Paul,
You could be right - they just might. I can't think if they would fit
and still have room to move the swinging end or not. There must be some
kind of "shorty" that would do the job, at least. I have only recently
bought a set of ratchet wrenches, so I never tried them.
Dean
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Root [mailto:proot@iaces.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 10:18 AM
To: Dean T. Lake
Cc: Jethogger@aol.com; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: MGB Over Drive Removal Help
Would the ratchet wrenches help in this case?
Dean T. Lake wrote:
> John,
>
> Having done the job a couple of times, I decided to think ahead for
> once. You can drill two 1/2 inch holes through the transmission cross
> brace in line with the bottom two angled fasteners. That way you can
> just send an extension and socket right where you need it. It will
save
> about three quarters of an hour and 1/32 of skin off your knuckles.
> Unfortunately, I never did figure out an easy way to do the job
without
> this modification. I probably spent more time staring at it than just
> doing the unavoidable - that is, tuning the barely accessible bolts
> about a flat at a time with a small wrench.
>
> Dean
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