Michael Maskalans wrote:
>
> 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 :-)
Me - forget something? Who?
Hmmm.... ok I seem to be wrong on the thread - but I know for positive
its a 9/6ths head. That must make it what - 7/16ths thread?
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