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MG MGB GT V8 Factory Originals Technical - Rover engine help!!!!

Hey All,

No one answered my last question on water pump bolts, so here is a general question on bolts period.

Can anyone out there tell us if a 80 Rover 3.5 engine uses SAE bolts? We are sure they are not metric, but is there something else it uses???????

Thanks,

Evie
Evie

THEY ARE SAE THREAD AND NOTHING ELSE.I HOPE THAT HELPED OUT!!
ANDYS MGBV8 PARTS
ANDY ACHAUER

What is SAE? I thought all the bolts were UNF on steel to steel and those that bolt directly into the ally block are UNC, that is Unified Fine and Unified Course
Leslie Cole

Society of Automotive Engineers I believe, which I think is the same as UNF.

Stainzy
Stainzy

Correct about SAE. They can be UNF (fine) or UNC (course).
Derek Nicholson

of course it's coarse...
David

Hi All, once again!

So, it looks like the engine might be using sizes like 1/4-20 and 5/16-20 as we suspected it might in some areas? (Ones currently in quesiton are for the water pump on a Rover 3.5 and there are two different sizes for sure.)

Thanks much,

Evie
Evie

This thread was discussed between 02/06/2001 and 04/06/2001

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