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paintpyro · 01-03-2004, 08:56 PM

Does anybody know what size bolts to use for motor mounts and an automatic crossmember? Im changin from the 6 cylinder spot to the 8.

Tx Firefighter · 01-03-2004, 10:40 PM

I used 3/8x1 inch bolts on my crossmember. That's what it came with stock, so that's what I replaced them with.

*1972C10* · 01-04-2004, 03:10 AM

Just make sure to get good grade 8 hardware and get castelated nuts those are nuts that have three indentions in them to keep them from backin off kinda like them plastic lined locknuts but work alot better.

Tx Firefighter · 01-04-2004, 08:56 AM

A castellated nut is one that has notches cut out of it for a cotter pin to go through. They look like a castle is why they are called that.

There are 2 kinds of self locking nuts:

-nylon type- has a nylon ring inside of the nut to keep it from turning easily. To be used in any application subjected to up to 250 degrees F heat.

-hi temp self locking nut- has the indentions in the nut to act against the threads. To be used wherever a nylon lock nut would fail do to being subjected to heat.

A castellated nut is not a self locking nut. It is built to work in concert with a cotter pin for securing it against loosening.

*rage'nrat638* · 01-04-2004, 10:04 AM

o boy

junkyardjohn · 01-04-2004, 01:39 PM

GEE WHIZ TX. HERE YOU GO GIVING CORRECT ADVICE AGAIN WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS GIVING FREE ADVICE.

BACK ON THE FARM WE ALWAY CALLED CASTRATED NUTS .......

jhow66 · 01-04-2004, 02:14 PM

Why not jusy use a lock washer like factory did?

junkyardjohn · 01-04-2004, 02:22 PM

I'VE NEVER HAD ONE COME LOOSE EITHER, & I USE LOCKWASHERS. JOHN

*1972C10* · 01-04-2004, 06:22 PM

Hmm Local parts house referrs to them as castleated.. Then hi temp self locking..

I was just suggesting that so it doest back off.. Seems all the newer models use them on the engine stands

jamis · 01-04-2004, 06:40 PM

Ode to a Castellated Nut
A Poem
by Gregg G Guydish
© 2002

I gaze upon your steely walls,
That hold your keep secure,
Hexagonal battlements,
That protect which you hold dear.

Bind that stud close to your heart,
Safe within your keep,
A holey task you must preserve,
For to lose it is to weep.

But man is stronger than mere bands of iron,
And he pries your merlons free,
There to wrest you from your grasp,
Ignorant of your quiet plea.

Though your defenses have been breached,
And your ramparts so assailed,
You will resume your silent task,
Or my steering will be failed.

Spun again onto your home,
Lo these twenty years past,
I torque you up nice and tight,
So continue, you may be, to last.

As I cinch you down to your prescribed FLB,
And align your crenels with your hole,
I ponder the battles your walls have seen,
Time, and elements, that scathe along your boll.

Here beneath my merry chariot,
You labor valiantly to hold,
Against the onslaught of nature and earth,
Persevering through the heat and cold.

But just to be certain that you do not fail,
I slip in the pin and so it arose,
Then bent it over and secured it,
With a bang across your nose.

68C10 · 01-04-2004, 09:11 PM

WOW ... I'm impressed. How about a carburetor poem?

junkyardjohn · 01-04-2004, 09:32 PM

WOW !!! PRETTY NEAT POEM.
I HAVE A HARD ENOUGH TIME REMEMBERING A SIMPLE LIMERIC WITH THE WORD NANTUCKIT IN IT

JOHN

Cat Fuzz · 01-04-2004, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 68C10
WOW ... I'm impressed. How about a carburetor poem?

Impossible. Nothing rhymes with carberator.

71chevylongbed · 01-04-2004, 10:35 PM

i don't think poems have to rhyme???

jamis · 01-04-2004, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 68C10
WOW ... I'm impressed. How about a carburetor poem?

Q-jet or holley

**NGN** · 01-04-2004, 11:00 PM

Hey TX, Just wondering, Those two self locking nuts. ( nylon type - hi temp ) Can they be used more than once ?
Thanks
Nick
N.J.

jamis · 01-04-2004, 11:19 PM

Tweak the Holy Holley
Carburator is my name.
But what is my game?
If you know not a Holley
Then you know not my fame.
We are very small and stubby
with a funky yellow body
I travel to and fro work,
By providing fuel to your head.
Ricers, little do you know me
Because your motors are so fugly
That it is truly we that make the power
But what would you know of me
you drive a gay toyota camry
They ask, What is to become of me?
An answer for them I have not,
For you alone can save the holleys.
BUY AMERICAN AND SAVE OUR HOLLEY

junkyardjohn · 01-04-2004, 11:46 PM

WOW!!! NOW THERES A TALENT THAT WOULD MAKE GREASE MONKY CHICKS MELT IN THEY'RE OVERALLS.

