[Spridgets] Terry's Spanners

[Guy R Day]

This is a light article to moves into spanner sizes from thread sizes

http://www.internationalcockpitclub.org.uk/articles/article_threads.htm

I had a lovely set of chromed BA ring spanners between 2 and 3 inches long 
that were 'lost' many years ago at my first race meeting when I left the 
took box lid open.  I had them given by an uncle when I was 14.  GRRR!

GRD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marvin James" <britcrs at mac.com>
To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Terry's Spanners


> BA stands for "British Association". It's a common Brit system found
> on small fasteners and, like someone else said, may work on your SU
> carb linkage. I've seen them marked 3BA thru 5BA. There may be more.
>
> The Ford wrench could be a number of wrenches. One common one is an
> open end 5/8 by 9/16 about 5 1/2'" long and used to adjust the bands
> in the transmission. Another is much bigger with offset boxes at both
> ends - one for wheel nuts and the other end for spark plugs. None of
> mine are marked 1 and 2.
>
> Marv James
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