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Re: Bolts, nuts and so on

To: "P.J.Aeckerlin" <j.aeckerlin@tiscali.nl>,
Subject: Re: Bolts, nuts and so on
From: "Mark and Kathy" <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:51:21 -0500
Wow! and you said you weren't going to be a stickler for detail.   Ha, Ha, 
Ha.

BTW , stickler is not a bad word here in the US.

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "P.J.Aeckerlin" <j.aeckerlin@tiscali.nl>
To: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:12 PM
Subject: Bolts, nuts and so on


> Listers,
> a short time ago I stated I was putting together a shopping list of all 
> fasteners used on a BJ8 ph2. That job is nearly finished now, but I ran 
> into a few difficulties regarding the coding and the sizes of  a few 
> strange animals. Gary and Roger's Restoration Guide gives a hell of a lot 
> of very useful information, but I am having problems with the following 
> items. Hopefully there is somewhere someone on the list who can help me 
> out.
> A number of letter codes I cannot trace:
> CZZ - MTP - MTZ - PTP and PTZ. (I know the last Z or P indicates zinc 
> plating and chrome plating).
> Also their dimensional codes doesn't make any sense to me: RJP is a screw 
> for trim panels, but RJP604 would be 3/8"dia and 1/4" long and that's 
> rather heavy for a door liner. In other words: 604 must mean something 
> different, but what?
> Also the explanation for the washer codes in the Restoration Guide puzzles 
> me: 1 and 3 both mean 'heavy section', 2 and 4 both mean 'medium weight' , 
> '5' as first digit is said to mean 'spring washer with heavy section' but 
> in the Service Parts Lists such washers are drawn as external star 
> washers.
> Who, o who can throw some light on these matters?
> TIA
> Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
> 1964 BJ8 29432




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