Does anyone recognise this part?

[lestere]

Season’s Greetings
Today I’ve been reassembling my right hand front suspension after replacing all the bushes and ball joints. I thought this would be a good time to convert to RHD too, so have removed the rack and the bonnet and radiator to give better access and do some cleaning of difficult to reach areas.
I been carefully bagging and labelling all parts but I seem to have two of these which look like spacer shims labelled KA-316 3/4ᵒ. Does anyone recognise these parts and know where they are fitted?
Thanks, in anticipation
Lester

[Red Kite]

Wishbone shim ?

[lestere]

Thanks for the reply. I’ve fitted the front and rear upper wishbone shims. They are much thinner than this with smaller bolt apertures. The strange thing is I can’t find this KA-316 in the parts book. No luck with google on the part number either.

[Tony]

Is it a packing for the bonnet hinge alignment.

[abowie]

The labelling suggests it is a suspension shim made of 316 stainless that gives 0.75 degrees of camber.
It doesn't look like original E Type to me.

[lestere]

Thanks for the replies so far. I just can’t remember taking these off of the car. I also thought they looked like bonnet spacers but I haven’t removed any of these……. Removing the bonnet by undoing only the two hinge bolts. The confusing part is I cant find any suspension part with similar fixing size and spacing to match these??

[mgcjag]

Hi Lester.....as said above dosnt look like E type.....also look new/unused....Steve

[64etype]

Rear door/hatch hinge shims, perhaps? Not quite like originals, but the length is about right.

[lestere]

Thanks for your thoughts. I have now reassembled the right front suspension and didn’t need these shims?? I did look to see if they matched the bolt spacing while assembling and they did not; so I can only assume they were accidently mixed in with my parts. Sorry to waste everyone’s time.
On the positive side, everything dismantled very easily and went back without a problem. None of the very old and perished rubber bushes were seized on the shafts and the wishbone cleaned up with just a wire brush. Even the brake disk/rotor shields cleaned up with some degreaser and the wire brush. It seems hard to believe these are 50+years old. Is there any way of knowing if they are replacement parts? I can’t find a part number!
I have decided while doing this front end refresh I may as well convert from left to right hand drive. So, I have ordered the rack. I just couldn’t see the point in putting the old rack back especially as I could feel a small amount of play in it.
Happy New Year to all.