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Re: MGA Top Threads (was mgs@autox.team.net digest #1303 ....)

To: Simon Matthews <simon_matthews@avanticorp.com>, mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: MGA Top Threads (was mgs@autox.team.net digest #1303 ....)
From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 19:02:02
At 01:58 PM 9/19/98 -0700, Simon Matthews wrote:
>Does anyone know the thread used on the bolts that hold the hood frame
onto the car on an MGA?

In the sides of the body, 1/4-28 UNF or SAE thread.  In the top bow for the
thumb screws, 5/16-22, a very strange thread indeed, no taps or helicoils
generally available.  When I stripped one I tapped it out to 3/8-24 UNF and
made my own wing bolt.

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude


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