[Spridgets] Hex Size

rrengineer @dslextreme.com rrengineer at dslextreme.com
Mon Mar 9 16:45:24 MST 2009


Glen,
     I don't have any way to cut 1/8th steel.  I can't fit a Crescent wrench
in there with the transmission in place.  Could have used it with the engine
outside the car, but...
Mike

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Glen Byrns <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

>
> Mike,
>
> I made a wrench out of 1/8" thick steel about 2"wide and four inches long.
>  Its the only thing I could get to fit.
>
> Glen
>
> > Anyone that has done Paul's 5 speed conversion know what size the hex nut
> > is
> > for the angle drive to transmission fitting?  Mine fell off from
> > vibration
> > (maybe I forgot to tighten it before I installed the transmission).
> > Anyway
> > I spent the better part of two hours last night scraping my knuckles
> > trying
> > to fit the the speedo cable and angle drive unit back on the transmission
> > through the shifter can hole.  I got the hex nut finger tight, but I
> > don't
> > have a wrench big enough to fit the hex.  The largest I have is 24mm.
> > Mike MacLean
> > 60 Sprite
> > 56 BN2
> >
>


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