Roland Dudley writes:
> Moss is still selling a 6 piece open-end Whitworth tool set for $19.95
> (383-100). I got a set a few months back and they seem to be of
> reasonable quality even though they are used. This is not a primary tool
> set by any means but handy for those odd Whitworth fasteners found on
> older Brit cars. In fact, I just discovered 3/16W nut in an unexpected
> place on my car last weekend. Glad I had a wrench that would fit.
If you are at all likely to work on an older Britcar, these are worth
their weights in gold! I got a set of combination wrenches and
sockets in Whitworth sizes from Moss about 15 years ago, and they made
working on my '51 Bentley **POSSIBLE**. Almost ALL the fasteners are
Whitworth. In fact, when I had to have a "pro" do some work on it I
used to have to supply the wrenches to them; otherwise they tended to
f*** up the bolts with SAE and metric size tools.
No one but me has touched it for years now....
--berry
(and no snide comments about how it's languished in my garage for 14
years, either!!!)
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