Pat,
Oh, so that's why I had to retap my carbies????? I thought I was loosing my
mind when no screw I could find fit the threads, but that I'm sure is not
the only reason my mind is shot ;-)
I thought ISO stood for In Search Of . . .
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu>
To: "Gary Boone" <gboone@sisna.com>
Cc: "Datsun Roadsters" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: What does ISO mean?
> ISO stands for International Standards Organization. I went to their web
site,
> but couldn't verify what I thought they did! Mu understanding is that
ISO,
> in our roadsters, refers to hardware, specifically, the bolt and screw
sizes.
> I believe that ISO (on our roadsters) can be thought of as "metric".
>
> Years ago there were many thread pitch/diameter combinations that were
only
> made by one company or another. An example of this is the carb cover
screws
> on my 67.5 1600! ISO standardized the combinations that we see almost
> every where these days. ISO hardware, I believe can be recognized on
screws,
> at least by the indented "dot" on the head of the screw.
>
> If anyone believes me to be off base I'm sure they will speak up!
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
>
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> Pat Horne, Network Manager, Shop Supervisor, Future planner
> CS Dept, University of Texas, Austin, Tx. 78712 USA
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