My MG pal has obtained a 1 13/16 for me, so tomorrow I go for it. Also I
can get an even bigger breaker bar one of the TR3 guys has as well. Car
cars turn. I helped put the rear diff back in an MGB a couple of weeks
ago and the tranny back in an Austin Healey last night.....
Alan
St.John, Kenneth wrote:
>It is definately 1-13/16". I had planned a Friday off the replace the
>timing chain and hopefully fix the leak around the crank seal when I got to
>that nut! Obviously bigger than any wrench I had. I went to three or for
>stores looking to buy one and finally ended up at a rental shop. For about
>$7 I took a breaker bar, 1-13/16, 1-7/8, and 2" socket. The real fun comes
>when you try to get the nut off. (Having my wife jam a spike into the
>flywheel gear did it for me - almost ended the marriage.) By the way, now
>it leaks behind the front plate - I park over cardboard.
>
>Ken St.John '74 1500, '65 Mk II Project
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Lemen [mailto:ralemen@cableone.net]
>Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 8:57 PM
>To: gary durham
>Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Crank pulley nut size
>
>
>Gary many thanks. Bob Harris also agrees. So that's great. If I can't
>get a socket I did not want o rob my self of running the car this
>weekend. What's another couple of oils drips. I was on the phone with a
>local MGB friend who thinks he knows someone ( in the service business,
>he in the parts business) that has one. Never heard of the store you
>mention but it must be similar to D&B here that sells all that farm
>stuff etc. I have the 1/2" long torque wrench (and a 1/2" socket set
>from the seventies that I got for my Dolomite 1500HL in the UK), so
>should be set if I can get the socket.
>
>Engine is still in the car which hopefully will make it easier.
>
>Alan
>
>gary durham wrote:
>
>>Alan,
>>
>>
>>
>>You ARE asking about the size of the crank pulley nut? Go buy a
>>1&13/16" 1/2" drive socket from some place like Farm 'n Fleet. Costs
>>about... I don't know, under $10.00 anyway, and is the size you need.
>>Advantage there is, if you don't own a 1/2" drive set, then you can
>>just buy the socket, by itself, along with a 1/2" breaker bar.
>>
>>
>>
>>Again, it's one and thirteen-sixteenths of an inch (what an odd size!).
>>
>>
>>
>>By the way, is your engine on the car, or a bench?
>>
>>
>>
>>Gary Durham
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 07 Mar 2002 20:12:48 -0700 Alan Lemen < ralemen@cableone.net
>><mailto:ralemen@cableone.net> > writes:
>>
>>>Anybody know the size of this. Bentley says 1" but a rough guess is 1
>>>7/8".
>>>
>>>I have to fix the oil leak from the timing cover seal.
>>>
>>>Alan ( '76 1500)
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