Path: utzoo!utgpu!alliant.com!UUCP Reply-To: british-cars@alliant.com Errors-To: british-cars-request@alliant.com Sender: british-cars-request@alliant.com Return-Path: Message-ID: <9002281658.AA00833@mrloog.WR.TEK.COM> To: british-cars@alliant.com Subject: Re: miscellany References: Your message of Wed, 28 Feb 90 08:44:18 EST. Date: Wed, 28 Feb 90 11:58:06 EST From: chrisp@mrloog.wr.tek.com Newsgroups: list.british-cars Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu RG wrote: >Sizes named by size of *bolt head* >Whitworth- He was one of the first to come up with a standard thread system. > Used in England from ><~1875? and even in the US for a while. > Used in random locations on British cars of all years until they > went metric in the late 70's. >Metric- just as bad as the rest- there may be *3* thread pitches for a > given diameter, instead of just 2! >There are/have been others, lesser used. And don't forget the pipe threads, >(tapered). >You think you have problems- My MG PA uses BSF, with some Whitworth thrown in. >I have an ASF/C tap & die set, but still need to get BSF, Metric,AND Whitworth! A friend has some whitworth sockets he had used to work in his Norton. Somehow I ended up with a few of them. Imagine my surprise when I found that the Moss gearboxes from early Jags were held together with nearly all Whitworth fasteners! I lucked out this time, as I had the correct socket to fit what I was attempting to remove. Has anyone bought Snap-On spanners recently? What might I expect to spend for this brand of tool? I've finally located a route that the Snap-On Tool Van follows (most shops up here buy Mac, and there somehow are just not the same...:-). Christopher M. Perez # chrisp@mrloog.WR.TEK.COM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Heart in mouth, teeth in pocket, I was about to depart in a glorified hip bath geared for 170mph!... pressing the starter...Cough! Blat! Sputter!...Cough! Blat! Blatblatblat! Kerrrowwww! The 3.4-litre straight-six was in business..." To Le Mans by Jaguar by Tom Llewellin