Obviously these engines were designed before standardized measurements and
"foot" and "pound" depended upon who was the then-current King of England.
As said, the nuts on my car are not crenellated and I am going to go with a
new-fangled invention called the torque wrench and the numbers suggested.
Thanks all and fingers (not digits) crossed--Michael Oritt
On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 10:14 AM, josef-eckert at t-online.de <
josef-eckert at t-online.de> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> originally castellated nuts were used. Tighten as good as you can and turn
> back to nearest slot.
>
> At the time the Austin-Healey 100 was out there were not many torque
> settings given. Roger Menadue (works chief mechanic at Warwick) never used
> a torque wrench. He got a golden one as a present at Le Mans 1963 as best
> mechanic. He put it in his tool box but never used it.
>
> So my suggestion, tighten as good as you can or use the torque settings
> for the 6cylinder engines
>
>
>
> Josef Eckert
>
> Konigswinter/Germany
>
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> Betreff: [Healeys] Torque settings needed
>
> Datum: 2017-10-14T15:50:13+0200
>
> Von: "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt at gmail.com>
>
> An: "Austin Healey" <healeys at autox.team.net>
>
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> I am about to replace the connecting rod and center main bearings on my
> 100 and do not understand the following statement in the Service Manual:
>
> "Main Bearing Stud Nuts/Connecting rod big end
> nuts.....................Castellated-tighten to Nr. Slot."
>
> The rod and main cap nuts are not castellated and even if they were
> shouldn't there be a torque value given?
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
> ?
>
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