• Rhaedas
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    111 months ago

    I’ve heard one (of many) caveats in buying an English-made car is the sizes of nuts and bolts when working on it.

    • @[email protected]
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      211 months ago

      The old BSW system was wild. A 1/2" wrench measured the width of the thread, not the head of the bolt. So BSW wrenchs are way larger than the similarly marked SAE wrench.