Metric fastener source?

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

Hah, good luck! According to a number of people I dealt with, M12x1.5
doesn't exist and it "must be an SAE bolt". Idiots.

I finally found a little True Value hole-in-the-wall place that carried
that odd thread pitch and got what I was looking for (in my case, it was a
bolt to plug the threaded hole in the exhaust manifold where that little
blue-capped test tube used to attach (mine broke off, no biggie.. right?)

-Toby

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, John C. Worden wrote:

> I'm looking for some metric bolts in the M12 1.5 pitch, which it seems is
> an odd size.
> Anyone have any ideas of an online source?  I had no luck today with my
> local industrial
> supply house and will try the local fastener supply shops tomorrow but I am
> not expecting
> good luck there as even McMaster Carr doesn't list that size.  Threaded rod
> is acceptable
> too.  I wish VW had chosen a different thread pitch for the wheels!
>
> John
>