Those wrenches are sold by the MAC Tool guy and by NAPA. Both carry "eaches".
Sears and Ace hardware only carry sets. I have to
echo Bud's comments, they are great.
Larry Hoy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Bud Krueger
>Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 5:51 PM
>To: MG List
>Subject: Magic Motor Mount Tool, 77B
>
>
>Had to share this one with you. I finally got the engine reinstalled in my 77B
>and was ready to face the battle of tightening up the motor mount nuts. I'd
>heard about cutting down a 9/16 wrench and machining the thickness of the open
>end so that it can slip up into the motor mount and grab the nut. Took a lot
>of
>looking to find a non-Craftsman 9/16 wrench that I'd be willing to butcher, but
>I found one. Crawled under the car and slipped an ignition wrench up into the
>space, just to get an idea of how thin the wrench must be. Looked at the right
>side mount (LHD) and got an idea.
>
> Last year I had Santa give me a set of wrenches from Sears (please, let's
>not start up the Craftsman yes/no thread again). They're called Gearwrenches
>and are open at one end with a ratcheting box at the other end, 5 degrees per
>click. They have become my absolute favorite set of tools. At any rate, the
>box end of the 9/16 wrench fit perfectly up into the right hand side mount and
>let me tighten it with no problem whatsoever. I then noted that the wrench
>wasn't all that thick, to the degree that the open end fit up into the left
>side
>mount. There was the usual tighten/flip the
>wrench/tighten/flip/tighten/flip...
>but it fit beautifully and did the trick. Now I can give Frank back his cherry
>picker!
>
> Unfortunately, the wrenches don't have 'Craftsman' on them so the
>lifetime
>warranty doesn't apply. Also, I'm afraid they're only sold in sets. And --- I
>think they're being sold by other stores as well, not just by Sears.
>
>--
>Bud Krueger
>http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
>52TD
>77MGB
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