Kevin Sullivan wrote:
>
> On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Ulix Goettsch wrote:
>
> > That won't work on a Midget. The hole is between 3/8" and 1/2". It would
> > be _too_ easy otherwise.
> > I bought a used tool with many different sizes on it and strangely I still
> > don't have one that fits exactly.
> > I ahev no idea what the correct tool looks like.
>
> Go to a _real_ hardware store. One that has a bunch of older men working
> there. The tool your looking for will be in a small flat drawer in a big
> chest of small flat drawers. I don't know what they're called but it's
> just a piece of 7/16" bar stock about 2" long. They come in all sizes.
> Stick it in the hole and put a wrench on the end. Most American cars use
> 3/8" or 1/2" so you can just stick a socket drive in there.
>
> Kevin Sullivan -- 1960 MGA kevins@khoral.com
> Khoral Research Inc. http://www.khoral.com
> Albuquerque NM USA
To any and all interested - the "tool" referred to by Mr. Sullivan would
be properly called "7/16" key stock".
Regards,
Chris Delling
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