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Subject:Re: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw
From:Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Date:Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:00:05 -0700

David Beierl wrote:
> At 02:51 PM 6/26/2010 Saturday, Alan Felder wrote:
>> in stainless or can get it for you.  Its a B4,8x38, fillister head.
>
> And 4.8 mm just happens to be 3.023622047/16 of an inch, surprise!  As
> someone on the list explained a few years ago all the European sheet
> metal screws are inch sizes expressed in metric units.

I was wondering how to interpret "B4,8x38" -- so, what is that -- 4.8mm
(3/16'') diameter and, uh, 38 TPI? The "B" ... ?

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