Tom,
I have found that there are actually very few whitworth bolts on a
Bugeye. The original brass nut on the starter wire. The Brass caps on
the original 1 1/8 carbs, and maybe a couple others. for a few of the
bolts a metric wrench works better. A lot of your frustration may be due
to rusted or rounded off bolts which do not seem to fit any wrench you
have, In a case like this I try to find a socket or box end wrench that
is tight on the bolt and whack it on to the bolt. Once I have the bolt
removed I replace it with a good one. Now if you were doing a MGTD you
would need the whitworth set.
Peter.
>From: "Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@ibm.net>
>Subject: Whitworth tools
>
>I'm really getting tired of not having the right sized wrench for
whatever
>I'm wrenching on my Bugeye.
>
>Does anyone have a good place for obtaining Whitworth tools? Moss wants
an
>arm and a leg for a small set that just goes up to 1/2".
>
>For that matter, is there anything to know about the thread sizes? I'm
>rather new to this game. Where does one get Whitworth bolts and screws?
>
>Tom Zuchowski
>'61 Bugeye
>
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