What!! No hacksaw and elbow grease?
(Says the man with a rheumatism riddled right elbow!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "rrengineer @dslextreme.com" <rrengineer@dslextreme.com>
To: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Hex Size
> Glen,
> I don't have any way to cut 1/8th steel. I can't fit a Crescent
> wrench
> in there with the transmission in place. Could have used it with the
> engine
> outside the car, but...
> Mike
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> I made a wrench out of 1/8" thick steel about 2"wide and four inches
>> long.
>> Its the only thing I could get to fit.
>>
>> Glen
>>
>> > Anyone that has done Paul's 5 speed conversion know what size the hex
>> > nut
>> > is
>> > for the angle drive to transmission fitting? Mine fell off from
>> > vibration
>> > (maybe I forgot to tighten it before I installed the transmission).
>> > Anyway
>> > I spent the better part of two hours last night scraping my knuckles
>> > trying
>> > to fit the the speedo cable and angle drive unit back on the
>> > transmission
>> > through the shifter can hole. I got the hex nut finger tight, but I
>> > don't
>> > have a wrench big enough to fit the hex. The largest I have is 24mm.
>> > Mike MacLean
>> > 60 Sprite
>> > 56 BN2
>> >
>>
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