That's right, David, the lug is snug as a VW bug in a rug. I guess Mr. von Wiener or his customer has some serious hostility towards the Taiwanese...
-MB David Beierl wrote: > At 08:00 AM 3/11/2003, George Goff wrote: > >> One thing, Willi von Wiener, my mechanic, told me that if a wrench >> fits a 3/4 >> inch nut, then it is nearly 1/16 inch too large for a 19 mm nut. So, >> do you > > > 3/4" * 25.4 = 19.05mm exactly. > > Hmm, I think Willi von Wiener got handed one of those rubber rulers when he > got off the boat. Or perhaps he was thinking of a 17.5mm nut? I tried to > help him out with the old conversion units in case he got here before 1959, > but no joy, the difference either way amounted to less than 0.00001 inch > > <grinning, ducking & running> > david > > -- > David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation" -- _______________________________________________________________________ Mark Belanger - belanger@fluid.com |
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