[Spridgets] Starters, Solenoids, "good" parts, etc.

Frank Clarici spritenut at comcast.net
Thu Jun 17 13:37:07 MDT 2010


On 6/17/2010 11:34 AM, David Lieb wrote:
>> Sometimes the gods smile on me - not often, but sometimes.  I found a 7/16"
>> open wrench that I had ground thinner for some other purpose, maybe carbs,
>> and it fit the inner starter nut.
>
> Interesting. Peter indicated just under 9/16 (which would be 14mm),
> hence my suggestion to start with a 13mm wrench. 7/16, OTOH, would be
> about 11mm. Peter doesn't usually make mistakes like that... musta bin
> the fishing ;-)

TDs used the whitworth big nut, Spridgets, most of them use a 1/4" nut 
but the threads are weird, probably still whitworth but a 1/4 x 28 will 
fix them too.
So a 7/16 wrench fits unless some stuck a TD starter in it.


-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Lots of Sprites


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