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Q & A: Rusted Fasteners

Monday March 18th, 2002
Q & A, MGA, MGB, MGC, MG T-Type, Midget
Hi John, I hope all is well with you and yours this cooold winter. I am in the process of going through my 1980 MGB roadster and replacing the badly rusted screws, bolts, and washers with new replacements, some stainless steel if I can find them. I am working in the trunk and find 4 or 5 bolts in the trunk floor, each one has 2 fender-type washers, and I can't figure out what size they are. Can you help me with this dilemma, and is there some reference book which might have the size and type of all the screws, bolts, nuts, and washers used in the MGB?

I would appreciate any help you might offer to me.

Regards, Rich Bartner (new NAMGBR member)

RICH!

ALL the bolts holding on the gas tank are 5/16-24. Yours are probably rusted badly. We often have to grind off the heads -- this is especially dangerous and any sparks around the gas tank are just harbingers of troubl... read more