Some guy in wisconsin is Dave Wheeler (DaveW on SM.com). Long time SM supporter, very good guy. He holds annual tech for SCCA and Midwest Council at his shop
We bought some bolts that were way too long but the proper thread and pitch and cut them down. Worked well, fairly cheap, all that. we just took the whole rack to the hardware store :p -Blake SM #97 On 4/15/08, Tim South <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If an early car, the plugs are two different sizes, on the later cars > they're both the same larger size, apparently M16 x 1.5. Not sure on the > smaller one. > > I saw this on specmiata.com > > "http://www.cgenterprises.com/drain_plugs_metric.htm > > is the address for oil drain plugs that will fit the hole where the power > steering line was. Size is 16 x 1.5, and they are under a buck. They are > Allis Chalmers and Deutz industrial engine oil plugs. I ordered 6, we'll > see > how they are." > > Also here's a plug (pun intended) for some guy in Wisconson > > http://advanced-autosports.com/prod03_steering_wheels.htm > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "Aleksandr Milewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Miata Power List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4:25 PM > Subject: Depowering steering rack: thread sizes > > > > We're about to depower the steering rack in the smurf (or another one > > like it) following the write up at FM: > > http://flyinmiata.com/tech/depower.php > > > > Does anyone know the sizes of the various threads so I can try to order > > caps and plugs from McMaster, et al.? > > > > Thanks, > > Handy Smurf > > > > http://deadsmurf.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Miatapower mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > -- http://BTDTRacing.com - Physics Doesn't Play Favorites. Our ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/btdtracing-36
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