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jjbunn

jjbunn

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Pictured below is a slotted nut that is used to attach one of the controls on the centre crash pad.

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What is the correct method/tool for tightening such a nut? I'm afraid if I don't use the correct tool, and use e.g. a flat blade screwdriver in one of the slots, I'm going to slip and gouge a piece out of the vinyl!
 
I just saw someone on eBay a few weeks back that was selling a "special application tool" he was making just for that.
 
When you get to the point of tightening the bezel with something other than your fingers, there won't be much turning left to do. So if you do use the blade of a screwdriver to finish the job, you kind of have to make your tightening follow the same arch as the arch (radius) of the bezel or the blade will slip out of the slot sho' nuf'.
 
And here it is again:

Ebay item #150207273752

Snap-On has this:

https://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?...ore&dir=catalog

But I don't think its exactly right.

I always used adjustable snap-ring pliers locked to the correct spacing, and having ground tips to fit the slots.


your mileage will vary.
 
In the boxes of odds and ends that the PO of my car gave me was a golf divot repair tool which I assume was in there for just that reason, since that's what I ended up using it for. It kinda sorta worked.......kinda sorta.....
 
This, from our friend Any Mace, way back when:
I recommend this, from British Tool Company, MI

<https://www.britishtool.com/servtool.htm>

Dash Nut Spanner...authorized (V.L. Churchill) copy of the original shop tool, this is made to safely install or remove the round nuts that hold the switches on your dash panel. Two diameters to accommodate the common sizes found on most British Cars, and motorcycles. Slight filing may be needed to fit small variations in the nuts. Screwdrivers are for screws, not your dash!

Part Number: 18G 671 $25.00

Full disclosure: I cannot claim no financial interest. I was sent one of these as a thank-you for helping "spread the word" a few years ago. I can honestly say that it beats the screwdriver method any day, evidenced by the fact that (unlike at least one of my other cars) there are no stray screwdriver marks on the wooden facia of my current Herald!

I bought one of these for my TR3, and it's OK; you might check that Snap-on device, if it'll fit...
 
I made my own from pipe nipples (multiple sizes on a TR3). Drilled and filed the end to create little tabs that exactly matched the slots.

Probably easier to buy from the fellow on eBay, though.
 
fwiw, here's what the tool looks like....

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mrv8q said:
This, from our friend Any Mace, way back when:
I recommend this, from British Tool Company, MI

<https://www.britishtool.com/servtool.htm>

Dash Nut Spanner...
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Thanks, Kevin; beat me to it. BTW, I'm not just "Any" Mace. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
(Oh, yeah, like I never have typos....)

Oh, and that web site seems to be down. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif
 
Andrew Mace said:
I'm not just "Any" Mace. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
(Oh, yeah, like I never have typos....)
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Andy, my most humble apologies..... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/bow.gif
 
Julian, if your going to use a screw driver....USE 2...
Don't ask me how i know this.
 
That's a good idea, DNK. I seem to remember using 2 crisscrossed in the middle to get a bezel loosened, at some time, on some car, in the past.
 
I bought a tool several years ago from Eastwood, I believe. It was too small. It had a bit on each end and was hex shaped.
 
If ya can't find the tool, use CHOPSTICKS or Popcicle sticks. File the end a bit to fit. NO metal tools wot don't fit both slots! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shocked.gif
 
^^^^
Doc's got it right I have used popsicle sticks in the past They work well plus you get to choose flavors!
I do remember an adjustable jewlers bezel wrench that looked a little like a combo of a crescent wrench and spring ring pliers. Can't find and image but will look
 
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