You're right, I was probably almost always going the other way. .5" = 12.77mm
Tom C. >From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: OT --A shocking story >Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 17:00:26 -0400 > >OH? I can get a 13mm on a 1/2 inch nut, but never have been able to get >a 1/2 inch on a 13mm nut. Since it is only a bit small I guess the lump >hammer would do the trick. > > >Tom C wrote: > > Before you run to the store... 1/2 inch = 13mm for all practical >purposes > > (maybe you forgot). :-) > > > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > >> From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> To: PDML <[email protected]> > >> Subject: OT --A shocking story > >> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 16:00:39 -0400 > >> > >> Well, I need to change the shocks on my S-10 Blazer. So I bought the > >> shocks and put the trunk up on jack stands. 4 hours latter I have one > >> rear shock off. Then I start on the other rear shock. The bolts on top > >> of the mount towers are the problem, you need to reach up and over and > >> hold a 13mm wrench on the bolt, while needing two hands on the ratchet > >> to remove the rusted nut. > >> > >> Now a little simple math will tell you that most of us are an arm >short. > >> Back in the days when I co-owned a shop I would run it up on the lift > >> and just blow the nuts off with a torch and replace the nut and bolt > >> with new ones. However these days I have to lay on my back under the > >> truck in the apartment parking lot. So it is a beach reaching up there. > >> > >> Anyway to make a long story short, I lost my grip on the 13mm wrench. > >> Apparently it fell down between the gas tank and the gas tank skid > >> plate. No problem you say? Just pull off the skid plate? Well, I would, > >> but it takes a 13mm wrench... > >> > >> So I will have to make a trip to the store tomorrow for another wrench, > >> and while I am at it I will get some new bolts and nuts too. > >> > >> -graywolf > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
