MK2 Tail Light Fasteners
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Hello all,
I am looking for some help. When I purchased my car the tail lights were broken and were missing some parts. I realize now that some of the fasteners are apparently whitworth. The fasteners I am looking for are shown in the photos below. If anyone has any of these as spares, I would sure like to purchase them. I cannot find them as separate items from any of the usual vendors. Is anyone able to be of assistance?
Lin
I am looking for some help. When I purchased my car the tail lights were broken and were missing some parts. I realize now that some of the fasteners are apparently whitworth. The fasteners I am looking for are shown in the photos below. If anyone has any of these as spares, I would sure like to purchase them. I cannot find them as separate items from any of the usual vendors. Is anyone able to be of assistance?
Lin
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Unfortunately, you are unlikely to find a US supplier as US fasteners used the Unified standards, (UNF and UNC), later used by British companies instead of Whitworth and BSF. I suspect your missing screws are BSF rather than the coarser Whitworth standard. However Jaguar may have been on UNC and UNF in 1960 so I suggest you measure up the screw diameter and pitch (threads per inch) and use a thread table to determine what they are.
You could also try this supplier
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You could also try this supplier
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Hello all,
I am looking for some help. When I purchased my car the tail lights were broken and were missing some parts. I realize now that some of the fasteners are apparently whitworth. The fasteners I am looking for are shown in the photos below. If anyone has any of these as spares, I would sure like to purchase them. I cannot find them as separate items from any of the usual vendors. Is anyone able to be of assistance?
Lin
I am looking for some help. When I purchased my car the tail lights were broken and were missing some parts. I realize now that some of the fasteners are apparently whitworth. The fasteners I am looking for are shown in the photos below. If anyone has any of these as spares, I would sure like to purchase them. I cannot find them as separate items from any of the usual vendors. Is anyone able to be of assistance?
Lin
(my 51 Bentley is all BSF/Whitworth and I know what I'm talking about)
Do a little Google search and you should find what you're looking for
Look for stainless steel _ don't go with just mild steel.
Last edited by JeffR1; 08-09-2014 at 12:56 PM.
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Difficult to find though.
There's this from the link above.
Namrick Limited U.N.F Stainless Socket Caps
Spaenaur has some in brass, but you have to make a minimum order of 20 or 25 bucks, the last time I checked and they're in Canada so I am not sure if the ship out of country.
You could take a standard hex head (1/4 28 in the correct length) find someone with a lathe to modify the head to fit. Minimum shop time can be expensive though.
There's this from the link above.
Namrick Limited U.N.F Stainless Socket Caps
Spaenaur has some in brass, but you have to make a minimum order of 20 or 25 bucks, the last time I checked and they're in Canada so I am not sure if the ship out of country.
You could take a standard hex head (1/4 28 in the correct length) find someone with a lathe to modify the head to fit. Minimum shop time can be expensive though.
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Lots of selection, but I couldn't find one like the original, the closest was only 3/4 of an inch in length.
There was round head in steel _ 1 1/4 Philips.
The OP will just have to do some digging.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#machine-screws/=t7hqcu
There was round head in steel _ 1 1/4 Philips.
The OP will just have to do some digging.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#machine-screws/=t7hqcu
Last edited by JeffR1; 08-09-2014 at 02:00 PM.
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