Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-18 Thread Loren Faeth
I know I have found a few things on older cars that use 13/16, but I can't remember what they are. I have always carried a 13/16 in my 110/111 tool sets. Not something needed for most usual service. My guess is that the 20.6mm if the bolt size and the 20.8 is the wrench size. 0,02 mm is the

Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-18 Thread R A Bennell
cedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench 13/16th is the old standard spark plug size --- IIRCC. On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very definitely different, as the W108/109/111 was never sold with a diesel > engine >

Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-17 Thread Jim Cathey
arch in the handle and a size of 20.8mm. Glow/spark plug wrench. I'm guessing that the 20.8mm rather than the nominal 13/16" or 20.64mm is to handle tolerances. The old 13/16" has a +/- figure, maybe the extra 0.16mm was to account for that. Nothing worse than a wrench that won't quite go on!

Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-17 Thread OK Don
13/16th is the old standard spark plug size --- IIRCC. On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very definitely different, as the W108/109/111 was never sold with a diesel > engine > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are only three sports: bullfighting,

Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-17 Thread R A Bennell
e has been gone for over 20 years. His widow passed away this summer and the place was cleared out. Randy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Frederick Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 9:00 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [M

Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-17 Thread Peter Frederick
Very definitely different, as the W108/109/111 was never sold with a diesel engine Peter On Nov 17, 2008, at 8:55 PM, Frederick W Moir wrote: Randy, et al. According to EPC Online 0005811936 is a glow plug wrench for 108, 111,109,120. New and different, get yours NOW! Fred Moir Lynn M

Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-17 Thread Frederick W Moir
Randy, et al. According to EPC Online 0005811936 is a glow plug wrench for 108, 111,109,120. New and different, get yours NOW! Fred Moir Lynn MA At 11:33 AM 11/17/2008, you wrote: I picked up a wrench that says Mercedes on it. A single ended box end with an arch in the handle and a size of 20.8

Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-17 Thread Rich Thomas
It's for adjusting the distributor on a diesel. --R Mitch Haley wrote: A search for 0005811936 reveals lots of people selling them out of 1970ish toolkits, but they don't seem to know what it's for. 13/16 is 20.6mm, so I have no idea where 20.8 came from unless it's BS or Whitworth. Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-17 Thread Tom Savage
R A Bennell wrote: I picked up a wrench that says Mercedes on it. A single ended box end with an arch in the handle and a size of 20.8 mm. Is this intended for a specific purpose? The size is what intrigues me. I have to assume that something with a unique size has a unique purpose. Photos atta

Re: [MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-17 Thread Mitch Haley
A search for 0005811936 reveals lots of people selling them out of 1970ish toolkits, but they don't seem to know what it's for. 13/16 is 20.6mm, so I have no idea where 20.8 came from unless it's BS or Whitworth. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new p

[MBZ] Question re wrench

2008-11-17 Thread R A Bennell
I picked up a wrench that says Mercedes on it. A single ended box end with an arch in the handle and a size of 20.8 mm. Is this intended for a specific purpose? The size is what intrigues me. I have to assume that something with a unique size has a unique purpose. Photos attached. Randy ---