[SCG] Battery hold down washers

[chevrobilia at juno.com]

Hi,
Yes, most plants had runners who would make emergency trips to auto &
hardware wholesalers, and even hardware stores for something like mundane
washers. So did Willow Run. ANYTHING to avoid stopping the line. Bringing
in special parts by air wasn't uncommon, either. This makes it difficult
and sometimes overkill, I think, to worry about an exact type of washer. 
Dave

On Tue, 9 May 2006 19:54:43 -0700 "Kent Sullivan" <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
writes:
Hi,

This item is listed in the Standard Stock catalogs for various years. P/N
446363 is in group 8.929. Its definition changes... I have copies of a
few of these catalogs and here's what they said:
1963 U.S.: 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD, 7/64" thick, plain steel
1965 Canadian: 3/8" ID, 7/8" OD, 3/32" thick, cad plated
1970 U.S.: 3/8" ID, 7/8" OD, 7/64" thick, plain steel
I think the "P" stands for "plate" but am not sure.

With all the variations in the part, I would expect the actual '65
production to have used different types, depending on what the factory
could get their hands on. Dave N. has some plant employees on tape saying
when they ran out of screws, etc. at Willow Run that they ran down to the
local hardware store and bought whatever was on hand!

--Kent




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[mailto:scg-list-bounces at tiger.skiblack.com] On Behalf Of Sam and Marissa
Andolino
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:22 PM
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Subject: [SCG] Battery hold down washers


Hi everyone,

In the assembly manual  for 65 it shows washers that go top of the J bolt
and under the head of the front battery hold down bolt.  They call it a P
washer,  anybody know what P washer is?  On our very stock 65 there is
one thick 3/16 aluminum washer,  could this be a P washer?

Thanks
Sam Andolino
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