engine cover removal (those 3 screws at the front)
engine cover removal (those 3 screws at the front) was created by Cobber
Posted 1 month 1 week ago #208532A 1/4" drive ratchet with a 10mm socket is the answer
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Posted 1 month 1 week ago #208534I often see complaints about how hard it is to undo the 3 screws that secure the engine cover at the the front......it's not hard if you use the right tools for the job, in fact it it easy...as easy as shitting the bed and kicking it out with your feet!
A 1/4" drive ratchet with a 10mm socket is the answer
Cobber I, in common with everyone else on the Forum, am delighted to hear that you have recovered from your recent Trauma. I will be interested in the upcoming How-To on the Clutch Change. I live at the bottom of a valley and every route out involves a hill-start & rapid acceleration into an all-too-rare gap into heavy traffic on the A30. It is difficult to avoid riding the clutch with a "generous" dose of power, in order to get out into that brief gap in traffic. It is therefore only a matter of time before I will need a clutch change.
I read the post above with interest; I suspect you have an F with no loudspeakers in the T Bar. I think the complaints about difficulty reaching the bolts at the front of the engine cover are from those WITH the deeper speaker housing/T-Bar. See photo below:
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Posted 1 month 1 week ago #208535Another possibility is to find a ratchet combination ring spanner that has a thin enough profile about the head to not foul on the lip on the engine cover
Below is a selection of ratchet 10mm ring spanners showing the varying thicknesses of the head profile with the thinnest being on the right
Another possibility is a straight handled ring spanner with an offset to the ring itself as in the pic below
In my work I have to fabricate special tools all the time by cutting bits off spanners, welding bits back on ,grinding others off and heating them up with the oxy-acet torch to bend them into new and interesting shapes to do the job you need them to do. As a result I never throw broken worn tools away, they're kept just for the purpose of cutting and shutting as we call it. I also keep an eye out for old spanners at markets, clearing and gararge sales etc.
It's a bit late in the arvo now but if I get time tomozz I'll did out some of the weird and wonderful creations I've made to do specific jobs and take a happy snap of them to give you an idea.
It's often quicker and easier to make the tool you need then torment your self trying to use something that wont play nicely at remember once you've made it you have it for next time.
Never say that there won't be a next time because if you do you are guaranteeing that there will indeed be a next time!
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Posted 1 month 1 week ago #208543However they have speakers mounted on brackets below the bars as part of the structure & the magnet of the off side speaker is close to one of the fixings. The net result is a constant fight between me, my mini ratchet & magnet flux. I use the word “flux” as it is near enough to the word I use when the ratchet attaches itself to the magnet yet again & I’ve to fight to get the bloody thing off.
I intend to make a brass spanner.
M
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Posted 1 month 1 week ago #208545There you go necessity becoming the mother of invention right there!Airportable post=208543 userid=5200One of the trinkets I have on the car are “roll over bars”, they are very pretty.
However they have speakers mounted on brackets below the bars as part of the structure & the magnet of the off side speaker is close to one of the fixings. The net result is a constant fight between me, my mini ratchet & magnet flux. I use the word “flux” as it is near enough to the word I use when the ratchet attaches itself to the magnet yet again & I’ve to fight to get the bloody thing off.
I intend to make a brass spanner.
M
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Replied by David Aiketgate on topic engine cover removal (those 3 screws at the front)
Posted 1 month 1 week ago #208547One of the trinkets I have on the car are “roll over bars”, they are very pretty.
However they have speakers mounted on brackets below the bars as part of the structure & the magnet of the off side speaker is close to one of the fixings. The net result is a constant fight between me, my mini ratchet & magnet flux. I use the word “flux” as it is near enough to the word I use when the ratchet attaches itself to the magnet yet again & I’ve to fight to get the bloody thing off.
I intend to make a brass spanner.
M
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DITTO 🤣
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Replied by Cobber on topic engine cover removal (those 3 screws at the front)
Posted 1 month 1 week ago #208577This lot are actually to work on Aussie Fords,
Oddly enough I've not need to make any for my MGF........ yet.......there is still time!
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Posted 1 month 1 week ago #208583I wonder how many were chucked down old shafts when the engineers left for the last time.
However I did find a carbon fibre offering at a much more interesting price of £3.65, I shall order one & although there a bit small, they are non magnetic.
After a light application of inspiration an appropriately modified version will emanate from the workshop, after which my life will be improved, if only by a modicum.
After viewing Cobber’s collection of suitably modified tools, his life improvements must be measured in country miles.
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Posted 1 month 1 week ago #208600The carbon fibre device I have ordered, suitably modified, will ease the irritation.
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Posted 4 weeks 15 hours ago #208856It has been reimagined & for those need further proof that necessity is the mother of invention, I enclose a picture (hopefully).
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Replied by judiths handyman on topic engine cover removal (those 3 screws at the front)
Posted 4 weeks 14 hours ago #208859I could not reach the top bolt on the bellhousing for love nor money, so purchased a transfer drive.
For the uninitiated the socket wrench goes on one end and the socket on the other, the drive internally is a toothed belt.
They are still available on ebay. And I am trying to download a link with little success.
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