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What color are the end of the head bolts, 1934.
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Joeellsasser |
05-26-2018 @ 8:12 AM
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The top of the head bolts are paint engine green. Is this correct or should they be black?
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kubes40 |
05-26-2018 @ 9:13 AM
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The head studs were not painted at all. Plus, the heads were not painted. They (heads) were left in their natural state - aluminum. So - not sure what you have going on there...I'm guessing either a completely incorrect engine or at the very least incorrect heads. Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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Joeellsasser |
05-26-2018 @ 9:29 AM
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Kube, were the head bolts black looking bolts like most of the other fasteners on the roadster?
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ken ct. |
05-26-2018 @ 10:32 AM
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1934 to 1948 used studs and nuts NOT BOLTS which you keep referring to. ken ct.
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kubes40 |
05-26-2018 @ 10:52 AM
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They (the studs) were left in their natural state so yes, a kind of flat / satin black. Cadmium plated nuts and flat washers completed this "unit"...
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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3w2 |
05-26-2018 @ 1:11 PM
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Hmmm. My catalogues read S8 (zinc), not S7 (cadmium) for the nuts and S7 for the washers used with aluminum heads. That's through '34; maybe they switched to S7-finish nuts after that. I agree that the studs had a S2 finish (black oxide). No, I am not referring to the 1948 green book.
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1934 Ford |
06-04-2018 @ 4:35 PM
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My nuts are not painted either (34 Fordor V8)
1934 Ford's since 1972
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