I suspect your nuts and bolts are somewhat rusty and therefore undersize. This
would account for your wrenches not fitting well. Just about every nut and bolt
on a sprite can be removed with AF (Across Flats) spanners (wrenches).
Good luck
Dave Formstone
1960 Bugeye
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From: Tom Zuchowski[SMTP:tzuchow@ibm.net]
Sent: June 10, 1998 17:21 PM
To: Frank Clarici
Cc: Spridgets
Subject: Re: Whitworth tools
Frank, if your car will take standard tools, then one of us has an oddball.
<grin>. I regularly have to scrounge up an old open-end wrench with some
weird size like 13/32" (I forget exactly) and there are others, that seem
to be about a 32nd-inch off one way or the other.
Tom Zuchowski
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> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@exit109.com>
> To: Tom Zuchowski <tzuchow@ibm.net>
> Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Whitworth tools
> Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 9:45 PM
>
>
>
> Tom Zuchowski wrote:
>
> > I'm really getting tired of not having the right sized wrench for
whatever
> > I'm wrenching on my Bugeye.
> >
> > Does anyone have a good place for obtaining Whitworth tools? Moss wants
an
> > arm and a leg for a small set that just goes up to 1/2".
> >
> > For that matter, is there anything to know about the thread sizes? I'm
> > rather new to this game. Where does one get Whitworth bolts and screws?
> >
> > Tom Zuchowski
> > '61 Bugeye
>
>
> Tom
>
> What kind of bugeye do you have???
> Mine is (for the most part) english, and us Americans got our measurments
from
> the english back in the colonial days.
> Except for some odd fuel fittings on the carbs and gas tank the whole car
is
> standard nuts and bolts.
> 1/4 X 28, 5/16 X 24, and 3/8 X 24 and a 7/16", 1/2", or 9/16" wrench will
take
> apart the whole car.
> You can get these wrench sizes at Sears, a $20 set will get you started.
> For the odd carb float bowl bolts, try Robogrips or file out an old
standard
> wrench to fit.
> I have been working on these cars most of my life (I'm no spring chicken
anymore
> either)
> And do not own 1 whitworth tool, in fact since the US car makers started
going
> metric, I just recently had to buy a set of metric tools for my Ford!
> --
> Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
> Too many LBCs
> 3 Sprites, an Austin A40, and an Austin Mini all on the road.
> 1 Jaguar XJ6 family car, 1 Racer Midget project , & 2 Parts Spridgets
> Check out my home page at http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
>
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