JOHN

01-03-2004, 08:56 PM	#1
paintpyro Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Santa Fe Springs, CA,USA Posts: 1,579	auto crossmember Does anybody know what size bolts to use for motor mounts and an automatic crossmember? Im changin from the 6 cylinder spot to the 8. __________________ 70 shortbed stepside "Schleprock" 350 w/TH400 rallys and BFGs -We can rebuild it, we have the technology-lower,shinier,faster

01-03-2004, 10:40 PM	#2
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	I used 3/8x1 inch bolts on my crossmember. That's what it came with stock, so that's what I replaced them with. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

01-04-2004, 08:56 AM	#4
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	A castellated nut is one that has notches cut out of it for a cotter pin to go through. They look like a castle is why they are called that. There are 2 kinds of self locking nuts: -nylon type- has a nylon ring inside of the nut to keep it from turning easily. To be used in any application subjected to up to 250 degrees F heat. -hi temp self locking nut- has the indentions in the nut to act against the threads. To be used wherever a nylon lock nut would fail do to being subjected to heat. A castellated nut is not a self locking nut. It is built to work in concert with a cotter pin for securing it against loosening. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

01-04-2004, 01:39 PM	#6
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,425	GEE WHIZ TX. HERE YOU GO GIVING CORRECT ADVICE AGAIN WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS GIVING FREE ADVICE. BACK ON THE FARM WE ALWAY CALLED CASTRATED NUTS ....... __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

01-04-2004, 02:14 PM	#7
jhow66 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Knoxville Tenn. Posts: 3,058	Why not jusy use a lock washer like factory did? __________________ 56 Chevy Bel-Air 2dr. HT (purchased new) 71 Chevy Cheyenne SWB PU (502HO) 65 GMC short bed step--work in progress and my gofer

01-04-2004, 03:10 AM	#3
1972C10 Account Suspended Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 2,686	Just make sure to get good grade 8 hardware and get castelated nuts those are nuts that have three indentions in them to keep them from backin off kinda like them plastic lined locknuts but work alot better.

01-04-2004, 10:04 AM	#5
rage'nrat638 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: THE FALL GUY CHICAGO IL Posts: 5,883	o boy

01-04-2004, 02:22 PM	#8
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,425	I'VE NEVER HAD ONE COME LOOSE EITHER, & I USE LOCKWASHERS. JOHN __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

01-04-2004, 06:22 PM	#9
1972C10 Account Suspended Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 2,686	Hmm Local parts house referrs to them as castleated.. Then hi temp self locking.. I was just suggesting that so it doest back off.. Seems all the newer models use them on the engine stands

01-04-2004, 06:40 PM	#10
jamis F.A.S.T. president Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 1,883	Ode to a Castellated Nut A Poem by Gregg G Guydish © 2002 I gaze upon your steely walls, That hold your keep secure, Hexagonal battlements, That protect which you hold dear. Bind that stud close to your heart, Safe within your keep, A holey task you must preserve, For to lose it is to weep. But man is stronger than mere bands of iron, And he pries your merlons free, There to wrest you from your grasp, Ignorant of your quiet plea. Though your defenses have been breached, And your ramparts so assailed, You will resume your silent task, Or my steering will be failed. Spun again onto your home, Lo these twenty years past, I torque you up nice and tight, So continue, you may be, to last. As I cinch you down to your prescribed FLB, And align your crenels with your hole, I ponder the battles your walls have seen, Time, and elements, that scathe along your boll. Here beneath my merry chariot, You labor valiantly to hold, Against the onslaught of nature and earth, Persevering through the heat and cold. But just to be certain that you do not fail, I slip in the pin and so it arose, Then bent it over and secured it, With a bang across your nose. Last edited by jamis; 01-04-2004 at 06:42 PM.

01-04-2004, 09:11 PM	#11
68C10 Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Central New Jersey, USA Posts: 328	WOW ... I'm impressed. How about a carburetor poem? __________________ 68C10 1968 C10 SWB No Options but 40K original miles 1967 K20 LWB 283 4-speed South Plainfield, NJ

01-04-2004, 09:32 PM	#12
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,425	WOW !!! PRETTY NEAT POEM. I HAVE A HARD ENOUGH TIME REMEMBERING A SIMPLE LIMERIC WITH THE WORD NANTUCKIT IN IT JOHN __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

01-04-2004, 10:35 PM	#14
71chevylongbed Got Horsepower? Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: IDAHO Posts: 406	i don't think poems have to rhyme??? __________________ 2001 Dodge 2500 Cummins, 4 inch lift, 35" Toyo MT's on Ultra wheels, P-Pump Conversion, AFE intake, Fass, 5 inch exhaust, Pyro,Boost,and Fuel pressure guages, and a whole bunch of other stuff "The Money Pit" SOLD-71 Chevy C10 long bed- 2/4 drop-- 350,th400, Edelbrock performer RPM intake,Edelbrock 600 CFM carb,Crower 240 cam,port and polish,Dynomax headers,HEI ignition,dual 2.5 inch exhaust with Flowmaster 50 series mufflers

01-04-2004, 11:00 PM	#16
NGN Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Old Bridge,NJ Posts: 838	????????? Hey TX, Just wondering, Those two self locking nuts. ( nylon type - hi temp ) Can they be used more than once ? Thanks Nick N.J.

01-04-2004, 11:19 PM	#17
jamis F.A.S.T. president Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 1,883	Tweak the Holy Holley Carburator is my name. But what is my game? If you know not a Holley Then you know not my fame. We are very small and stubby with a funky yellow body I travel to and fro work, By providing fuel to your head. Ricers, little do you know me Because your motors are so fugly That it is truly we that make the power But what would you know of me you drive a gay toyota camry They ask, What is to become of me? An answer for them I have not, For you alone can save the holleys. BUY AMERICAN AND SAVE OUR HOLLEY Last edited by jamis; 01-04-2004 at 11:30 PM.



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01-04-2004, 11:46 PM	#18
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,425	WOW!!! NOW THERES A TALENT THAT WOULD MAKE GREASE MONKY CHICKS MELT IN THEY'RE OVERALLS. JOHN __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

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