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[โ€“] Rhaedas@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 points 2 years 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.