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A few days ago Crispy posted a query about how to remove the exhaust manifold on his BJ8 as he was having problems accessing some of the nuts, etc. and the conversation got around to the occasional need for "special" tools to reach certain fasteners and parts, etc. We will all probably have the need for such a tool sooner or later and while I don't want to further hijack the topic and I think it is worthy of a thread of its own, so here is a submission:
I am attaching a pic of the "Special Wrench" made from a standard Craftsman 7/16" combination wrench used to tighten the "Float Chamber Fixing Bolt" on the front SU HS6 carburettor on my Elva Courier. While this bolt is easily accessed when the carbs are off the car and on a bench the bolt only seems to loosen up on race weekends, and getting my hands in between the carbs is difficult when they are mounted up to the engine. Access to the bolt head is made almost impossible because it is shrouded by the rigid line running from the bottom of the bowl to the carb body.
A few years back, after having spent a couple of frustrating/painful hours between sessions trying to tighten the bolt from under the car while dodging around a hot exhaust manifold, etc I took a few minutes heating/grinding/bending on a wrench and came up with the pictured tool. Now, presto-chango I can get to that pesky bolt head from alongside the car merely by removing an air cleaner.
I'm sure many of you will have similar contributions.
I am attaching a pic of the "Special Wrench" made from a standard Craftsman 7/16" combination wrench used to tighten the "Float Chamber Fixing Bolt" on the front SU HS6 carburettor on my Elva Courier. While this bolt is easily accessed when the carbs are off the car and on a bench the bolt only seems to loosen up on race weekends, and getting my hands in between the carbs is difficult when they are mounted up to the engine. Access to the bolt head is made almost impossible because it is shrouded by the rigid line running from the bottom of the bowl to the carb body.
A few years back, after having spent a couple of frustrating/painful hours between sessions trying to tighten the bolt from under the car while dodging around a hot exhaust manifold, etc I took a few minutes heating/grinding/bending on a wrench and came up with the pictured tool. Now, presto-chango I can get to that pesky bolt head from alongside the car merely by removing an air cleaner.
I'm sure many of you will have similar contributions.