Re: Dodge caravan Metric Tools?

clifto <clifto@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> Nicholas wrote:
>> Tegger <tegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>clifto <clifto@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: 
>>>> Bob M. wrote:
>>>>> All vehicles, even those made in the US of A, have been metric for
>>>>> the past 25 years. 
>>>> 
>>>> There's a big difference between a vehicle being metric and a
>>>> vehicle having some metric parts.
>>>
>>>Vehicles designed in North America have been created entirely in
>>>Metric for at least the last 20 years.
>>>
>>>In the CAD/CAM files, cars are subdivided into one-decimeter (10cm,
>>>about 4") cubes.
>>>
>>>With a few exceptions, fasteners have been Metric for at least that
>>>long, I'm sure.
>> 
>> Not exactly.  I've got a Merc Sable that has both Metric and English
>> fasteners and bolts.  So I bought one of those combination socket
>> sets to cover all the bases.
> 
> My 1989 and 1991 Grand Marquises have more English than metric parts.
> My 1994 Acclaim has a good number of English parts, and they're always
> the ones I approach with a metric socket. All were made in the last 20
> years.
> 


You can tell I don't have much experience with domestic cars...

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Tegger