[Spridgets] Hex Size

GUY DAY grday at btinternet.com
Mon Mar 9 16:55:35 MST 2009


What!!  No hacksaw and elbow grease?
(Says the man with a rheumatism riddled right elbow!)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rrengineer @dslextreme.com" <rrengineer at dslextreme.com>
To: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Hex Size


> 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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