sump and gearbox diff drain plugs af sizes

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Neil MG
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Re: sump and gearbox diff drain plugs af sizes

Post by Neil MG »

11mm square should work fine. Only 0.1mm (or 4thou) difference!

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Re: sump and gearbox diff drain plugs af sizes

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Of course - but it's wrong to think in metric terms when working around Classic British cars!
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Re: sump and gearbox diff drain plugs af sizes

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That I absolutely agree with!
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Re: sump and gearbox diff drain plugs af sizes

Post by les »

Why are you having so much trouble getting these two items? They're not special tools so any good toolshop will have them, then you can get cracking!
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Re: sump and gearbox diff drain plugs af sizes

Post by lockupchap »

Are you still looking for something 7/16 square? If so, PM me. Last month I bought a 300mm steel bar this shape (I think for £6), and decided to cut 100m mm off the end to fit into the fill and drain plugs in the diff. It works well. Then I cut the remainder into two other 100mm sections to sell/pass to other Minor owners.

Of all my AF, Whitworth and metric spanners, I found the best hexagonal fit around the square bar is 9/16 AF.
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