Jim,
Your local hardware store should have those bolts. They are just SAE fine
thread bolts - 5/16ths x 24 - nothing fancy. Nearly every nut, bolt, and
screw on your car is SAE fine thread.
The brazing may have been an attempt to repair the backplate. I understand
the cast backplates were prone to cracking.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman at gmail.com>
To: <midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com>; "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:30 AM
Subject: Bolt and thread question...
> Spridgeteers,
>
> Im trying to find some bolts with the proper thread. I want to put my A
> series
> engine on a conventional engine stand and need 4 bolts about 4 inches long
> that will fit the thread where the tranny bell housing bolts up. The ones
> that
> came out look like BSF or something. Anyone know what size and thread
> these are and where I can get some 4" versions of them??
>
> On a side note, once I got the flywheel off, I found some funny looking
> brazing on the engine back plate. I'm going to get a picture or two of it
> and post it to see if anyone can tell me what it might be and why it might
> have been done....
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim - disassembled Midget in Dodge City
> --
> 1964 R60/2
> 1968 MG Midget
> 1976 R90/6
> 1990 K100LT
> **Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.**
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