Nuts and Bolts What to do?

[bstrudg]

I want to thank all of you for your help. I have located a car that I can remove the bolts from and I will go take a look at it tomorrow. I will let you know how it goes.

Edited January 7, 2013 by bstrudg

[JLPurcell]

Picked up my parts today from the plater, I did not get my clear or black zinc parts ready in time to drop them off so I will have to make another trip to Muncie in the near future. I am very happy with the work. I took some pictures of the small parts which I daisy chained together prior to taking them loose. They came back in a tangled ball but the process worked out well. I had been told that the outcome of the process would be equal to the prep-work. This process was labor intense but well worth the outcome.

[LeonV]

Wow, those look fantastic, Jerry!

[jfa.series1]

I want to thank all of you for your help. I have located a car that I can remove the bolts from and I will go take a look at it tomorrow. I will let you know how it goes.

I recommend you bag and tag everything right as it comes off the donor car, don't rely on your memory to tell you where each item is to be used later. Get a box or two of cheap zip bags, some small pieces of paper to label and place in each bag. The mind is the second thing to go, I forgot which is the first.

[78sid]

I've just used my local Ace Hardware. They had a great selection of 10.9 class. The only issue has been head size, but with all the other issues I've encountered trying to rebuild a 30+ year old car, I sleep just fine.

[bstrudg]

Not quite sure where my mind is right now. The donor car does not look good right now. There were quite a few but so much was missing off the cars and what a rust nightmare at that yard. Just asking the guy about some prices on stuff and he was way high. I am finding parts pulled and shipped to me on ebay for less than what he was asking. My dream would be to find one I could afford and bring home to work off of. I am starting to doubt myself. Thinking I am over my head. I do enjoy doing stuff like this but I want to punch the guy right in the face that I bought this from, and he is a good friend. Who in there right mind would disassemble a car and not take pictures and bag each bolt. Sometimes I enjoy this and other times I am ready to give up. I got the car for $1,500 knowing thats what he bought it for. He put $4,000 into just getting all the rust fixed. I gave him the $1,500 he wanted and I have another $1,250 in brakes, hoses, struts and bushings. I am not sure I could get my money back out at this pint. How can you go about selling a car like this?

Edited January 8, 2013 by bstrudg

[LeonV]

Just buy the stainless kit for the non-critical parts and buy the critical fasteners according to the spreadsheets that are out there. I believe Lazeum compiled a pretty good list.

[Mikes Z car]

Don't know if this helps much but I use a tap and die kit that came with a feeler gauge for pitch to determine what diameter/pitch is needed for a particular bolt hole.

[Lazeum]

Never use suspension bolts twice (ok, let say three times), they expand, you stressed them, you're brinelling the threads as a result the torque/tension relationship is becoming way out. You risk to get bolts to snap or to get loose while driving.

Here's the link with data you need.

=> Thanks! Leon for the credits

[240zdave]

MMS&accesories from Georgia 800 441-9451 sells stainless kits. Packaged and labeled.

This is a good kit for non-structural bolts and fasteners. With only a few exceptions, everything was correct, bagged and labeled. For the structural (suspension) 10.9 bolts, I got most of what I needed from these guys. It was cheaper to buy in bulk than trying to buy just what I needed.

http://www.mechanicstoolsandbits.com/hardware-small-head-hex-flange-bolts-c-294_324.html?osCsid=4adf4ae20d37448cbb6ee848d76c3f4f

[zKars]

Love these guys too for metric, including JIS sized nuts and bolts.

https://www.belmetric.com

[Captain Obvious]

Picked up my parts today from the plater

So about the plating... What process was used for the original factory plating? I know pretty much nothing about the subject, but I've usually heard it referred to as "cad plating", and (because that's what I always heard), I propagated that term. Is it cadmium or zinc?

Are those parts you just got back done with the same plating material and process as OEM?

PS - Those parts are beautiful, regardless of the details!