It is definately 1-13/16". I had planned a Friday off the replace the
timing chain and hopefully fix the leak around the crank seal when I got to
that nut! Obviously bigger than any wrench I had. I went to three or for
stores looking to buy one and finally ended up at a rental shop. For about
$7 I took a breaker bar, 1-13/16, 1-7/8, and 2" socket. The real fun comes
when you try to get the nut off. (Having my wife jam a spike into the
flywheel gear did it for me - almost ended the marriage.) By the way, now
it leaks behind the front plate - I park over cardboard.
Ken St.John '74 1500, '65 Mk II Project
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Lemen [mailto:ralemen@cableone.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 8:57 PM
To: gary durham
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Crank pulley nut size
Gary many thanks. Bob Harris also agrees. So that's great. If I can't
get a socket I did not want o rob my self of running the car this
weekend. What's another couple of oils drips. I was on the phone with a
local MGB friend who thinks he knows someone ( in the service business,
he in the parts business) that has one. Never heard of the store you
mention but it must be similar to D&B here that sells all that farm
stuff etc. I have the 1/2" long torque wrench (and a 1/2" socket set
from the seventies that I got for my Dolomite 1500HL in the UK), so
should be set if I can get the socket.
Engine is still in the car which hopefully will make it easier.
Alan
gary durham wrote:
> Alan,
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>
>
> You ARE asking about the size of the crank pulley nut? Go buy a
> 1&13/16" 1/2" drive socket from some place like Farm 'n Fleet. Costs
> about... I don't know, under $10.00 anyway, and is the size you need.
> Advantage there is, if you don't own a 1/2" drive set, then you can
> just buy the socket, by itself, along with a 1/2" breaker bar.
>
>
>
> Again, it's one and thirteen-sixteenths of an inch (what an odd size!).
>
>
>
> By the way, is your engine on the car, or a bench?
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> Gary Durham
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> On Thu, 07 Mar 2002 20:12:48 -0700 Alan Lemen < ralemen@cableone.net
> <mailto:ralemen@cableone.net> > writes:
> > Anybody know the size of this. Bentley says 1" but a rough guess is 1
> > 7/8".
> >
> > I have to fix the oil leak from the timing cover seal.
> >
> > Alan ( '76 1500)
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