John,
Can you please give the names and adresses of the two suppliers?
Magnus Karlsson
Sweden
26 aug 2006 kl. 09.29 skrev John Harper:
> I think it unlikely that an American small thread would be used on a
> British built car with a unit starting life in the 1950s.
>
> If your #4-48 nuts appears to fit then it is much more likely that the
> correct one would be 6 BA
>
> The difference is very small
>
> 4-48 6BA
>
> TPI 48 47.85
> O/D 0.112" 0.1102"
>
> BA fixings are still available in the UK but the even sizes are more
> readily available that the odd.
>
> 3BA, 5BA & 7BA are used on many early Lucas products and these are a
> little more difficult but I know of two UK suppliers who keep good
> stocks and offer a very quick turnaround. Prices of odd sizes are a
> little high with steel nuts around 4 pence each and a typical screw
> around 7 pence UK prices.
>
> Regards
>
>
>> The mysterious thread you are asking about is a #4-48. I have run
>> across this
>> same thread other places on the Healey. If you can not find nuts
>> with this
>> thread, let me know. I know we are on opposite sides of the
>> ocean, but I have
>> extras that I could send to you if need be.
>> Ken Mason
>> BJ7 in work
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: P.J.Aeckerlin<mailto:j.aeckerlin@tiscali.nl>
>> To: Healeys<mailto:healeys@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 10:41 AM
>> Subject: Fuel sender nut
>>
>>
>> This time a question for my British Healey friends. I just
>> discover that
>> a little nut is missing from my fuel tank gauge sender unit. It's
>> the
>> nut under which the cable is clamped. I've emptied all my jam
>> jars with
>> peculiar nuts and bolts but nothing fits.
>> I'm afraid the thread is something like BA thread, and in my view
>> the
>> only opportunity to get a BA threaded nut that small (the o/d of the
>> thread is just over 3 mm or 120 thou) is to ask someone in the UK to
>> empty their jam jar(s) and see whether they can find one, JUST
>> ONE, nut
>> that would help me out of my problem.
>> Any reaction will be appreciated.
>> Kind regards, and thanks in advance!
>> Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
>> 1964 BJ8 29432 starting to look like a Healey
>>
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