the right tool

diymirage said

so this week i replaced the front shocks and steering dampener on the plow truck

i wont tell you what mickey mouse company made this truck but the amount of different nuts in there is just retarded

there is a 17, and a 19 mm on there, as well as a 3/4 and a 13/16th

of course there was some rust on there and that makes it even harder to get the right socket on everything

i was able to find one tool that was the right size for all the different nuts on there...a 4 inch cut off wheels

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19mm and 3/4 are basically the same size.
But I know what you mean. Everything started changing over in 1977. I was a trimmer in a GM dealership and you thought you knew what sockets etc to take with you and get inside the car under the dash. It was either standard or metric.
One good thing out of it was our gov. would give you money towards a new toolbox because of the extra space needed to purchase tool. For example, if you bought 500 dollars worth of metric tools then they would give you 500 towards a new tool box. Good deal really.
Things are still crazy because most things are in metric but when you buy lumber or building materials it's all in standard measurement.