Seat Shim Cloth Bags

[Kenneth T.]

Re: Seat Shim Cloth Bags

What some are calling repo bags are not really repo I work for Delta airlines in aircraft maintenance going back 30 years and we have use this bag since I started they hold bolts and nuts when we remove them from what every we are working on and they were used long before I ever got there. We then tie the bag with the string to what ever we are working on just to keep things in order. So I would say that the venders are just buying the bags from a company like McMaster-Carr I think they are in their catalog and selling them to us. They come in a box by the hundreds and there are different sizes. Paul 18046

Paul,

I worked for Eastern Air Lines and that post was deja-vu. I remember those bags by the hundreds everywhere. I probably have some in my old tool box...collector's items now.

Ken

[Sal C.]

Re: Seat Shim Cloth Bags

I (Restoration Parts Outlet) have had the correct bags from the original manufacturer for more than 15 years. They measure 6 1/2 X 4 3/4, with red stiching, and yellow draw string. You all knew that. Didn't you?

[Alan S.]

Re: Seat Shim Cloth Bags

Hi Kevin,
I've replaced 'discarded items' with original shims and what I believe is a reproduction ( McMaster-Carr ?) bag.
Years ago a person could buy the shims at Carlisle or Knoxville for a dollar or so. No one cared much about 68 up parts then. Now we have air cleaner wing-nuts that go for ....?
Regards,
Alan

PS: I still keep looking for a nice stained, rusty, bag.

[Pat M.]

Re: Seat Shim Cloth Bags

Hi Alan. Check out ebay, original bags show up relatively often. One really nice one, with the shims and washers, recently sold for $22. I've seen others sell in the $50-$60 range.