MG MGB and MGB GT Tech Talk
Pulled an engine today from a 71 GT.
Biggest hassle was the exhaust downpipe-manifold connection. Yep, that's always an access bitch, but when the *++*&^+_*&^% guy used 6mm nuts and bolts (10mm nut) to attach the two....
Please, people, use the right hardware on your car so 10 years from now someone isn't cussing you out! There ain't supposed to be any metric hardware on an MGB.
garph!
He probably took it to a muffler shop that thot it was metric like so many non British car shops do.
I agree with your rant tho
Yep, my DPO use bolts instead of studs; made removing them by myself real interesting.
I've posted this before - but I needed a metric wrench to remove my SU fuel pump. Still haven't figured that one out. And last weekend I discovered that my 2001 Ford Escape, made in St. Louis, uses 10 mm bolts to hold the step rail bracket to the frame. Grr...
Yeah, found 'em on the '73 too. Busted knuckles were the finder's fee. :(
K&N filter cover is 10mm
It is about the only metric nut on ITCH.
Had to use a 10mm socket to take off this nut off the bracket on the starter:
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tedjr
Since we're on a rant about fasteners, the top bolt on the front shock of my F350 was metric, and you guessed it, the bottom was SAE.
On the subject of fasteners, the one I can't figure out is the fitting that connects the oil pressure line to the oil presssure switch in the late 70's cars. I tried both SAE and metric on the fitting and neither fit correctly, I ended up using an adjustable wrench on it.