brucer Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 If like me you have removed the fan from the front of the engine you struggle to turn the engine over to set the tappets. I have just bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191361232902?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT under a tenner including shipping. Looks like a good deal to me. Bruce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fireman049 Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Hi Bruce ~ I prefer to use a socket and short extension as the front cross tube prevents me using a spanner. My car is fitted with a Racetorations crank damper. Tom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brucer Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 There is not enough room for a socket and a knuckle bar between the front pulley extension and the rad on my car. Am I missing something? Bruce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Hi Bruce, for safety sake using a socket and ratchet is my choice. On more than one occasion (on my 4A) I have left the ratchet in place when starting the engine - the ratchet wiring away against its little springy thing. Tie a length of string to the spanner and hang it over the wing to attract your attention. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fireman049 Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Hi Bruce ~ I forgot to mention that my car is a 3A. Tom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brucer Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 That is a good point Roger. Now you have mentioned it I think it will stick in my head like never leaving the chuck key in a lathe. Bruce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 aaarrrggghh - cjuck keys and lathes. My apprentice instructor would whip them out of the chuck and smash them into the drip tray under the bed with an almighty clatter if he ever found one in the chuck. I never forgot that. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PJM Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) We had a guy in the apprentice class behind mine who left a micrometer clamped on a work piece, needless to say it became useless even as a G clamp once he started is lathe up lol, happy days Edited December 9, 2014 by PJM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Had an instructor when I was a 1st year apprentice (1968) who did the throwing the chuck key into the lathe tray thing. . . when your back was turned, scared the living s**t out of me the 1st time he did it Never seen a mic left on the workpiece, bet he was popular! I did, once, use some parallels under a workpiece in the vice on a horizontal mill, where the parallels were approx 4 thou wider than the workpiece, which took flight with an almighty bang. Lucky no one was hurt. (1968 again!) You learn quick don't you John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brucer Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 I have not used a lathe in well over 30 years, but I will never forget what I was taught at school.regarding chuck keys. Bruce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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