>
> > Moss sells a cheapie set of open-end Whitworth. A bit clumsy but okay
> > if you your car only has a few and access is good.
>
> No, no, no. Whitworth have different head sizes to BSF, the spanners will not
> fit!
>
> I'd be amazed if Moss didn't also sell BSF/BSC (coarse) spanners also, they
>have the
> same head sizes and are pretty well all you need for post-1945 LBCs. If you
> want the best in tools, Snap-On cover all of them.
>
They're certainly sized differently but they do fit. I use my set
fairly regularly. I suggested these tools because they are cheap and if
you only have occasional need they'll get you by. Definitely Snap-On
are better tools; and an order of magnitude more expensive.
When I talked to a Snap-On rep about Whitworth I was lead to believe
that it sub set of BSF/BSC and that Whitworth had sizes that
corresponded dimensionally but were marked differently. That seems to
be the case, at least for my car, because I always seem to be able to
find a Whitworth in my set that fits the non SAE fasteners.
Roland
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