Question for Dick Whittington

[Stephen B.]

Dick,

As you were gleefully marking off points on the Mechanical of my poor 'ole '70 (just kidding), you said that I had an incorrect air cleaner wing nut. You stated that it was too thick. I have found what I believe is the original wing nut. What do you think?

[Stephen B.]

Another picture *NM*

[Kevin M.]

Re: Question for Dick Whittington

Don't know 70's but the thickness is right, the repo looks like the size on my 67 but it as thin as your small one.

Kevin

[Dick W.]

Re: Question for Dick Whittington

Remember what I said about the "nickle and dime"? The replacement is as thick as a nickle. The original are the thickness of a dime

[Dick W.]

Re: Question for Dick Whittington

I meant to add that I do not know if the angle of the picture makes the difference or what, but the original wing nuts are approximately the same size as the repro.

[Joe L.]

Re: Question for Dick Whittington

Stephen-----

Depicted below is an absolutely guaranteed, known-original nut from 1969. 1970 used exactly the same nut.

[Joe L.]

Addendum

By the way, the material thickness on the original wing nut is right at 0.0675"

[Harmon C.]

Re: Addendum

Hey Joe how thick is a dime and a nickel? I can't find my 1" Mikes.

Lyle

[Joe L.]

Re: Addendum

Terry----

A dime is, nominally, 0.052" thick. A nickel is 0.074".