Kiwi Landie
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Sorry - Should've clarified that. Mine are UNF. It's a 1976. I guess the metric change point was around 1980?
Cheers
Andrew
Cheers
Andrew
pre and post galvanizing advice
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Sorry I should have said this a 1983 series 3
It is 8 mm
It is 8 mm
Kiwi Landie
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Did they change every thread on the vehicle at that point, or are post-1980 models a typical hotchpotch of imperial and metric fixings?
I'm thinking it'd be a fair job to change the tooling for every thread.
I'm thinking it'd be a fair job to change the tooling for every thread.
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There is a mixture , i havent found them all yet,
^^ That one! typical british car industry, swapped over but kept using the old fixings until the box was empty.
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That is like my old 1971 Vauxhall Victor Super 1600. It had drums all round but earlier fd's had discs on the front. I had an alternator but my mate had a dynamo same year/model. There was something else but I cant remember. they get to the end of the model and bung on all the spare bits that fit.
That was a rust bucket.
That was a rust bucket.
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The wheel studs on my 1972 (First year) Series 3 are metric (M16 x 1.5 thread). The nuts are 27mm A/F.
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Even my 1990 90 has some imperial fittings.
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Took the bulkhead and a few other bits in the back of my old Astra for a trip to Wedge in Eastleigh for galvanizing.
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