Return-Path: Received: from [65.33.87.175] (account ) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.0.5) with HTTP id 1999966 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:15:17 -0500 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: oil pan, engine mount bolts? To: flyrotary X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.4.0.5 Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:15:17 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "Tracy Crook" : Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: oil pan, engine mount bolts? > For those of you that use the oil pan bolts for the engine mount like Tracy > does, what are you using for bolts? Are you just using the average Ace > Hardware bolts, or do they make Grade 8 metric hardware? How about AN grade > 6mm bolts? Do those exist? > [Go to mcmaster.com and look under cap screws... they have high strength > metric hex head bolts in all the popular sizes. ] Yes, that's a good source, got mine there. Also, get a 6mm x 1mm bottoming tap and finish tapping all the oil pan holes to bottom for more thread engagement. Tracy Crook tcrook@rotaryaviation.com www.rotaryaviation.com