<VV> Lost Hardware

[Shaun McGarvey]

Hi Dave, and others, now I'm not telling anyone what to do, but when I 
dissassemble something that isn't going right back together, I reassemble 
all the fasteners into their original holes. It takes a minute but probably 
less time than going for baggies and a marker, plus when I pick up the parts 
again, all the fasteners are right there in the right spots. For me this 
isn't really important with Corvairs, because now I can reassemble almost 
any part of a Corvair from memory and if there's a missing fastener I have a 
"hellbox" filled with fasteners from stripped parts cars, but with some of 
my less familiar contraptions it works wonders. I'm teaching my kids this 
trick too, so now when I come across something that they've disassembled and 
left for dead, all the fasteners are right where they should be so I can 
still fix it!

yea, Vairily ... Shaun

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Thompson" <dave.thompson at verizon.net>
To: "'Corvair List'" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:26 AM
Subject: <VV> Lost Hardware


> This string on lost suspension bolts has prompted me to get involved.
>
>
>
> Whenever I take something apart, let it be a car, chair, faucet or 
> anything
> with multiple parts, I put the parts into a zip-lock baggie and write 
> their
> application on the bag with a felt tipped pen. If the parts are part of a
> larger assembly, I usually zip-tie the bag to the larger part. I also have 
> a
> shelf in my shop for "baggied parts". I go to the 99 cent store and get
> several sizes of baggies to keep in stock in my shop. Ever since I learned
> this trick back in the 80's I have seldom lost small parts.
>
>
>
> This is just my opinion but it works for me.
>
>
>
> Dave Thompson
>
> 63 Spyder vert
>
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