Interesting. Good to know.

I went and plunked down $40 at Canadian Tired for a 3/8 in/lb wrench.

Should do the job.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

Neil.

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@gmail.com> wrote:
> Neil,
>
>  Instead of spending the bucks for a specialized inch-pound torque wrench
>  that you may only use once or twice, you can always attach a spring
>  pull-type scale to the end of your wrench and pull with the proper number of
>  pounds for the distance from the fulcrum, ie, if you attach the scale 8"
>  from the center of the socket, an 11-lb pull would be 88 in-lbs. Rather
>  unwieldy, I know, but this is one other way to accomplish the desired
>  result.
>
>  Gary
>
>
>
>  >
>  > Date:    Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:38:13 -0800
>  > From:    Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
>  > Subject: Re: Torque value for thermo switch on WBX rad?
>
>
> >
>  > At  2/28/2008 07:51 PM,neil N wrote:
>  > >Can't find it in Bentley or archives. Is it the same as the switch on
>  > >the diesel rad?
>  > >
>  > >This torque value likely isn't a big deal, but since I went and dusted
>  > >off my my torque wrench for my conversion project, I thought I'd ask.
>  > >--- ;^)
>  > >
>  > >And what's the deal with "inch pounds"? Do they make torque wrenches
>  > >with values less than 10 ft/lb's ? (Internet tells me that 89
>  > >inch/pounds = roughly 7.x ft/lbs)
>  >
>  >
>  > Back when I used small tq wrenches (& tq screwdrivers) Snap-on was a good
>  > bet.
>  >
>  >
>  > http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools.asp?tool=all&SUB_Cat_ID=121828&SUB_Cat_NAME=Adjustable+Click%2DType&Cat_ID=121827&Cat_NAME=Torque&group_id=953&group_name=US+Torque+Instruments+%28in%2E+lb%2E%29&store=snapon-store
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Rob
>  > becida@comcast.net
>  >
>  >
>

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