metric tools - kinda dumb question

[Todd Young]

I'll second Ti's comment. I had a 1981 Eagle Wagon that had a mix of 
metric and SAE. I actually had to go out and buy some SAE sockets as my 
previous wheels was a 1983 Mazda B2000 (great truck!).

Ti Kan wrote:
> American cars have started using some metric fasteners even in the
> 1980s.  I had a college beater car, a POS Pontiac Sunbird that had a
> mishmash mixture of SAE and metric stuff on it.  It was a royal pain to
> work on because you never know whether you're really using the right
> sized tool for any job, unless you have the service manual (and even
> that is not helpful in many cases).

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Todd Young
7079 Dawn Ave. E.
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076