It would be more accurate to say that "they BUILT cars that ..." British auto design and manufacturing collapsed years ago, especially after the Japanese auto industry rose.
As for getting the crankshaft nut off, I always use a big plumber's monkey wrench. I fit it over the nut with the handle resting on the frame rail, and hit the starter. Doug Braun '72 Spit --- OKCSpitfire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have > visited the Brits sites > and they seem to have a relatively low opinion of > Americans but I am > beginning to wonder about their ingenuity. They > build cars that rust at > will, they make them to where you can't get the hubs > off the rear axles and > now I have discovered that they assume the mighty > little 4 cylinder engine > has as much torque as a Detroit diesel so the used a > huge bolt that also > can't be removed. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
