<div dir="auto"><div>Agreed. I wound up taking a cheap wrench and cutting it to half it's length, as well as cutting the slot.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I don't recall whether I still have it, else I'd offer it up.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">________________<br>Sent from my phone <br>Best Regards,<br>Al Fuller</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 2:51 AM JSARCH via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_5887765890782225964WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yes, 1/2”, I checked it today. Did someone tell that what would seem to be easy to fix would actually be easy? It’s an Austin-Healey! Seriously, notice that the open end of the wrench head is not aligned with the handle. You need to tighten the nut as much as you can and then flip the wrench over and tighten it a little bit more. Keep flipping the wrench until you get it as tight enough to spot the leak. Also, find a wrench that is as short as possible.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Been there, done that.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Salter<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 11, 2026 3:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> Richard Antal <<a href="mailto:rantal243@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rantal243@yahoo.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a>; jim <<a href="mailto:ab7vf@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ab7vf@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] oil drip<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">In case it helps the hex is 1/2" AF.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div id="m_5887765890782225964ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div id="m_5887765890782225964ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></div><div id="m_5887765890782225964divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of Richard Antal via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 11 June 2026 15:32:00<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a> <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>; jim <<a href="mailto:ab7vf@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ab7vf@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] oil drip</span> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">the problem is that even though i can get a wrench onto the nut, you can't turn it because various obstacle prevent rotation of the wrench arm.....rich antal<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><div id="m_5887765890782225964x_yahoo_quoted_1668933360"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282a">On Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 03:21:06 PM EDT, jim <<a href="mailto:ab7vf@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ab7vf@yahoo.com</a>> wrote: <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2628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