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784 Posts Member #: 912 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
31st Oct, 2007 at 05:20:55pm
Right guy's
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 2645 Posts Member #: 1246 Post Whore Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
31st Oct, 2007 at 05:43:28pm
Without a pic i CAN ONLY GUESS its the holes above the starter? if so I think 5?16" UNC?
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784 Posts Member #: 912 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
31st Oct, 2007 at 05:55:20pm
Yep. That’s the fellows. Directly above the starter. Not used for anything apart from a mounting for the cable to feed the starter motor.
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Forum Mod 10980 Posts Member #: 17 ***16*** SouthPark, Colorado |
31st Oct, 2007 at 06:23:30pm
Mk1 coil mounting posts...
On 17th Nov, 2014 Tom Fenton said:
Sorry to say My Herpes are no better Ready to feel Ancient ??? This is 26 years old as of 2022 https://youtu.be/YQQokcoOzeY |
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784 Posts Member #: 912 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
31st Oct, 2007 at 06:55:58pm
Thanks for confirming things.
Edited by Si P on 31st Oct, 2007. I drill holes in everything..! |
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Site Admin  15302 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
31st Oct, 2007 at 08:37:03pm
If you are feeling rough and own a tap M8 will do as well!
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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784 Posts Member #: 912 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
31st Oct, 2007 at 09:45:26pm
The thought did cross my mind. I drill holes in everything..! |
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 7765 Posts Member #: 74 I pick holes in everything.. Chief ancient post excavator |
1st Nov, 2007 at 07:33:42am
On 31st of Oct, 2007 at 08:37pm Tom Fenton said:
If you are feeling rough and own a tap M8 will do as well! Sacrilege! No metric shit should ever be on a Mini. Get a 3/8UNC tap. On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem. |
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Site Admin 15302 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
1st Nov, 2007 at 08:16:22am
3/8 UNC?
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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7765 Posts Member #: 74 I pick holes in everything.. Chief ancient post excavator |
1st Nov, 2007 at 08:18:59am
That's what the slave is mounted in, aren't those bosses the same size OD? On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem. |
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Site Admin 15302 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
1st Nov, 2007 at 08:50:09am
Don't think so.
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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7765 Posts Member #: 74 I pick holes in everything.. Chief ancient post excavator |
1st Nov, 2007 at 08:59:22am
Ok, then I suggest helicoil. I just loathe to have a mix and match metric/imperial car. Yes Mark, I'm talking to you! On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem. |
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 1849 Posts Member #: 672 The oversills police Oslo, Norway |
1st Nov, 2007 at 09:40:13am
why use a helicoil? why not just use the 5/16 UNC thats already there? has he mentioned that the threads are broken? |
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7765 Posts Member #: 74 I pick holes in everything.. Chief ancient post excavator |
1st Nov, 2007 at 10:22:16am
No, I only assumed so. On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem. |
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784 Posts Member #: 912 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
1st Nov, 2007 at 12:23:08pm
No threads broken, Just off down the nut and bolt shop for the correct threaded socket cap bolts.
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