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Re: air cleaner cover wingnut size?

To: "Pam & Paul Bauman" <plhbauman@earthlink.net>,
Subject: Re: air cleaner cover wingnut size?
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 07:12:06 -0400
Paul,

8.8 is a metric designation re: strength like grade 8. BTW, I do believe the
nut is  5/16-18 rather than the 1/4-20 I told Hoon. It seems only the engine
and carburator nuts and bolts are metric on the Roadster.

66 Mike

BTW, my cleaner wing nuts are 5/16-20.

----- Original Message -----
From: Pam & Paul Bauman <plhbauman@earthlink.net>
To: Roadster List <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>; Hoon Kim
<hoon@pixar.com>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: air cleaner cover wingnut size?


> Hoon:
>
> My 67 1600 agrees. Tried the nut on a bunch of bolts, but only one seemed
to
> fit. Since the vast majority of the car is SAE, so metric makes sense.
>
> Having said that, I still don;t know what size it is. The bolt head reads
> 'OF' and '8.8'. 8MM fine? Anyone know?
>
> Paul Bauman
> Westminster, CA
> 67 1600
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=881168&a=6499541
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hoon Kim <hoon@pixar.com>
> To: datsun roadster mailist <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 1:55 PM
> Subject: air cleaner cover wingnut size?
>
>
> > I lost a wingnut for my air cleaner cover, anyone know what size it
> > is offhand? I'm pretty sure it's metric. for a 67 1600
> > --
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >                       Hoon Kim
> >     ______\____       hoon@pixar.com
> >   :/_()_____()_;      x6184
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >
>


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