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Date:         Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:10:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike B <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike B <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Longer bleeder screw safe?
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <AAE39D3A-B2AE-49EA-9DD6-CC74A7AE1EF3@shaw.ca>
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13mm hex head, 8mmX1.5 threaded, 1/2" (13mm) long will do. A copper or fiber washer under the head for sealing purposes. Lowes or HD will have it. HF sells a nice assortment of copper washers for a few bucks.

Mike B.

On 12/13/2012 11:39 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: > Mike, > > I apologize for leading you astray a bit, I just noticed that the bolt you have has unthreaded portion under head (must be a fairly long bolt eh?) so cutting that one short would not work. You should be able to get the rights sized, fully threaded bolt at the HW store. > > good luck > > alistair > On 2012-12-13, at 8:34 AM, Mike South wrote: > >> Thanks Alistair--I had thought about just cutting it but I didn't know what it would do to the bottom of the threads. Not that I know if I have an M8 1.25 nut but I can get that when I go out today to try a actual hardware store (last night I just went to the two home improvment stores that are right next to each other and it was too late to go anywhere else) and see if I can get an exact match. If not, I'll go with the hacksaw method. >> >> I hope this list is still running when the zombie apocalypse comes. >> >> mike


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