Snap-On makes the perfect wrench for the job. It's about 12" long, with a
12pt 13mm on one end and a 14mm on the other. Both ends are straight. It
easily reaches down past the rear carb (or throttle body...heh heh) to
loosen the top bolt.
Rob Robinson
CSP 67 2000
Roanoke, Va
-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: Starters
>At 01:29 PM 1/20/99 -0800, Meyer, Tom wrote:
>>I need to pull my starter out and get it checked out. I have had the
>>metal triangle cut out so it is easy to reach the bottom bolt but how
>>the hell do you get to the top bolt? None of my tools are long enough
>>(ok, lets keep this to car talk, no personal jokes).
>
>Buy a short extension and a bottle of Viagra. 8-)
>
>Actually, it's a pain. Sometimes I have managed to get at it with two long
>extensions and a ratchet wrench, with the wrench up by the front cover and
>the extensions going back next to the header. Having a socket with some
>slop or one of the integrated socket/u-joints helps.
>
>The only other way I know is from above with an open-end wrench.
>Gordon Glasgow
>Renton, WA
>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
>
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