I think the wrenches I have are steel. I fashioned a couple of plugs
(from 2x4s) with eyelets to seal the holes.
Cheers,
Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar
On 7/7/20 12:17 PM, Bob Spidell wrote:
> Hate it when that happens. I think they're aluminium, so you can't fetch
> them with a magnetic pick-up tool.
>
>
> On 7/7/2020 8:52 AM, Michael Salter wrote:
>> And be very careful not to drop the little wrench down inside the
>> front suspension strut like I did yesterday ð??
>>
>> On Tue., Jul. 7, 2020, 11:24 a.m. Bob Spidell, <bspidell@comcast.net
>> <mailto:bspidell@comcast.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> I don't have mine handy, but from memory:
>>
>> The two black plastic rod-looking things go into the center of the
>> vacuum pistons. In those go the 90-deg bent wires. With these you
>> can see the pistons rise and fall, so as to even airflow. They
>> also allow ballpark 1/32 piston lifts to check mixture.
>>
>> The small brass plug-looking thing is a jet-centering tool that
>> goes in place of a jet; very handy if you're doing a complete
>> overhaul and replacing the jets.
>>
>> By far the most useful tool is the small wrench that looks like
>> the tool some people use to floss; it's the only way I can get to
>> the jet adjusting nuts on my BN2. Any other tool--wrench, pliers,
>> etc.--would be almost impossible to use with the carbs on the car.
>>
>> All in all, a simple but useful collection of tools. Did I miss any?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On 7/7/2020 4:41 AM, Tom via Healeys wrote:
>>>
>>> I've always wondered:Â Â what do each of those little tools in the
>>> tuning kit do?
>>>
>>> - Tom
>>>
>
>
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