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Old 18-12-09, 19:19
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Default Large countersunk screws available......

The large countersunk screws are readily available in Canada from Spanauer in Toronto...... in various size and various length....... and like the original on our cab11/12 they are not high tensile strength and could be better categorized as plain old fashion stove bolts. We have to remember that most body/sheet metal bolts on the cab 11/12 are of that same quality /category ....plentiful old stock item at the outset of the war.... and trucks were not intended to last for 69+ years.

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Old 18-12-09, 21:52
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Default Spanauer - French for spanner???

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The large countersunk screws are readily available in Canada from Spanauer in Toronto...... in various size and various length....... and like the original on our cab11/12 they are not high tensile strength and could be better categorized as plain old fashion stove bolts. We have to remember that most body/sheet metal bolts on the cab 11/12 are of that same quality /category ....plentiful old stock item at the outset of the war.... and trucks were not intended to last for 69+ years.

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Is Toronto that place down the road from Grong Grong? Or is it closer to Wagga Wagga?

Get back to me on that one will you Bob?
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Old 18-12-09, 22:00
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Is Toronto that place down the road from Grong Grong? Or is it closer to Wagga Wagga?

Get back to me on that one will you Bob?
I think I remember going to see Jif there once - it's closer to Ardlethan I believe. V. cool in winter.
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Old 19-12-09, 03:08
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Tryhttp://www.spaenaur.com/.....

Waga Waga Grong Grong....???? what were you drinking when you where visiting with Jiff....... you guys better find some shade..... all that Hoostralian sunshine is bad for you......

..... you should be sampling some clean clear friggen cold Ottawa air Minus 25 Celsius tonite.... not as bad as Edmonton last week when they went down to Minus 45 Celsius..... that is actually 3 degrees colder than my mother-in-law's heart.....

The cats in the shed have 3 x250W heat lamps and two x1500W heaters...just to keep 9+ or 10 degrees C in there.


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Old 19-12-09, 03:34
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Tony, when I want to clean up a bunch of old bolts I throw them in a large kitchen type screen strainer and hit them with the sandblaster. Keep shaking them up and sandblasting for a while and they come out bright and shiny. Doesn't seem to bother the threads either.
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Old 20-12-09, 10:14
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Tony, when I want to clean up a bunch of old bolts I throw them in a large kitchen type screen strainer and hit them with the sandblaster. Keep shaking them up and sandblasting for a while and they come out bright and shiny. Doesn't seem to bother the threads either.
David I'm honoured you've visited this thread.

Great suggestion & interesting how it doesnt affect the threads. My problem is access to a sandblaster and a suitable area to blast (meaning somewhere where you can either make a great big mess or suitable stuff to retrieve the sand/shot).

I am having a blast however.
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Old 19-12-09, 03:34
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Grong Grong and Wagga are the opposite at the moment - PLUS 27C. Good CMP hunting weather.


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Tryhttp://www.spaenaur.com/.....

Waga Waga Grong Grong....???? what were you drinking when you where visiting with Jiff....... you guys better find some shade..... all that Hoostralian sunshine is bad for you......

..... you should be sampling some clean clear friggen cold Ottawa air Minus 25 Celsius tonite.... not as bad as Edmonton last week when they went down to Minus 45 Celsius..... that is actually 3 degrees colder than my mother-in-law's heart.....

The cats in the shed have 3 x250W heat lamps and two x1500W heaters...just to keep 9+ or 10 degrees C in there.


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Old 20-12-09, 10:09
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Grong Grong and Wagga are the opposite at the moment - PLUS 27C. Good CMP hunting weather.
Thats not coded Mexican for a border raid is it????
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Old 20-12-09, 10:57
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Thats not coded Mexican for a border raid is it????
Mwahhh-hah-hah-hahhhh....
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Old 19-12-09, 03:42
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Tryhttp://www.spaenaur.com/.....

Waga Waga Grong Grong....???? what were you drinking when you where visiting with Jiff....... you guys better find some shade..... all that Hoostralian sunshine is bad for you......

..... you should be sampling some clean clear friggen cold Ottawa air Minus 25 Celsius tonite.... not as bad as Edmonton last week when they went down to Minus 45 Celsius..... that is actually 3 degrees colder than my mother-in-law's heart.....

The cats in the shed have 3 x250W heat lamps and two x1500W heaters...just to keep 9+ or 10 degrees C in there.

I know I'm stating the obvious Bob but we just dont get that sort of weather over here. "Holy #@%*!!..... that's cold!!!"

Unless we're standing on the top of Perisher in the middle of winter.

Still looking for Toronto - I think it may be between Mangoplah & Gumly Gumly.
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Old 19-12-09, 09:00
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Tony I managed to get all the screws and bolts I needed at coventry fastenings, Wagga Wagga, the only thing they couldn't match was the square nuts so I have verry few captive nuts left on the cab. Fortunately I have a 14 year old who was flexable enough to get a spanner onto the hard to reach nuts.
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Old 20-12-09, 10:23
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Tony I managed to get all the screws and bolts I needed at coventry fastenings, Wagga Wagga, the only thing they couldn't match was the square nuts so I have verry few captive nuts left on the cab. Fortunately I have a 14 year old who was flexable enough to get a spanner onto the hard to reach nuts.
Only thing is Robert youve got to get the right bloke to help you. There's one bloke who rolls his eyes every time you go in there trying to get unusual bolts matched up.

Have had sufficient practice on modern Volvo cars to have rubbery wrists and forearms to get hands into the right places as well (on blitzes that is).

Mind you I havent ruled out cheap child labour either
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