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jlaird

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Today I was working some on the little engine. installing the oil filter to be more specific. Installed the first part, angled up, no prob. Went to install the part with the filter on it and found only one bolt. Looked through everthing I had, now keep in mind I did not remove this from an engine soooo.

Found one bolt that would work was 3/8" by 4" fine on one end and course thread on the other. Could not find another anywhere, sigh.

Guess what it is the same as. A short head bolt, no kidding, thats it, same darn bolt and those I had.

Did you know your oil filter was held on with head bolts?
 
Your PM about it finally showed up this morning - must be a problem with border patrol up around Dothan...hehehehe
 
Hello Jlaird,

I hope you don't mind me correcting you, that is not a bolt but a stud. A bolt has a head on, and in the U.K. anyway, has also a plain shank and a screw has a head threaded it's full length.

Alec
 
Jack:

I have bolts holding mine on the 1275 not studs.

Patrick
 
Heh, he's right these are studs for sure.

Himm bolts, I have none that will fit so going with the studs as they will work just fine.

Yea I knew better, studs, bolts, screws.

Here in the US screws are something you use with a screw driver. What do you brits call them?
 
As in, they're (screws) generally self tapping. Bolts are often mistakenly referred to as screws, i.e. "socket head cap screw" is really an allen headed bolt. Whether they're threaded the full length or not, they're referred to as bolts.

It's interesting to note that fully threaded bolts (w/ head) are referred to as screws in the UK.
 
Just another case where we are seperated by the same language and joined by our love for LBCs.
 
Just to be pedantic, I looked up bolts and screws in my copy of "Machinery's Handbook". /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/square.gif The essential difference, they say, is one of function, not form. If you pass the threaded fastener through a hole and use a nut on the other end, it's a "bolt". If you thread the fastener into a hole into a part (doesn't matter if the hole is pre-threaded or the fastener creates the threads), it's a "screw".

In other words, bolts have nuts, screws don't. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif And the same fastener could be a bolt or a screw depending on how it's used. Weird, eh?
 
In my case,whether a screw,bolt or stud , there is always a "nut" on the end. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif

Stuart. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cowboy.gif
 
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