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Re: 79 Spit - work progress

To: jibrooks@juno.com
Subject: Re: 79 Spit - work progress
From: andertonm@juno.com (Mark R. Anderton)
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 20:17:41 EST
Cc: eddinsk@ncts.nola.navy.mil, triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <s2c78e0f.014@ncts.nola.navy.mil>
On Mon, 30 Dec 1996 22:40:27 EST jibrooks@juno.com (Jack I Brooks) writes:
>
>>I'm still trying to get the oil sump mounting bolts in past the home 
>>made
>>gasket (my wife made it).  Hint:  drill them holes in the gasket!
>
>Sandwich the gasket material between two pieces of wood for really 
>clean bolt holes.
>
>Jack Brooks
>Hillsdale, New Jersey
>1960 TR3-A TS69032L
>1974 Norton Commando Roadster
>
>

They make really nice hole punches that you whack with a hammer.  They
make clean, die-cut type holes of various sizes.  The set I bought
ranges from about 3/16 inch to 3/4 inch.  I got mine from J.C. Whitney a
few years ago.

Mark Anderton

1972 Triumph TR6 (daily driver)
1984 Jaguar XJ6 (2 ea - some people never learn)
1966 Morris Minor (everything a car should be)
1971 Land Rover
1967 Daimler V8 Saloon
1958 Velocette MSS (500cc single)

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