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Found this in the small bolt can from the farm.I've google every term I could think of and nothing :( Any idea what it is from? Probably over 60 years old. 3/16 diameter SAE thread.
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Two that come to mind is the very old international harvester mc McCormick Deereing or Minneapolis Molene . My guesses.
 
Blast....you got it right before my brain clicked in a few minutes later. Was stuck in tractor gear and not truck.
 


There was a thread about this just a few weeks ago. It used to be common for bolt manufacturers to put their brand on the heads.
 
Some good clues. I googled image for all of the above with..... vintage/old/logo and bolt head. AC mack is close,but not correct. I thought maybe Maytag or a hit and miss engine of some sort....but nothing. Could be anything farm/household related such as burr mill,livestock equipment,windmill,cream separator or odd ball machinery. Circle M,circle W.....I seem to think I have seen it .....somewhere in the past :-(
 
I can see "ETD" in that symbol, stare at it long enough, it'll pop right off the screen at you. AND, we all know what ETD means right? I believe it is an anchor bolt for the directional drive assembly, one leg on the symbol for each of the three compass directions.
 
Actually a Y, an M, and an I put together.

Figured that Y was pretty prominent and stood out to me, you all are focused on the M and didn?t go down the alphabet far enough. :)

Paul
 
Could also be I Y I

If you google I Y I it can stand for;

Intellectual Yet Idiot

If that is the case then I want to order a box of these to hand out to some of the choice individuals I have crossed paths with over the years.
 

Nothing to do with whatever it was used in. Nobody makes their own bolts. They are purchased from the bolt manufacturer, and a lot of them used to imprint the head.
 
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Nothing to do with whatever it was used in. Nobody makes their own bolts. They are purchased from the bolt manufacturer, and a lot of them used to imprint the head.
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Chevrolet has been making the Bolt EV since 2017 :eek:
 

I sometimes carry a spare bolt , nut or washer in my pocket when inspecting vehicles or machines at shows.
An oily orphan fastener laying under the machine often panics the owner.
 
(quoted from post at 22:55:41 11/17/19) Some good clues. I googled image for all of the above with..... vintage/old/logo and bolt head. AC mack is close,but not correct. I thought maybe Maytag or a hit and miss engine of some sort....but nothing. Could be anything farm/household related such as burr mill,livestock equipment,windmill,cream separator or odd ball machinery. Circle M,circle W.....I seem to think I have seen it .....somewhere in the past :-(
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Given the small size of the "bolt" (O.P. said it was 3/16") rules out it being used on many of the suggested machines because it's so small (unless to hold trim or a nameplate on).

It looks to me to be plated, and that would limit its age by quite a bit, when did plated bolts become common, late '50's, maybe?
 
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