![]() 05/15/2015 at 12:49 • Filed to: celica, rust, car work, oppositelock | ![]() | ![]() |
Just as it says on the tin. What do you guys do for hardware?
With how old and rotten some of the metal on my ‘73 Celica is, I’m inevitably breaking bolts here and there, and don’t necessarily like trying to go to the Fastenal or NAPA to try for others. They’ll sometimes have the right length and thread pitch, but different head sizes, and I’d like to keep the bolts as close to what came on the car as possible.
I know that a 10,12, and 14mm wrenches and sockets will pretty much dismantle it.
Trying to get this
Ready for a day at the Hot Rod Power Tour on June 6th. and then a road trip on June 13th,
Anyone want to come help? I’m about 60 miles N of Madison,WI. Beer and Pizza will be provided.
I know it looks like a pile, but it’s MY pile...
![]() 05/15/2015 at 12:53 |
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McMaster is my favorite. Still haven’t found a good source for high corrosion resistance hardware though, so let me know if you find it.
Think you need to be using JIS fasteners to keep the head sizes, instead of DIN.
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Find a local hardware store with a good selection. There’s one in my area with all of the weird stuff that pretty much has me covered. I’ve only had to go to fastenal once so far.
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There’s a company near me called Pre-Fix (UK, sowwy) that is unbeatable for bolts, fixings, screws etc. and as of yet, I haven’t found something that they can’t supply. They even have Whitworth bolts. I’m sure the business is a front for something too, because the guy pulls the prices out of his arse and it’s impossibly cheap, as long as it’s cash. Anyway, enjoy these letters on a screen, because that’s about the only use this reply is to you.
![]() 05/15/2015 at 13:05 |
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Damn right! Be proud of your POS! I know I am and it’s not much further along than yours. Fortunately my project car is well covered by the reproduction companies so if I need a special fastener I can find it pretty easily but you might take a peek at your local Lowe’s as they usually have a pretty good selection of nuts and bolts. Also, keep an eye out at your local self-serve junkyard. It’s more work but you can get the original stuff (if it’s not rusted).
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Also, you could just buy the OEM bolt from Toyota. It’s more expensive, but they usually have all the nice coatings already added, and will be exactly correct. There are some bolts, especially on the VW, that I do that for.
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There’s an auto body supply shop about 3 miles from my house that has stuff from here: http://www.wesales.com/
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Ruuuuuuuuuust. I assume “Anyone want to come help?” was already posed to Tohru with the response “fuck no”. Anyway, for ordinary SAE grade 8s and grade 5s I typically hit up Tractor Supply, because they sell bolts by weight - i.e. you can buy literally by the bucket. Useless if you’re trying to keep to metric fasteners, because their metric selection is pretty small, but inch, they’re pretty good.
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This. We have a local place that’s a former “Do It Best” hardware store. Huge hardware selection that I’ve been getting stuff for my Celica at. Just take a known good bolt/screw with you and try them out (my place has a bolt sizer/thread pitch sizer on top of the bins).
Another option it to scour Celica forums. I usually end up with misc hardware from tearing into stuff. The First Gen guys probably do as well.
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I like to find the actual diagram with part numbers and find an exact replacement using the part number for the bolt. For BMWs it is pretty easy. I don’t know about toyotas though.
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Tohru is helping. Not a huuuuge worry there, but I always work better when there’s someone else there. Working on this I will admit I get discouraged easily.
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I’ve scoured forums, but it’s always necessary RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT. not 3 days from then, that’s the issue. you get stopped by ONE freakin’ bolt, and then can’t continue.
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Hey, if I ever have a car with Whitworth bolts, I’ll be in touch.
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I’d love to go to my local self-serve junkyard. but there isn’t one. not one. Nearest one is Milwaukee, 130 miles one way. and I doubt they’ll have old Toyota stuff.
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I could, I suppose. but they’re still 20-30 miles away, and it’s always a thing of random bolts at random times.
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I’ve never seen a listing like that for classic Toyotas.
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There doesn’t seem to be any shops like that near me, sadly.
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This is most definitely true. When I lived in Midland, MI, there was a shop in the industrial district that had basically all the fasteners I could ever need. it was great. but here in Oxford, Bumblefuck, WI, not so much.
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They exist, but getting original bolts from Toyota’s a pain. Just go the hardware store route.
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I have been. all the heads of the bolts are massive. and no one in this area has heard of metric bolts. Seriously, they have probably every POSSIBLE SAE bolt I could ever need. but no metric. You’ll note, on a 1973 Toyota Celica, there aren’t that many SAE bolts. and apparently, I need JIS metric bolts, to get the head sizes I want.
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Ahh. Midwest? Sorry :(
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I wish I had time to come help, but we just had another little one, so there’s no way that’s going to happen. I work really close to a McMaster-Carr warehouse, so if you find something there that you need, I could always pick it up and send it to you. Buuuuut, that probably doesn’t help you at all.
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Yeah, your LOCAL hardware store is gonna be your best friend. Don’t go to the big box stores.
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I don’t think my local hardware store has heard of a metric bolt. “Barud’s True Value Hardware” is not a new-age store. I found a Weber cookbook in there from 1991.