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Hardware; Metric or Metric
Topic Started: Jul 20 2014, 11:02 PM (393 Views)
brsja
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Here is a question that might be hard to say with absolute 100% certainty. :deal IDK

Is ALL of the hardware (every nut, bolt ,screw, thread, hole, etc.) on the Metro metric? :coffee

Not working in the automotive repair industry I don't know if it's a mix or all metric these days...well those days...say on the 1995-2000 models??? :news

Thanks for reading... :D
Edited by brsja, Jul 20 2014, 11:02 PM.
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socal geo garage
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Everything under the hood is that I know of.
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perfesser
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The only mixed unit cars I am aware of were made here in the good old USA in the '70s. They called it a "phased conversion". Mechanics called it other things. :O :O

I know there were many others, but the Pinto stands out in my mind as a prime example. The engine was metric. Everything else was standard. Everything under the hood that was not actually the engine was standard. The bolts that held the engine mounts to the block were metric. The bolts that held the engine mounts to the frame were standard. I forget what the transmission was. What a hassle!!

The likelihood of finding an Asian or European car with this condition ranges between nil and none. They were all metric from the start. It's only our screwed-up system that could conceive, much less execute, such a disaster!

(Oops, gotta take that partway back! Ever heard of the Whitworth system adopted in England? Henry Ford also couldn't wait for the SAE to come up with standard dimensions, so he made his own standards (Why not? He made his own fasteners!), which shouldn't affect those of us who have cars made by Ford after the 1920's. :D :D :D )
Edited by perfesser, Jul 21 2014, 12:16 AM.
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