MGB: Filling holes left open from removing air rail

Th Air pump was long gone when I got the car and you dont want to know let alone see what the PSO did to solve that problem..... well I have spent some time looking for a way to do a nice clean job and am not happy with what I am finding. So what have others done to solve this problem

I used some black anodized socket head bolts

A forum member sells plugs on ebay , maybe he'll chime in.

I forget the thread size (possibly 7/16-20), but you can find socket-head set screws that will do the job at a good hardware store.

i got these brass bolts (top of pic hopefully attached below) off the internet. i like these better than the black plugs...more decorative and looks like they are meant to be there. IMHO.

use 7/16 fine thread hex set screws, about one 3/4 inch long...they go right in and flush with the engine head....make the picture bigger and you can see them closer. Got them at Fastenall.

jrhickmn Wrote:

I use grub screws in mine. You can see them in this picture:



This is what they look like out of the head:

Dem's the beasts - "socket head set screws" in the McMaster catalog (but I don't want to buy 100 of 'em)!

Ace Hardware has them.

Phantomracer on the forum sells them, when I need them I just Paypal him a little money and the mailman hands them right to me a couple of days later.

7/16-20 socket set screws, about 1/2" long, run a tap thru them first, and you'll get a nice flush fit, I use Brighton-Best part # 101541-100 ( the 100 at the end are for 100 count) I think Rusty or somebody that post here sells them in sets of the number needed for a MGB, on Ebay. Flushed out socket set screws look alot better than any bolt you can use, looks professional IMHO. Here's a Midget engine I just finished, with a 12H-1316 smog head with 7/16-20 socket set screws in the air rail holes, Midgets and MGBs take the same size plug size for the air rail holes .

I bought the set screws at McMaster-Carr. I think they came 6 to a box, or maybe 8 to a box. You don't have to buy 100.

Very affordable, and got them in about 2 days.

7/16-20 x 1/2" 18-8 Stainless Steel Cup Point Set Screws. McMaster part # 92311A663. Box of 10 $7.24, according to catalog #114. Also available in Black Alloy Steel, box of 25, $8.06.

I used black grub screws, too. The were inexpensive, and seat well.

just paypal (yellow_mgb@yahoo.com) me $5 for 4 and I will ship em out Priority Mail (cheaper than my ebay ad) just make sure your address is correct. Offer is good to anyone who needs em.

Paul