Morris Minor Owners Club

I have just taken my car out for a short drive and found this 3/4 inch long screw on the drive just behind where my car usually sits. It looks familiar but I can't think where I have seen it before, is it to set the beam on the headlights?
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Rusty screws always look familiar to me, what diameter is it.

if it's quite small (2BA or M5-ish) then it could be a hockey stick stud and nut. mine were forever popping out. studs are now loctited in

I'm pretty sure hockey stick studs aren't pointed.
Someone's chucked it under your car to wind you up.

At the non-pointed end, has it sheared off? If yes, then there could be a head missing, if no, then it's a stud.
If it is sheared, is the break as rusty as the rest? If yes then it's been there a long time.
Is the apparent rim to the left of the nut genuinely an un-threaded collar? If yes, then it again points to a stud.
Depending on the diameter, seat fixing bolts and door hinge bolts usually have pointed ends. However, the hinge would not normally have a nut (it goes into a plate). If it's from the seat mounting then it means that the nut separated from the floor. so get out the welding kit.

Of course, a previous owner could have used any bolr to secure any thing.

I think it is off the hockey stick because I remember seeing it when I replaced them last year.

Thank you for your help

Regards
Peter

Chuck it in your tin of spare bolts until you find what it fits. It will probably still be there in ten years time - unless you throw it away when you will be looking for it next week.

mike.perry wrote:Chuck it in your tin of spare bolts until you find what it fits. It will probably still be there in ten years time - unless you throw it away when you will be looking for it next week.