John: I used to work as a line mechanic and did unit engine repair back in the late 70's. Since I worked for a "foreign" car shop, everything was metric (and we liked it that way). The older mechanics were also comfortable with SAE bolts and wrenches, etc. but I worked only on foreign cars (mostly VWs), so that wasn't an issue for me.
Ezra john mercer wrote: > I have a couple of questions I'd like to post on this site. Are there > any auto mechanics who have been in the business long enough to have > worked when the U S auto industry changed from imperial bolts to > metric, and if there are how did they deal with the change? Are there > any metric only road signs for speed or distance anywhere in the U S? > Do all federal government buildings in the States still have to be > built to S I specs? Thanks for your time.
