John -
My son-in-law had this problem with my daughter's $pitfire. He was ready
to torch it off. I brought a Stahlwile (german - made) forged end
wrench. It must be very strong 'cuz it is very slim. It fit right in and
the job took ten minutes. Find a good (expensive??) end wrench for this.
Clay L.
'67 Sprite
At 04:23 PM 3/24/2002 -0500, TeachJP@aol.com wrote:
>To Larry Macy and other 1500 owners,
>What tools do you use to get the bottom center bolts off the exhaust
>manifold. I can just about see them and can't seem to get the right
>combination of tools and dexterity to get to the bolts. What do you use? Do
>you have to take the carb off? I have a weber and it doesn't really seem to
>be in the way but I just don't know since this is the first time I've ever
>tried anything like this, but it is a hobby car and what the heck, I'll have
>a wack at it and if I can't get it, then I'll flat bed it to someone who can
>do it.
>Thanks for all of the help, I am so jealous of you people who have the
>knowledge, place, time and tools to do the really big jobs, like rebuilding
>the engines and stuff, here I sit with a master's degree (in history) and
>can't figure out how to get a bolt off. Oh well...
>
>John Poynton
>79 Midget "Yellow Fever"
>Havertown Pa 19083
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