That flag is scheduled to be taken out to the houseboat as soon as the weather clears up, the lake is way too choppy, windy and rainy to go out right now, maybe sometime in March.
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That flag is scheduled to be taken out to the houseboat as soon as the weather clears up, the lake is way too choppy, windy and rainy to go out right now, maybe sometime in March.
OK after some serious work I'm down to working on the doors, the hinges are held on with some 5/16" 24 thread grade 5 bolts, with what is called a heavy head, that make them have a 9/16 head instead of the standard 1/2 " head, so I needed to remove the doors to replace the door bottoms by removing the hinges by removing the bolts holding them in, and they were rusted in, some came out others had big problems, stripped the heads right off, (BIG wrenches needed)so I need to find some replacement ones.
Now after looking on many old car web sites all I can find are 5/16-24 with the heavy head but in stainless steel, I don't know if the stainless steel bolts are the same rating as the OEM ones at grade 5.
I also have looked at some bolt suppliers in my area but can't find them with the 9/16 head.
Anyone have a source for something like what I need?? It would be 5/16-24 x 3/4 inch grade 5 with 9/16 head size, I need 24 of them.
Here is a view on work done as today.
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winter project is lookin good those heavy heads might be hard to find
i got a old friend that has a cnc screw machine not sure what they would charge to do that.
Yah I'm finding that out, been looking all over, I can find some on the ""filling station"" web site but they are stainless steel, I don't know what the rating is for stainless steel bolts, are the the same as the OEM bolts??
I have some of the OEM bolts but I need 12 per side,(total of 24) I'm short about 8 as some heads stripped off trying to get 85 year old rusty bolts out, I have to take the hinges off because someone in the far distant pass tried to drive the hinge pins out and mushroomed the pin bottoms, had to buy new pins and bushings anyway so it was a necessity.
The door bottoms are all rusted out so it's a job and a half in progress.
Anyone have an idea on how much of an angle the engine and tranny can be at and not have problems?
Here is a view of the body work so far, I just need to work on the right rear section a bit, then it's ready for a full coat of primer.
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2 to 5 degrees is the standard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terryl
Ok thanks for that info, so it looks like I might have to send the 3 inch tranny mount back and get the 6 inch, or try and figure out some type of drop extension to add to the one I have now.
Quote ""Now after looking on many old car web sites all I can find are 5/16-24 with the heavy head but in stainless steel, I don't know if the stainless steel bolts are the same rating as the OEM ones at grade 5""
A grade 8 steel bolt is generally considered comparable to a A2 (Also known as Type 304) grade stainless steel bolt, which is a standard stainless steel with a strength level roughly equivalent to a grade 8 carbon steel bolt, although a grade 8 bolt will typically be stronger overall due to the higher tensile strength of carbon steel compared to most stainless steels.
that attachmen6comes back as invalidQuote:
Originally Posted by Terryl
Weird it was working a while ago. Will try again in a few.
I think I found the photo...
for your grade 8 bolts why not go to a cat truck diesel repair shop,
I can get grade 8 bolts at Lowe's or Home Depot, but none of them have the heavy head I need, the ones for the door hinges are 5/16-24 and have a 9/16" head,(normal bolts are 1/2" head in that size) also the heads are flatter then normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gates07
I might go with the stainless steel ones as they will dress up the look.
That may be a problem as at 5 degrees puts the tail stock of the tranny still out of line with the differential.Quote:
Originally Posted by maird57
I may need to get some custom engine mounts made up as the ones I have look to be too tall, when I put the 3" drop tranny cross member in it levels out the engine/tranny combo, but puts the tail stock way out of line with the differential, I don't want to go with a split drive shaft.
What would be the maximum down angle with out problems??