Flipdog
Just got it firing!
Hi all! There is conformist in all of us which denies free thought. Which is why I PERSEVERED with the M5 nuts which were supplied with the guard and for which there is the BAREST MINIMUM of clearance to fit -and no, the bolts refused to align from the inside out. I ended up pressing the nut into a socket using two layers of polythene film and trimming the excess before I could finger-wiggle the nut onto the bolt using a 1/4 inch bar extension and 68 year knuckle joints. Before the poly film idea the nuts kept falling off and I had to use an airline to blow them out of the handy cavity-cum-clearance that MG had thoughtfully left for them to fall into.
Then I was showering this morning, a time and a place where all great thoughts seem to happen, and I wondered why MG hadn't simply left us a threaded hole in the lug. Then I thought 'Why hadn't I simply drilled and threaded the hole in the lug'
? An M7 x 1 drill size for tapping is 6.1 (if you can find a bolt) or a common M8 x 1.25 is 6.7 and I bet I could have eased either through the lot and given myself at least three threads which is enough to hold a bitty sheety vanity thing in place with the addition of some medium strength Locktite.
Having been handed two bolts with two nuts to do the job I regret the conformist had won, -- this time.
Then I was showering this morning, a time and a place where all great thoughts seem to happen, and I wondered why MG hadn't simply left us a threaded hole in the lug. Then I thought 'Why hadn't I simply drilled and threaded the hole in the lug'
? An M7 x 1 drill size for tapping is 6.1 (if you can find a bolt) or a common M8 x 1.25 is 6.7 and I bet I could have eased either through the lot and given myself at least three threads which is enough to hold a bitty sheety vanity thing in place with the addition of some medium strength Locktite.Having been handed two bolts with two nuts to do the job I regret the conformist had won, -- this time.
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