Anyone have a pair of old cylinder head bolts?

[pharriso]

Anyone have a pair of old cylinder head bolts they can spare? I want to make a pair of guides for placing the head on the block...

Will pay for postage to either in the UK (I'll be there Sat - Monday) or in the US.

Thanks in advance

[lotustastic]

Hi Phil,

Just a suggestion, I purchased two 6" long 7/16"-14 thread (from memory, you should bring head bolt to match up) bolts from local true value hardware, cut the heads off and worked like a charm(you can add slot on head for easy removal) The bolt size was only available in grade 8 but less than a few bucks a piece.

David D.

[Jentwistle3]

I have some. Email me your address :

Jentwistle3 @ aol . com

[pharriso]

Many thanks, e-mail sent.

[RogerFrench]

I did like David D, but found cheapo grade 5 in True Value. Work fine!

[Galwaylotus]

Many years ago I did something similar. Got a couple of cheap long bolts with the correct thread and cut the heads off. As they don't need to be more than finger tight in the block I didn't even slot the top. I just put a crude chamfer at the top to ease alignment. I think the ones I made were for my FF1600 but will probably fit a Lotus Twin Cam (Ford) block as well. I never throw out any tools I make even if I don't have the vehicle for which they were originally fabricated.