Back lights

Post by **newmoggyowner** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:20 am

Can anyone tell me where I can get hold of the silver screws that hold the chrome bezel to the back light units for a seriesII 1954 splitscreen Minor? Previous owner snapped them off and I,ve tried all the main dealers but no luck. Can anyone help?

Post by **bmcecosse** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:57 am

Drill out and fit stainless I suspect!

Post by **DAVIDMCCULLOUGH** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:53 am

Lucas used an odd sized thread for there parts so you had to buy genuine lucas parts. I was lucky enough to get a couple of these screws at last years national to replace the the forced in self tapers that a previous owner had fitted....

Carlo had good stainless replacments but they were metric and still had to be drilled out and tapped.

Post by **autolycus** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:19 am

Lucas used a lot of BA stuff - including some odd-numbered ones, like 3BA and 5BA. They used BSB for things like foglamp mountings.

Has anyone measured any of these Lucas proprietary threads that David mentions?

Kevin

Post by **mike.perry** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:32 am

Try the Electric Parts Company. tel 01584 811118, they specialise in Lucas parts

Post by **HarryMango** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:34 pm

I am fairly sure these are Whitworth threads - making them the only whitworth threads on the Minor.

Rog

Post by **bmcecosse** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:42 pm

Blimey - Whitworth as small as that ?

Post by **HarryMango** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:02 pm

I've just found my reference - its the original version of the MMOC tech tips manual - which states :-

"the series MM & early S11 rear lamps are held on by BSF Bolts, the internal bulb holder by 2BA screws & the lamp rims by 3/16 Whitworth screws"

You couldn't make it up could you

Rog

Post by **bmcecosse** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:09 pm

Amazing - well found!

Post by **mike.perry** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:54 pm

That covers most of the threads on one item, just missing metric threads (Series MM engine) and pipe threads.

Post by **alanworland** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:18 pm

That's standardisation for you!