Re: Engine identification

SuperDave Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:48 am

Matt:

US-made engines use SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) fasteners and threads to the best of my knowledge.

SD

ZAGNUT Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:40 pm

This thread makes me feel lucky that I can pop into just about any industrial fastener shop and they'll have every metric and SAE screw or nut ever made. The 5-40 screws are often labeled as 1/8" on the box...

David

crankbndr Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:36 am

SuperDave wrote:Crank:

Have you tried Ace Hardware? We have one close to us that is well-stocked with hard-to-find bolts, washers, nuts etc.

SD

The closest Ace is up in Miami, I'd rather have a root canal than go there, Homestead had Ace, Sears, and many Mom and Pop hardware stores, now if its not at Walmart or Home Depo
you can't find it.

Big Al Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:20 am

crankbndr wrote:
Homestead had Ace, Sears, and many Mom and Pop hardware stores,

I associate Homestead with the name Curtis Pitts….
Al

crankbndr Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:53 am

He probably came down here for the crop dusting, a lot of farming even now. Mary Gaffney lived down here somewhere also, she ran a flying school. I remember my dad driving us to watch her fly her Pitts when I was very young. Two great American aviators.
Curtis Pitts 1945
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