Itinerant Air-Cooled

Mighty gurus,

I need some screws and finish washers for the interior of my 78 Westy (around front/rear of headliner, rear side panelets, rear top panelets). My local hardware stores don't have anything small enough. Even the helpful folks at Ace and True Value looked at 'em funny.

Do the sets from Wolfsburg West work for later model buses?
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/Detai ... =211863615

If not, anyone know what the hell I'd be looking for at McMaster? I'm so confused....

Wow.. I'm surprised you can't find those anywhere. They seem like they are just basic small screws.

I bet a picture framing place would have those.

To clarify, I've had some success with screws but not washers. I can't find the screws in stainless though and would like to.

I found those at my local Home Depot. They have packages of 25 or 30 of 'em hanging in the hardware section.

Westy78 wrote:I found those at my local Home Depot. They have packages of 25 or 30 of 'em hanging in the hardware section.

Them's purdy.

There are fastener wholesalers with entire catalogues devoted to every type of screw, washer you could want. Now ask me the name of them.
Colin

Name em! I need a M9 bolt bad!

You could try Chris or Ken. I grabbed some off of my parts bus, they could do the same for you.

chitwnvw wrote:Name em! I need a M9 bolt bad!

http://www.fastenal.com/

The have it all...not always really cheap, but a very comprehensive selection.

bretski wrote:

chitwnvw wrote:Name em! I need a M9 bolt bad!

http://www.fastenal.com/

The have it all...not always really cheap, but a very comprehensive selection.

They don't list M9 as a size they carry. That said, I've never seen an M9 size. What's it for?

Heh, you're right, Dick...I didn't look as closely at chitwn's post as I should have. I wasn't aware that M9 existed as a thread size, either.

Of course, it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong...

bretski wrote:I wasn't aware that M9 existed as a thread size, either.

Don't beat yourself up too soon. I'm not sure M9 exists. None of my favorite hardware suppliers lists M9. For Todd's sake, I hope to be corrected. Otherwise, he's in for a long and fruitless search.

dtrumbo wrote:
They don't list M9 as a size they carry. That said, I've never seen an M9 size. What's it for?

It's the bolt that holds my turn signal console up in my '75. It was an M8 and is stripped. M10 seems to be a bit too much. Is there a standard size that would be between M8 and M10?

http://itinerant-air-cooled.com/viewtop ... urn+signal

There are step studs that are M9, I'd given thought to fashioning a bolt of my own. Also my Sears taps set has M9, so something must be M9. Just sayin'.

How about a 5/16"?

My calculator tells me that 5/16 is .3125 inches and my online converter tells me 8 mm is .3152 inches, so I guess the next size up at the hardware store. I wonder if I can find something self tapping. That metal doesn't seem very hard, what's it called 'pot metal'?

My thinking was that the different thread pitch on a 5/16" might "bite". You could try a 3/8", too.