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Wrench sizes, was Re: Rear axle help, please

To: REwald9535@aol.com
Subject: Wrench sizes, was Re: Rear axle help, please
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 19:37:57 -0800
Strange, but in working on the 77B I find myself periodically reaching into the
drawer with my TD's Whitworth wrenches to find one that fits better.

Bud Krueger
52TD
77MGB

REwald9535@aol.com wrote:

> <snip>
> >
> >    Ditto on the flare nut wrenches.  They're worth evrery penney.  It
> >  sometimes takes a lot of force to break old flare fittings loose.
> >
> >    For LBC content:  The banjo bolts I got from Moss for my new B fuel
> >  pump are chrome plated.  They look nice but none of my wrenches fit
> >  them!  They are just enough oversize that the wrench that should fit
> >  doesn't and the next size up (in 32nds) is loose.  Couldn't even get a
> >  metric to fit well.    GRRRRRR.....   Hard to get an adjustable wrench
> >  in there....... More GRRRRRRR....... ;^)
>
> Here is a use for those cheap China or India wrenchs, go sort through the
> cheap stuff and I'll bet you can find a wrench that fits do to poor quality
> control.
> Either that or you can go get a British Standard Cresent wrench.
>
> Rick




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