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Joe West
11-18-2005, 07:13 AM
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From aircooled6 at prodigy.net Mon Oct 10 12:30:02 2005
From: aircooled6 at prodigy.net (EVERETT WILSON)
Date: Mon Oct 10 12:30:05 2005
<VV> Shroud Bolt Sizes?
Message-ID: <20051010163003.49333.qmail@web81510.mail.yahoo.com>

After 3 years and a move to another house, I am
finally at the point of maybe getting my 64 Greenbrier
on the road.

I got the old heads off and replaced with some rebuilt
late smoggers I had available, using coffee can
spacers as was suggested here several months ago!
Everything seems to have gone OK. Only had 1 loose
stud and it didnt pull out, so I JB welded it and it
seems to be nice and tight.

I found all of the engine sheet metal, but......yeah,
the various bolts and screws....well, lets just say I
wasnt planning on taking this long to get it together
and didnt do a good job of bagging them up. Add a set
of LM heads to the mix and I need some help.

Can some of you advise :

Those small self-tapping machine screws - what size
are they? Not the sheetmetal screws (I have lots of
those) , but the ones that go into the welded on nuts
that early shrouds seem to have everywhere. (havent
done earlies in 25 years, lates dont seem to have as
many bolts)

The end of the heads (Late Model) the medium sized
bolt holes are different on one end than the other. I
need to know the smaller sized ones. On the back of
the left bank/front of the right bank.

I found a bag of the small 3/8 head bolts that fit
several places, so Im ok with those.

Im heading out to the local bolt supply on the way
home and forgot my samples, so Im asking pretty
please?

Everett Wilson

Joe West
11-18-2005, 07:18 AM
From mioanes at woh.rr.com Mon Oct 10 13:19:07 2005
From: mioanes at woh.rr.com (Mike Ioanes)
Date: Mon Oct 10 13:19:25 2005
<VV> Shroud Bolt Sizes?
References: <20051010163003.49333.qmail@web81510.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <001d01c5cdbe$c1d50290$4602a8c0@Mikesemachine>

Joe West
11-18-2005, 07:18 AM
----- Original Message -----
From: "EVERETT WILSON" <aircooled6@prodigy.net>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 12:30 PM
<VV> Shroud Bolt Sizes?


> After 3 years and a move to another house, I am
> finally at the point of maybe getting my 64 Greenbrier
> on the road.
>
> Can some of you advise :
>
> Those small self-tapping machine screws - what size
> are they? Not the sheetmetal screws (I have lots of
> those) , but the ones that go into the welded on nuts
> that early shrouds seem to have everywhere. (havent
> done earlies in 25 years, lates dont seem to have as
> many bolts)
>
> The end of the heads (Late Model) the medium sized
> bolt holes are different on one end than the other. I
> need to know the smaller sized ones. On the back of
> the left bank/front of the right bank.
>
> I found a bag of the small 3/8 head bolts that fit
> several places, so Im ok with those.
Everett, maybe someone who knows for sure will reply, but here's what I know
(or think)-the big bolts on the end of the heads are 3/8 thread (9/16 head)
on earlies and 65s. On later lates they are smaller-5/16 threads (1/2
head). It's good you have the 3/8 head ones-the normal size of the head is
7/16 (they are 1/4 threads) and a normal size head won't fit for the bottom
shrouds and some other places. The only possible substitute is an allen
head bolt. Not sure about the self-tappers but if nobody else can tell you,
I'll pull one out of my 64.
Hope this helps,
Mike Ioanes

Joe West
11-18-2005, 07:20 AM
From: virtualvairs-bounces@corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces@corvair.org]On Behalf Of EVERETT WILSON
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 12:30 PM
To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
<VV> Shroud Bolt Sizes?


After 3 years and a move to another house, I am
finally at the point of maybe getting my 64 Greenbrier
on the road.

I got the old heads off and replaced with some rebuilt
late smoggers I had available, using coffee can
spacers as was suggested here several months ago!
Everything seems to have gone OK. Only had 1 loose
stud and it didnt pull out, so I JB welded it and it
seems to be nice and tight.

I found all of the engine sheet metal, but......yeah,
the various bolts and screws....well, lets just say I
wasnt planning on taking this long to get it together
and didnt do a good job of bagging them up. Add a set
of LM heads to the mix and I need some help.

Can some of you advise :

Those small self-tapping machine screws - what size
are they? Not the sheetmetal screws (I have lots of
those) , but the ones that go into the welded on nuts
that early shrouds seem to have everywhere. (havent
done earlies in 25 years, lates dont seem to have as
many bolts)

The end of the heads (Late Model) the medium sized
bolt holes are different on one end than the other. I
need to know the smaller sized ones. On the back of
the left bank/front of the right bank.

I found a bag of the small 3/8 head bolts that fit
several places, so Im ok with those.

Im heading out to the local bolt supply on the way
home and forgot my samples, so Im asking pretty
please?

Everett Wilson
North Richland Hills TX

Joe West
11-18-2005, 07:28 AM
From joew at diveaz.com Mon Oct 10 15:02:54 2005
From: joew at diveaz.com (Joe West)
Date: Mon Oct 10 15:02:59 2005
<VV> Shroud Bolt Sizes?
In-Reply-To: <20051010163003.49333.qmail@web81510.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BF7008EE.87F2%joew@diveaz.com>

177 search results for "shroud bolt" and I verified that at least one
contains your answer.

http://www.virtualcorvairclub.com/search.php?searchid=2575

and your answer:

http://www.virtualcorvairclub.com/showthread.php?t=59017&highlight=shroud+bo
lt


Joe West


On 10/10/05 9:30 AM, "EVERETT WILSON" <aircooled6@prodigy.net> wrote:

> After 3 years and a move to another house, I am
> finally at the point of maybe getting my 64 Greenbrier
> on the road.
>
> I

Joe West
11-18-2005, 07:31 AM
From aircooled6 at prodigy.net Mon Oct 10 15:51:49 2005
From: aircooled6 at prodigy.net (EVERETT WILSON)
Date: Mon Oct 10 15:51:56 2005
<VV> Shroud Bolt Sizes?
In-Reply-To: <BF7008EE.87F2%joew@diveaz.com>
Message-ID: <20051010195149.30023.qmail@web81506.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Joe,

I hadnt figured out how to get to the archives before
this, but I took advantage of your posted link, did
the registration and see that its pretty neat!

Thanks!

Everett Wilson