so I replaced my starter and then promptly broke my throttle cable while out driving. that was fun turns out the angle of my bracket was such that the cable was rubbing, and eventually frayed and broke. I took the cable bracket off, heated it with the torch and bent it a little more. hopefully the angle is such that the cable won't rub this time.

I also made a set of "hazet" wrenches.

I started with two sets of metric wrenches from harbor freight (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42305), at $10 per set. also, now I have some spare metric wrenches.



I used the plans described in this thread:

Home made Valve adjustment wrench info



as per this post I ground the heads of the wrenches to be no thicker than 0.2". for those of you without a caliper, it turns out that all you have to do is grind the head down to be as thin as the handle.

Valve Adjust Tools



bent, cut, ground, ready for welding. I used one 7mm and one 8mm wrench as the "handles".



finished product:











I won't know if they work until tomorrow