Dan:
The Whitworth tools are for those fortunate enough to own a 100-4, T
series or Landrover.
Your MG is pretty much equivalent to SAE. Get a good quality 3"
crescent wrench for handling the nut on the starter, and a couple of small
carb bolts.
If at all possible (big expense) try to budget for a small
oxy-acetylene outfit. Sears has a little portable one that is within
reason. This will save you gigormous amounts of time dealing with rusted
and frozen bolts. Heating a stuck bolt may mean the difference of having to
drill it out once it breaks. A sawzall is another expensive tool that I
have done without for many years. Now I wonder how I existed without it.
The next step up would be a small 2 1/2HP compressor and a good
quality 1/2" impact wrench. But that is opening a wonderful expensive
doorway of air tools.
Good luck
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan DiBiase [mailto:d_dibiase@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 1:47 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Tools
>
>
> I've been looking at tool sets lately, as I prepare to start serious
> disassembly on the project car. I'd like to buy a
> comprehensive set, as I
> have the usual mix-n-match junk for around the house... Here
> is the dumb
> question - do I need metric tools, non-metric or both?? I've also seen
> Whitworth tools in the Moss catalog and on eBay; are these anything
> special or can I stick with Sears/Harbor Freight tools? Thanks.
>
>
>
> =====
> Dan DiBiase
> Dayton, NJ
> 76 MGB Tourer Driver - Brooklands Green
> 66 Pull-handle MGB Tourer Project - faded Tartan Red
> NAMGBR #5-2328
>
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