In 1988 we were putting on an addition (with garage, of course!), so I
had to store the B out back. When the garage was finished, I put it in
the brand new garage, popped open the hood & was fiddling with the
fuse box. Well, , it was looking back at me! The mouse had made a nice
little home behind the panel that supports the fuse box. The mouse
promptly ran away, with my 2 cats watching, slightly bemused. God
forbid they should chase it.
Ah yes, the pedal box screws (Why do I sound like Mr. Burns? "Ah yes,
Simpson. Pedestrian, yet, fascinating"). I finally got mine out last
year, the old chisel on the side of the screw head trick. Tedious, yet
effective (there goes Mr. Burns, again). If you can chant a mantra at
this time, do so. I think these are Whitworth thread, because I could
not find the correct size on my SAE/NS thread gauge, but I was able to
find a match on my metric one, so I bought metric (sorry, the size
escapes me) stainless hex bolts, re-tapped the holes, which took
several passes (they were really cruddy, part of the reason I use
silicone fluid), and coated the thread with anti-seize (this ain't
gonna happen again!) and re-installed. Hope this helps.
Colin
bracec@a1.mgh.harvard.edu
74 MGB
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