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How am I meant to connect jumper cables to a 3/16" bolt surrounded by rubber and hidden under a massive air hose, you Pontiac bastards? (nt)
#311695 - 07/20/13 04:03 PM
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No reply needed. I'm sure there's a proprietary solution.
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The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt>
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#311696 - 07/20/13 04:12 PM
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> No reply needed. I'm sure there's a proprietary solution.
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Re: How am I meant to connect jumper cables to a 3/16" bolt surrounded by rubber and hidden under a massive air hose, you Pontiac bastards? (nt)
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#311701 - 07/20/13 05:38 PM
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Re: How am I meant to connect jumper cables to a 3/16" bolt surrounded by rubber and hidden under a massive air hose, you Pontiac bastards? (nt)
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#311703 - 07/20/13 06:39 PM
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I have seen jumper cables that have those adapters built in. You just slide them on the post. My wife's Cobalt has the battery in the trunk and uses top posts. I costs about $30 more to replace because 'it is metric'.
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Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt>
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#311704 - 07/20/13 06:41 PM
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> The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles.
I think for a while, all domestic cars were like that. No recent cars that I have worked on have any inch size fasteners that I know of.
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#311716 - 07/21/13 02:01 AM
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But metric sockets are standard...
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Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles.
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#311717 - 07/21/13 02:31 AM
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> But metric sockets are standard...
Touche, ya bast....
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#311721 - 07/21/13 03:53 AM
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> But metric sockets are standard...
We don't like the term "imperial."
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#311742 - 07/21/13 08:50 PM
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#311743 - 07/21/13 08:59 PM
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> I think I will go with this...
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> http://xkcd.com/927/
That is the very first xkcd ever to make me crack a smile. I might have even giggled a little bit.
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Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt>
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#311766 - 07/22/13 06:02 AM
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> > The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM
> vehicles.
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> I think for a while, all domestic cars were like that. No recent cars that I have
> worked on have any inch size fasteners that I know of.
I always assumed it was because parts are sourced all over the world, so the made-in-USA parts used imperial, while the stuff made elsewhere used metric. It seems like American businesses, at least, are finally giving in and just going metric.
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Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt>
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#311768 - 07/22/13 11:19 AM
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> > I think for a while, all domestic cars were like that. No recent cars that I have
> > worked on have any inch size fasteners that I know of.
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> I always assumed it was because parts are sourced all over the world, so the
> made-in-USA parts used imperial, while the stuff made elsewhere used metric. It seems
> like American businesses, at least, are finally giving in and just going metric.
I was really surprised at how much of an "imported" car can be made in Australia. A lot of the have locally-made seat belts, carpet, wiring, glass and other miscellaneous parts fitted after coming off the boat.
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