Joined: Apr 15, 2005 Posts: 162 Location: San Diego CA
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject:
Aparantly nobody knows what size they are.
I have figgured that they seem to be 5/16 x 24 by 3/4inch long, however these seem to be impossible to find with phillips heads, I was able to find Allen heads, so if I am ever able to find the correct Phillips screws I will replace the Allen heads.
Joined: Nov 25, 2007 Posts: 56 Location: Marietta, Georgia
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject:
John at Midewest Military has some - I bought some. _________________ Troy Davis
1953 USMC M38A1 (Work-in-progress)
Rebuild Blog: http://troy-m38a1.blogspot.com/
Joined: Apr 03, 2005 Posts: 271 Location: Chester County, PA
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject:
These were very hard to find in good condition when several years ago when I assembled my M38A1...They definitally could not be found in hardware stores - I don't even think McMaster had them. Currently, I just have cap screws in there with a washer.
When I restored my jeep, AJP, John, nor anyone had them. If John has them, by all means buy them. They are very hard to find. _________________ Bob Collins
1954 M38A1 MD79056
Joined: Apr 15, 2005 Posts: 162 Location: San Diego CA
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:
He did not have the windscreen hinges nor the screws when I tried to order them a little while back. I have some take off hinges lined up from a club memeber that Im going to swap a PRC10 power supply cable for.
they are the only part I am missing from my resto.
I tossed my original body since it was a rust bucket, the hinges were so crusty a torch wouldnt loosen up the screws so I let them go with the body, they really werent worth reusing, the face of one of them was litterally half rusted away.
As for the screws, I have gone to the specialty hardware shops that are known for having "it" and the high price, and all I could get were flat Allen head screws.
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