stevetzoid
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 08:21 AM |
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Bolts
Hi all, just getting ready to collect my gearbox and bolt it to the engine, can anyone tell me what bolts to use and who supplies them,if anyone, are
they metric or imperial, please don't say scrapyard.
1300 Randall for locost. 4 speed escort box
Regards Steve Evans.
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SeaBass
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 08:34 AM |
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Scrapyard??
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flak monkey
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 08:40 AM |
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Umm i should imagine that they are M10 if its the same as a pinto...and knowing ford it will be. Available from any industrial fixing supplier. Grade
8.8 or better will be plenty. All you need to do is work out the length...
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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scoop
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 08:42 AM |
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A bolt is a bolt and i wouldnt use old ones from scrap yards. Have you not got a local engineering or fastening specialist that can help you? I get
them for pennies from Westgate Fastenings locally (Lowestoft).
The motto is if you dont ask you dont get.
Steve
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pathfinder
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 08:44 AM |
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try www.namrick.co.uk 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 08:49 AM |
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It's imperial into the x-flow engine block - can't remember the size just at the moment, but 7/16" UNC rings a bell. Whatever it
is, UNC is easy to get from places like Namrick.
Very confusing if you're strapping a type 9 box to the x-flow, 'cos it's imperial into the block and metric into the bellhousing!
David
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britishtrident
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 01:19 PM |
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Yes David Jenkins nailed it, the xflo being 100% Ford of Great Britain design is all UNC and UNF threads.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 01:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Yes David Jenkins nailed it, the xflo being 100% Ford of Great Britain design is all UNC and UNF threads.
UNC and UNF were a WW2 collaboration between US and UK military forces (not a lot of people know that...).
Apparently the US personnel were confused by Whitworth and BSF - can't think why... 
David
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jono_misfit
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 12:02 PM |
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........And whitworth is still amongst the best designs of bolts / threads there has been.
If you look at some of the current speciallist aero bolts they look remarkably like the old whitworth...............
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