On Sep 6, 2007, at 9:53 PM, Terrible Tom <silvereightynine@aol.com>
wrote:
>
> Barry Oliver wrote:
>> Terrible Tom wrote:
>>>
>>> Gary Hedlin wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me what size / grade bolts for the back are
>>>> needed to mount a 3.9 to an engine stand??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You will want to use 1/2 inch corse thread, grade 8 bolts and
>>> grade 8 washers. The bolts will have a 9/16ths head on them...
>>>
>>> . this is just one of those things you get to know, after having
>>> gone through so many engine swaps... one of those things you never
>>> forget again.
>>>
>> Never having done this [and I did not stay in a holiday inn last
>> night] I am wondering where you find 1/2" grade 8 bolts with a
>> 1/16" head offset? I use 1/2" coarse thread bolts for all of the
>> targets I build, and every 1/2" bolt I have used had a 3/4" hex
>> head, a 1/2" carriage head, or a 7/16" allen socket. Finding bolts
>> with such small heads would save me alot of grinding on some of my
>> target stands, so give up the source.... ;-)
>
> In the words of granpa Gustafson...
>
> "wha'tha hell you talking about?"
1/2" bolts almost always have a 3/4" head. *All* the ones I ever deal
with do.
Barry could apparently use some small-headed 1/2" bolts and wants to
know where you found them - if indeed you are remembering that thing
that you could never forget correctly :-)
-- Mike
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