Date:         Wed, 18 May 2005 18:38:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: It's never that easy (WAS: SS version of luggage rack bolts?)
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Today I stumbled into fastener heaven, a real fastener store, they have
EVERYTHING but 8 x 80mm oil pump bolts, which I had to order over the
counter, which feels quite manly.

It's called Fastenall, see if there's one in your area. Throw out the
viagra and get real counter help.

Jim

On May 18, 2005, at 5:44 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Yes, but dagnab it,  a fellow needs to go to a decent hardware store
> and find his own darn parts! Ordering bolts over the Internet makes me
> feel . . . well, less than manly.
>
> --
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 5/18/2005 2:54 PM Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> Last weekend I got around to replacing my point iron luggage rack
>> bolts
>> with gowesty non-pointy SS replacements. No issue, no problems. Don't
>> need the point.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On May 18, 2005, at 4:12 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>
>>> I popped into my local branch of West Marine. They have lots and lots
>>> of
>>> stainless hardware. But the bolts that hold the front of the luggage
>>> rack are metric. 6mmx1. Now, finding stainless hardware is a bit of a
>>> challenge. Add truss head style heads (or even oval heads and SS
>>> finishing washers to the mix as Lucas kindly suggested in p-mail) and
>>> you're looking at specialty items. Then add metric to the mix and my
>>> goodness availability drops quickly.
>>>
>>> Go Westy it is, I reckon, having struck out at the local drive-by
>>> suppliers.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>> 83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>> KG6RCR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/17/2005 9:36 PM Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>>
>>>> I pulled Mellow Yellow's luggage rack to see what kind of crud had
>>>> accumulated under it. Not too bad, dried leaves and other vegetable
>>>> matter, dirt. I reckon I will put some hoses under the drain holes
>>>> and
>>>> route them to the rain gutters. Those four truss head bolts have
>>>> been
>>>> leaving rust streaks down the sides of the rack. I'd like to replace
>>>> them with stainless hardware. They have pointy noses, though . . .
>>>> not a
>>>> standard bolt at all. Does anyone have any idea where something like
>>>> this can be found?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>>> 83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>>> KG6RCR
>>>>
>>>
>>
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