I nominate this for the quotes page, Kaleb:
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Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
'87 300TD
Hendrik & Fay wrote:
>In Australia it is necessary to shorten words as much as
>possible, due to the numerous flies. Plus it's hard to talk and drink
>beer at the same time, made even worse if you smoke
On Aug 18, 2012, at 10:43 PM, "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> talk, smoke, drink beer and work at the same time. H Oz must be a
> special place if the natives can do all that.
I used to be able to do all that when I was twenty something. Cigs and beer are
long gone. I must a
talk, smoke, drink beer and work at the same time. H Oz must
be a special place if the natives can do all that.
Seems like back in the vaterland, around 1970 or so, the DB emplyees
could manage to work and dring beer at the same time. Not sure any
of them could manage all 4. Oz is a
Yes you are. In Australia it is necessary to shorten words as much as
possible, due to the numerous flies. Plus it's hard to talk and drink
beer at the same time, made even worse if you smoke.
Hendrik
who hasn't swallowed that many flies
On 18/08/12 14:30, Fmiser wrote:
On 18/08/12 12:44, Fmi
> Odd as it may seem, automobiles have been using metric since the
> mid 1980's. For a few years there it was a bit annoying though
> as some fasteners were metric and some SAE (fractional inch).
> So the bolts holding the alternator bracket to the block are
> SAE, but the bolt through the bracke
Bought a pair of rebuilt front calipers from Rusty. Started to bleed them
and none of my metric wrenches would fit the bleeder valve. Turned out it
was SAE (NF) or NC. The rebuilder had apparently drilled out the old
threads and rethreaded to fit the "American" bleeder valves. No problems,
My ML seems to be all metric, but I've not checked on some of the USA
sourced parts, like the transfer case. The Plymouth van has both metirc and
SAE fasteners - can be frustrating, having to bring an assortment of both
out to the car.
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Fmiser wrote:
> > Hendrik
> > On 18/08/12 12:44, Fmiser wrote:
>
> Kinda like dealing with Whitworth fasteners.
Hendrik wrote:
That's what shifters are for.
I had to look that one up. It's a new term for me.
Best I can tell, in the USA it's typically called a Cresent (TM)
wrench [spanner]. Or to avoid the
Hendrik wrote:
> That's what shifters are for.
Better watch outThat Hendrik is a shifty character
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> > On 18/08/12 12:44, Fmiser wrote:
> >
> > Kinda like dealing with Whitworth fasteners.
> Hendrik wrote:
> That's what shifters are for.
I had to look that one up. It's a new term for me.
Best I can tell, in the USA it's typically called a Cresent (TM)
wrench [spanner]. Or to avoid the trad
Anything that ain't metric is imperial.
Although usually called AF around these parts, usually with a nasty word
in front of it.
Hendrik
who has both metric and AF tools and might even have a Whitworth spanner
or two rusting away somewhere
On 18/08/12 13:03, Dieselhead wrote:
oooh YUK I ha
nt: Friday, August 17, 2012 11:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [MBZ] GL pricing and fixing
>
>oooh YUK I have not had contact with imperial or any of the other
>weird british size wrenched since I dumped my almost new turnip 41
>years ago in favor of the BMW R50/2.
>
>USA uses/used SA
On Aug 17, 2012, at 10:47 PM, "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> any of the other weird british size wrench
That would be "Whitworth". Yeah, I've owned British iron before.
Rick
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oooh YUK I have not had contact with imperial or any of the other
weird british size wrenched since I dumped my almost new turnip 41
years ago in favor of the BMW R50/2.
USA uses/used SAE sizes. We threw out Imperial with da king georg.
"Bama stuff is all ISO metric.
Why is that? End of t
That's what shifters are for.
Hendrik
who has a few shifters
On 18/08/12 12:44, Fmiser wrote:
Kinda like dealing with Whitworth fasteners. -- Philip
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> Hendrik & Fay wrote:
> Which makes me wonder, if a Merc is assembled in the US of A
> is it made out of imperial nuts and bolts or metric?
Odd as it may seem, automobiles have been using metric since the
mid 1980's. For a few years there it was a bit annoying though
as some fasteners were metr
Why is that? End of the day the principles are the same it's just the
tools and the cost of parts is different.
Which makes me wonder, if a Merc is assembled in the US of A is it made
out of imperial nuts and bolts or metric?
Probably need something like this to properly work on them
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