How come you always seem to lose the first thing you go to rebuild?!?! Checked and i think everything else is there except the thermostat bolts!

anyone know lenght type etc...

Isn't always the way... just to put another hurdle in the way!

Never the 2nd or 3rd thing always the 1st thing you go to put on!

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Know the feeling - Can't find the radiator/engine mount yet I know I've seen it somewhere and also the darn 'Y' piece fuel line for the twin carbies - worrying thing about that is I haven't seen it for some time so got no idea where to look - and the garage has been rearranged since I last saw it

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My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

They are studs, not bolts.
5/16 UNC on the bottom, 5/16 UNF on the top. Can't remember length.

On my motors I use 5/16 UNC socket head capscrews. Why?
They don't corrode into the thermo housing like studs can- the act of undoing them breaks free any lurking corrosion.
I put a bit of Loctite/Permatex #3 on the threads before screwing them in.

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doesnt that just piss you off, when your parents, wife, girlfriend, sibling...whoever..... says im sick of this "mess" and cleans it up. then when you come back to it you cant find a dam thing..

anyway, i have learnt to put all my bolts and stuff in boxes or zip lock bags and d clearly labelled

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1975 Leyland Mini: 1060cc - resto/ ex-hsc project.

length??

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The reason for loosing bits is so that you have to fit new ones as the old ones were stuffed

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They were bolts in clubman motors with pollution gear.

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thats mine!!!! any idea on length!?!?

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Ill have a look and see what i can find.

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my bro got a motor with bolts as well not studs good idea i recon

I've seen several different styles of Thermo Housing which in turn means several different lengths of stud/bolt. Maybe measure the depth of the boss on the housing then add enough for the thread.

Dicko

Here is the bolt used on a clubman 998 pollution motor with LH engine steady bracket, spacer & Air pump thermostat housing. 5/16 x 2.5 - UNC

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Love the good Doc's (as always) top reason for doing things his way, ie using 5/16 UNC socket head capscrews. Doc, you're a legend the way you freely give of your information. Kudos to you.

Hooroo

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