I used a 3/8" drive knuckle so the bit had a straight shot into the bolt but my hands holding the flex handle were beside the tranny .
I was sad to see no Diesels but I don't want to chop up my bone stock " survivor " old Ranch/Farm Truck .
Truly an OM627 Turbo engine with four speed automatic tranny would make this truck really sweet but I know how to make it run near perfectly in spite of the wobbly valve guides .
-Nate
Tom wrote:
>
> I think that Nate is pointing something out, without specifically saying
> it.
>
> To get the bolt out, you need sufficient extension length to put an
> breaker bar or long flex handle to it WHILE MAINTAINING A STRAIGHT SHOT.
>
> When I hear about allen wrenches or other tools bent or broken, I
> think of my own skill at doing such things. It usually turns out that I had
> not gotten the wrench, allen key, etc. on straight, and was torquing
> everything at some angle.
>
> I also don't recall that Nate's extensions were all that long. It IS
> necessary to get back a ways, but I think that maybe a 12" would do it.
> (Nate has dozens of 1" and 3" extensions that he can string together, which
> may make it seem longer.)
>
> Nate is absolutely right that it is necessary to get the longest
> available flex handle or breaker bar for this job. But a nice long one is so
> often a joy to use when you have the space and don't want to have to exert so
> much force on the 3", stubby handle that your knuckles are guaranteed to
> make an intimate date with some sharp metal edge before you can stop them,
> once the nut loosens.
>
> Tom
>
> ps: We went out to a Chevy light truck show this morning. Nate, of
> course, got there at 0 dark 30, in his '69 C-10 with the straight six, and was
> on his second bag of donuts by the time the park opened. When I tooled up
> at 9:30, there was a line of trucks down the freeway, across the river and
> through the woods, waiting to get in. I was in the 300SD.
>
> Being cheap, I parked out under a freeway overpass (in the shade) and
> walked in, thus avoiding the very high parking charge. The venue was the
> Gypsum Canyon RV park, owned by the County but run by some private outfit.
> Lots of very nice shade trees. When all the trucks had gotten in, they
> only occupied about 1/4 of the whole RV park. If any of you are taking RV
> vacations in the southland, this is a very nice park, mostly for BIG RVs and
> long trailers. Full hook ups.
>
> It seemed to me that more than 300 old Chevy pick-ups, Suburbans,
> panel deliveries and stake beds showed up. I think that I got a look at all or
> at least most of them. NOT A SINGLE DIESEL in the crowd!
>
> Of all of the trucks, only a handful were 6 cylinders. Anyone unaware
> of real history would have thought that all GM sold during the 40s, 50s
> and 60s were V-8s.
>
> We were able to stop at a fuel station on the freeway just as we left
> the park. I tanked up. 27 mpg since the last tank. Most of that was at
> 70 mph. Not bad for a 126 that's 31 years old and has 360,+++ miles on it.
>
>
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