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Vas Crabb BOFH Reged: 12/13/05 Posts: 4462 Loc: Melbourne, Australia Send PM Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt> 07/22/13 11:19 AM Reply > > 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. 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.

Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on 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) TriggerFin 07/20/13 04:03 PM 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) krick  07/20/13 05:38 PM 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) redk9258  07/20/13 06:39 PM The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt> italie  07/20/13 04:12 PM Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. Vas Crabb  07/21/13 02:01 AM Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. lharms  07/21/13 08:50 PM Congratulations italie  07/21/13 08:59 PM Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. TriggerFin  07/21/13 03:53 AM Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. italie  07/21/13 02:31 AM Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt> redk9258  07/20/13 06:41 PM Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt> DMala  07/22/13 06:02 AM Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt> Vas Crabb  07/22/13 11:19 AM

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