Ford Bolts: #'s & Symbols???
LieutenantCracker
04-30-2009, 04:30 AM
[FONT="Trebuchet MS"]Hopefully I'm correct in starting a new thread here, even though the subj. stems from an other post http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=948863 .
Question re: Ford bolts, screws & fasteners, in-general: Where can I locate / is it even possible to obtain, a chart or some-sort of magical decoder amulet that will tell me what the significance of the #'s & symbols on FMC's bolt-heads mean???!!!
I had to do a bit o' guess-work figuring-out which (4) bolts to use on the "U"-brace/bracket on an alternator for a 1999 Crown Vic 4.6, V8..... , b/c I didn't have the old bolts to compare them to.
Anyway, near the area under the car where the bracket had been tossed-aside by the person(s) who pulled the alternator itself, I found 2 bolts that were both stamped on the head w/ an "M" inside a Hexagon (6 sided shape-- each side of equal length [just in-case some of us needed a geometry refresher[!]), & "9.8" below that. They seemed to thread perfectly into the hole(s) but I couldn't find 2 more like them HOWEVER, I did find two similar looking 1's, stamped w/ what looked like a small, waving flag, w/o a pole, above the #"9.8". These also threaded (seemingly) perfectly into the holes.
Long-&-the-short of it is: I ended-up shearing one of each (using a torque wrench, @ torque halfway between max and min, recommended by AllData & FSM). Upon further research (& after extracting the sheared threaded-shafts), I found that there were several different types of bolts that had the VERY SAME markings as the ones I mentioned & there were 4 to 5 variations of size, shape & even thread-configuration... But the same stamp(!). Maybe there's some obvious "code" that I'm just not "getting" & I'm just showing that I'm still REALLY "wet behind the ears" w/ this DIY car stuff but, how the heck do ya' mark one bolt w/ one thing, & a completely different bolt w/ the SAME darn thing as the last 1???!!!
As always...
Thanks, in advance (probably to WayTooOld[LOL!])
Louis T. Racker
Atlanta, Ga
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Question re: Ford bolts, screws & fasteners, in-general: Where can I locate / is it even possible to obtain, a chart or some-sort of magical decoder amulet that will tell me what the significance of the #'s & symbols on FMC's bolt-heads mean???!!!
I had to do a bit o' guess-work figuring-out which (4) bolts to use on the "U"-brace/bracket on an alternator for a 1999 Crown Vic 4.6, V8..... , b/c I didn't have the old bolts to compare them to.
Anyway, near the area under the car where the bracket had been tossed-aside by the person(s) who pulled the alternator itself, I found 2 bolts that were both stamped on the head w/ an "M" inside a Hexagon (6 sided shape-- each side of equal length [just in-case some of us needed a geometry refresher[!]), & "9.8" below that. They seemed to thread perfectly into the hole(s) but I couldn't find 2 more like them HOWEVER, I did find two similar looking 1's, stamped w/ what looked like a small, waving flag, w/o a pole, above the #"9.8". These also threaded (seemingly) perfectly into the holes.
Long-&-the-short of it is: I ended-up shearing one of each (using a torque wrench, @ torque halfway between max and min, recommended by AllData & FSM). Upon further research (& after extracting the sheared threaded-shafts), I found that there were several different types of bolts that had the VERY SAME markings as the ones I mentioned & there were 4 to 5 variations of size, shape & even thread-configuration... But the same stamp(!). Maybe there's some obvious "code" that I'm just not "getting" & I'm just showing that I'm still REALLY "wet behind the ears" w/ this DIY car stuff but, how the heck do ya' mark one bolt w/ one thing, & a completely different bolt w/ the SAME darn thing as the last 1???!!!
As always...
Thanks, in advance (probably to WayTooOld[LOL!])
Louis T. Racker
Atlanta, Ga
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way2old
05-05-2009, 01:28 PM
Hey Lt. Hopefully you can open the attachment. It is all I can find in the Ford Manual.
LieutenantCracker
05-13-2009, 07:17 AM
Nope, Way2... Tried me darndest, I did but, Alas!. . . She wouldn't open for me (--story of my life [LOL!])
Where exactly did you find this ellusive .pdf ? Is it from the FSM? If so: WHERE in the SM? I was unable to find useful info there.
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Where exactly did you find this ellusive .pdf ? Is it from the FSM? If so: WHERE in the SM? I was unable to find useful info there.
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way2old
05-13-2009, 06:49 PM
I got this from our on line repair manual. If you have a Metrics area in your service manual, that is where it is. Sorry I can not give link to the page without giving the password also. You need Acrobat Adobe 8.0 to open the pdf.
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