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Re: the key to the highway

To: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: the key to the highway
From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:36:31 -0500
At 08:32 AM 8/15/02 -0600, David Councill wrote:
>.... "woodruff key" .... On the crankshaft, there are two of these keys, 
>one for the timing gearing and one for the pulley. A smaller one is on the 
>cam, for its timing gear.
>....
>does anyone know what size these are? ....

Yup, sure enough.  The keys in the crankshaft are Woodruff 605 (6/32" thick 
and 5/8" diameter), and the one in the front of the camshaft is Woodruff 
505 (5/32" thick and 5/8" diameter).  Any local hardware store should have 
these in stock.

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an atttitude (and lots of hardware store parts)
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