths for $250 – that was a steal. These days, I admit, I think twice before buying large quantities of fasteners. McMaster-Carr is very inexpensive for a lot of things. Special sized snap rings are about a tenth of the cost from Deere. O-rings are the same way. A package of 100 from McMaster costs about the same as a package of 10 from Motion Industries after you look at some of the crazy shipping prices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alex Thomson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>2 Triumphs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>About 8 Deeres – 1939 – 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1 Case<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1 Farmall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>TERRY SMITH<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 09, 2020 2:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> triumphs<br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] Bolts: This is nuts!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>It's a family discussion whenever anyone wants/needs to leave the house for obvious reasons. So instead of running to the hardware store to pick up some grade 8 bolts for my tractor restoration, I'm having to look at what I can order online. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>My first thought was McMaster-Carr. Found what I need, but I don't need 25 3/8ths bolts 1 1/4 inches long. What I need are four to eight of various sizes and threads. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Anybody have a preferred online source for quality-to-cost bolts? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Terry Smith, '59 TR3A <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>New Hampshire <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>