I have switched to a 12" extension and regular socket. I drop a smaller nut
into the socket and then put the 'real' nut on top of that, this holds the
nut I am trying to start at the top of the socket. Since the other nut is
smaller I don't have to worry about it going onto the stud while I'm trying
to work on the first nut.
Sometimes, in particularly heinous situations, you can stick some white
grease into the socket to hold everything together a little bit while trying
to get situated.
James Nazarian
71B Tourer
71BGT V8
85 Dodge Ram
----- Original Message -----
From: MonteMorris <mmorris@nemr.net>
To: MG list <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:51 PM
Subject: torque settings
> In another matter, while working on putting the manifold back on, I
> discovered a trick to getting the nuts on the manifold/headpipe union that
> saved me a lot of time. I'm sure many of you mechanic-type people know
this
> or have discovered it over the years, but the first time I tried to get my
> big hands into that small space underneath the manifold to thread on nuts
it
> took me several hours and I even taught myself some new four letter words.
> This time, I used one of those flexible pick-up tools with the dual
gripping
> claws on the end to hold the nut and turned it on by turning the shaft.
With
> this and a flexible shaft for the ratchet it worked like a charm-maybe 15
> minutes total. I took Barney's suggestion and used stainless steel nuts
and
> double-nutted each one. He said that this will hold that union leak-free
for
> a long time; much longer than the brass nuts that come loose and can't be
> torqued as much.
>
> FWIW,
>
> Monte
> 79B, Carmine
> 67B, BRG
> 74 1/2 Rust, parts car
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