Miata Mailing List: September 1999, Message #2902

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From: "Fletcher Blades" <fletch@powerlink.co.nz>
Subject:Re: Torx, Philips, etc.
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 02:51:40 -0400

>
>If the earlier Miatas have "Phillips" fasteners holding the
>top latch on the header, you can bet they are probably #3
>JIS crosspoint and not #3 Phillips.
>
>Tom Blough

Down here in metric NZ, I've never heard of "JIS crosspoint".

Is this what we call "pozi-drive" ?

Pozi-drive has squarer edges than philips, and the fasteners themselves have
a little extra cross etched at a 45 degrees from the actual drive grooves
into the face of the fastener, so you can easily identify them...

Also my Oct-89, and all other MX-5's I've seen have torx for the header
clips. I'm guessing Denis' have been replaced...

Fletch.
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