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Old Dec 24, 2014 | 02:37 PM
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I need a 5/16 x 2 1/8 Flange Bolt UNC
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5/16 x 3
This are a long and a short bolt for the front cover.
I found the long one for $20 and the short one for $11 I think is a little high.
Does anybody know where I can find them for less?
Anybody ?
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I was using a torque wrench from Harbor Freight and it never clicked, guest what I broke the bolt.
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Old Dec 24, 2014 | 03:04 PM
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So I guess I am not the only one that has had problems with harbor freights torque wrenches.
 
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Old Dec 24, 2014 | 03:18 PM
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Maybe Fastenal or rovers north
 
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Old Dec 24, 2014 | 05:40 PM
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You might call these guys and see if this kit will work on Bosch engines or if they have a kit that will

The holes in the block will be the same and I think they use the same water pump but I'm not sure if the covers are the same thickness.

http://www.roverparts.com/Parts/FCKITA
 
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Old Dec 26, 2014 | 03:10 AM
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Surely just measure the bolt lengths and get a standard grade 8 caphead allen bolts from an engineering stockists, probably a metric course thread in alu. For the prices you are being quoted you can buy a box full.

There is a motto here somewhere "never use a torque wrench" !

I have 3 and very rarely need to use them as I go by experience/feel apart from mains, big ends and head bolts on alu heads.
 

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Old Dec 26, 2014 | 08:48 AM
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yep, gets expensive if you go specific.
Discovery II Engine Oil Pump - Rovers North - Classic Land Rover Parts


i would jot the sizes down and go to a place like Fastenal or even hit up a dismantler....then get only what you have to, in the specific form.
 
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Old Dec 26, 2014 | 08:57 AM
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I've broken enough bolts with that stupid HF torque wrench!
 
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Old Dec 26, 2014 | 09:01 AM
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So looking at a gems and bosch engine, it looks like they SHOULD take the same bolts, 5 of FB505171S and 4 of FB505241S.

So in thery that link I posted should work, but it does appear that some of the bolts are different than what the catalog lists. They show 2 1/4 and the catalog shows 2 1/8. I'm not sure if that's a typo or what.
 
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Old Dec 26, 2014 | 09:16 AM
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i can't believe you guys are using those cheap torque wrenches from harbor freight.


and i thought i was a gambling man.
 
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Old Dec 26, 2014 | 09:38 AM
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Let's be fair here Dusty, every tool I own is a cheap tool, not just the torque wrench
 
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