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Re: Battery box "Twist-o Loco's"

To: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>
Subject: Re: Battery box "Twist-o Loco's"
From: Phil Bates <jello@ida.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 17:31:09 -0600
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Phil Bates
'67 MGB
'58 MGA


Barrie Robinson wrote:

>I am currently on he trail of Dzus fasteners with the retainer washers so 
>they don't fall out of the hole (and under the seat).  I may look into ones 
>with handles on - good idea!!
>
>
>At 02:59 PM 4/7/2003 -0500, Paul Root wrote:
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>>Aeseeyou@aol.com wrote:
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>>>How-dee...
>>>Yep It's the mental midget who has an MGB...so I guess that makes me an 
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>>MGB
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>>>Midget, ehh? But why I've brought this here soap-box to stand on and 
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>>say my
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>>>piece is..."What the hey do you advise that I do to make gaining access 
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>>to my
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>>>battery box on my 1978 MGB not such a pain in the abs? Somebody (DPO?)
>>>somewhere must have had a real tough time twisting the lock pins loose 
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>>'cause
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>>>the slotted heads are now mostly smoothed off from the screw driver 
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>>slipping
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>>>and scrapping off layer after layer of the head. So what I've done is 
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>>tigged
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>>>a wind knob sort of affair on to all 4 pins that are hinged to flop 
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>>down when
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>>>I'm not trying to get to the battery. Does that make any sense to 
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>>anyone. If
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>>>you'd like I could draw one or better yet take a photo of a couple of them
>>>(1) Open (2.) then closed..
>>>Albert Escalante, owner-1978 MGB
>>>Central Coast British Car Club (Ca.)
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>>I think this was talked about a few months ago. I have the same problem.
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>>One solution was to replace the old Dzus fasteners with new ones that
>>have the little handles.
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>>Now, if we knew the size, and where to get them... :-)
>>
>>--
>>Paul T. Root 

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