Re: Changing the brake fluid...

[walter@quattro.corp.inmet.com (Walter Meares)]

> From: rdh@sli.com (Robert D. Houk)

> I don't remember the "proper name", but "special" wrenches are available,
> a la "open-end box wrenches", except that they are less "open" -- box-end
> wrenches only grip two [opposing] surfaces of the hex, these other wrenches
> (I want to say "hydraulic fitting wrenches", or "tubing wrenches", or some

I believe it's called a flare-nut wrench.  A 14mm is a useful size for 
stripping the the fuel-line flare-nut while one attempts to change the 
fuel filter...

> 12-pt sockets!) are not much better than open-end wrenches (although they
> do allow to definitively strip *all* corners simultaneously, so ultimately
> you waste less time than stripping/rounding pairs...); "6-pt" however work
> well . . .

Yep. Also good to remember that stripped corners usually occur when one
has lots of weight on the wrench, except upon stripping of the nut said
weight is instantly transferred to the sharpest nearby object, through one's
knuckles...  ouch ...

Walter
85 4000S quattro