Roger Menadue received a torque wrench as an award at Le Mans -
http://www.team.net/html/team-thicko/2003-03/msg00024.html
Cheers,
Bob Haskell
AHCA 3000 Mk I registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php
On 01/15/2015 01:14 AM, josef-eckert@t-online.de wrote:
>
> Roger Menadue, the chief mechanic at Warwick, never used a torque wrench, as
> he once told me when I met him. You should feel it in your hands he said,
> otherwise you are not a good mechanic.
> When fixing a drive shaft nut on a Mini its best you knock it on as long
> till your socket breaks, was another of his advices. These times are gone and
> I am lucky to find reasonably priced Hazet, Belzer or Gedore torque wreches
> here in Germany which do the job longer than I live.
>
> Josef Eckert
> Konigswinter/Germany
>
> -----Original-Nachricht-----
> Betreff: [Healeys] torque wrench
> Datum: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 06:48:23 +0100
> Von: "healeymanjim" <healeymanjim@hansencc.net>
> An: healeys@autox.team.net <healeys@autox.team.net>
>
> I wonder how many healeys out there have not had a torque wrench close to
> them in many years. lot of shade tree mechanics back then that had minimum
> tools working on these cars.
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