Allen, have you tried the mobile home builders? I am pretty sure they still
use these fasteners.
Am I starting to sound like I will go anywhere ( tractor supplies to
mobile home manufacturers) to avoid dealers and catalogs? I don't have
anything against them, I just love scaring up a good deal. I just finished a
BBQ pit in my backyard and hunted the scrap metal yards for all stainless
steel rods and grill materials. Cost me a total of $11 for 30' of rod and
12sq ft of stainless wire mesh.
> ----------
> From: Allen L. Jones[SMTP:ALJ@hartcrowser.com]
> Reply To: Allen L. Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 2:16 PM
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Clutch head screws
>
> In all my travels and searches, I have not found a supplier (other than
> the large bed bolts and the smaller ones in the grill rebuild kit from
> vendors). To that end, every time I'm at a salvage yard, I pick off the
> cleanest clutch head fasteners I can find on trucks/cars/etc (I keep a set
> of clutch head drivers handy). Yes, sand blasting and painting is an
> option and so is replating, but only for the hard-core at heart. A bonus
> is when you can find original fasteners with the cad plating intact and
> looking good. The same problem exists for door hinge bolts with the "R"
> embossment, etc. Is this going over board, or what? (And I'm guilty of
> it....)
>
> Allen in Seattle
> '50 3100
>
> >>> "Paul W. Franchina" <pfoxtrot@gate.net> 08/11/99 10:06AM >>>
> Does anyone out there know of a source for the clutch head sheet metal
> screws that are used extensively in the Task Force trucks? I've talked to
> Chevy Duty who sells lots of clutch head stuff but just about all of them
> are machine screws. Most of what I'm after tend to be #10 or #12 pan head
> types about 1" or less long. Most of what I have are pretty rusted. I've
> blasted some and used POR15 to paint the heads, but it's a pain because
> you
> have to go in and touch up the clutch head recess after installation
> because you invariably break/chip the paint putting them in.
>
>
> Paul W. Franchina
> pfoxtrot@gate.net
> & Boris: 1958 Chevrolet Apache 3100 Stepside
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