Is this really an exotic fastener?

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Lithium batteries are very sensitive to being over charged or over discharged. Optimum charging is a multi-step process, and each cell has to be monitored...

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Thanks, George, and you are right on--door hinges for the GT6. Thanks for the generous offer, but i already got the screws.

Nice to meet...

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Yes, the use of large Phillips screws in that place was common, but a royal pain in the rear. Here's my implementation :

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I think these screws that hold the field cores in older starters and generators are 3/8".

I had read or heard that one of the original...

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I didn't really intend to make this about my car projects, but thanks, Guys.

Ed

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I'll bet you are right, Paul. I've always found MC very accommodating.

Yes, it is a fun restoration. This is my second car. Finished the...

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Its a 1969 Triumph GT6.

Actually, British cars of this era used mostly imperial fasteners, though there is a smattering of metric, and a...

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Yes, it's part of a British car restoration, so i was trying to match the original fastener. I'm not really that much of an originality wonk, though,...

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I found it through Amazon--a company called "Hard to Find Fasteners". The price reflects that it is not a common item.

Ed

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Probably like some others here, my go-to place for many mechanical things, especially fasteners, if McMaster-Carr. They rarely let me down, always seem...

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Our recently retired appliance repair guy with decades of experience advised us to avoid electronic controls. They are not all that reliable, and are...