Re: Audi tools - hold on!

["Bob D'Amato" <Bob.Damato@snetel.com>]

On Fri, 1 Dec 1995, '*Tess*' Teresa A McMillan wrote:

> Don't throw away *any* of those metric wrenches!  Give 'em to your 
> nearest Alfista!  On recent forays into the engine of my Alfa Spider, I 
> used:  the 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15mm, 16mm, 17mm, and 
> 19mm!  (Fan shroud, pet-cock, radiator bolts, radiator fan, engine mounts, 
> air sensor housing, and assorted gadgets and doodads bolted here and 
> there... so far I haven't found a reason to the rhyme, but then I'm new 
> to working on my own car!)
> 

Talk about reason to the rhyme??? My GMC Jimmy (ok, dont start, everyone 
needs a beater) has both metric AND SAE under the hood, along with 5/8" 
and 13mm bolts on the alt... talk about mix and match. Although Chevy has 
never been accused of making a quality vehicle....

Bob


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