Dodge caravan Metric Tools?

Comboverfish > wrote in news:ba725630-67c3-4f05-
:


>
> A good rule of thumb on domestic vehicles with mixed fasteners:
>
> The bolts or studs that thread directly into the heads and block will
> be standard, while all others will be metric.
>
> They are slowly phasing in new designs/castings to take the place of
> certain 30+ year old engines, so just be patient ;-)
>


According to an article I have in a British magazine...

In the 1950s, Ford of France sold the tooling for a particular vehicle
(called the "Vedette") to Simca. Simca then produced the car as the Simca
Vedette.

The article says the car was identical in all ways to the Ford
design...except that Simca converted every single fastener from Imperial to
Metric. I wonder what that cost?

--
Tegger

On Feb 16, 9:23*am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

> It't not QUITE as bad as Whitworth threads... a 1/4-20 Whitworth bolt will
> fit into a 1/4-20NC nut but the 1/4-20NC bolt won't fit into a 1/4-20 Whitworth
> nut. *Or is it the other way around? *Legions of folks ruined MG engine blocks
> this way.

It would take so much less effort to simply let the MG blocks ruin
themselves...

Toyota MDT in MO

On Feb 16, 10:30*am, Tegger > wrote:

> According to an article I have in a British magazine...
>
> In the 1950s, Ford of France sold the tooling for a particular vehicle
> (called the "Vedette") to Simca. Simca then produced the car as the Simca
> Vedette.

Does that rhyme with "bidet"? I sure hope so.

> The article says the car was identical in all ways to the Ford
> design...except that Simca converted every single fastener from Imperial to
> Metric. I wonder what that cost?

Please kill me if I ever have to work on a French built, Ford designed
car.

Toyota MDT in MO

Comboverfish > wrote in
:

> On Feb 16, 10:30*am, Tegger > wrote:
>
>> According to an article I have in a British magazine...
>>
>> In the 1950s, Ford of France sold the tooling for a particular
>> vehicle (called the "Vedette") to Simca. Simca then produced the car
>> as the Simca Vedette.
>
> Does that rhyme with "bidet"? I sure hope so.



Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's pronounced vedd-ETT, like "Corvette".
I think it means "diplomat".


>
>> The article says the car was identical in all ways to the Ford
>> design...except that Simca converted every single fastener from
>> Imperial to Metric. I wonder what that cost?
>
> Please kill me if I ever have to work on a French built, Ford designed
> car.
>


Would you like to be beat to death with a Metric, SAE, AF or Whitworth
wrench?

--
Tegger

I used to work at a factory that manufactured auto and big heavy 18
wheeler and lawn mower batteries and every six months or so, we
manufactured a few pallet loads of six volt old timey looking batteries
for old MG cars.
cuhulin

wrote in news:21472-47B7940F-729@storefull-
3252.bay.webtv.net:

> I used to work at a factory that manufactured auto and big heavy 18
> wheeler and lawn mower batteries and every six months or so, we
> manufactured a few pallet loads of six volt old timey looking batteries
> for old MG cars.
>
>
>


6-volt tar-tops?

--
Tegger

Yep, they were six volt batteries.One of the old cars I used to own in
the 1970s was a 1950 Ford six cylinder car, flat head engine with manual
shift transmission and overdrive.That was before I worked at the battery
factory, that old factory first opened up back around 1960 or 1961, I
think.The factory closed down about ten years ago, we were manufacturing
up to 14,000 batteries daily on two shifts.The factory ran five and a
half days each week, half a day on Saturdays.I went there and I bought
an eight volt battery for my 1950 Ford car.I had to adjust the regulator
with a pair of pliers so the eight volt battery could charge up
properly.That eight volt battery made the engine start up faster and the
head lights were brighter too.
cuhulin

Comboverfish > wrote:
>On Feb 16, 9:23=A0am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>
>> It't not QUITE as bad as Whitworth threads... a 1/4-20 Whitworth bolt will=
>
>> fit into a 1/4-20NC nut but the 1/4-20NC bolt won't fit into a 1/4-20 Whit=
>worth
>> nut. =A0Or is it the other way around? =A0Legions of folks ruined MG engin=
>e blocks
>> this way.
>
>It would take so much less effort to simply let the MG blocks ruin
>themselves...

Some folks claim they come already pre-ruined from the factory. But honestly,
the oil loss is a feature. The oil leaking from every corner of the block
soon coats the underside of the car and prevents rust.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I was watching Junkyard Wars on tv yesterday.The two teams each cobbled
up some vehicles for a paintball contest.One of the teams dug out an old
Range Rover.The rear end of the frame on that Range Rover was so rotten,
they could pick that rotten frame metal off with their fingernails.
cuhulin

wrote:
> I was watching Junkyard Wars on tv yesterday.The two teams each cobbled
> up some vehicles for a paintball contest.One of the teams dug out an old
> Range Rover.The rear end of the frame on that Range Rover was so rotten,
> they could pick that rotten frame metal off with their fingernails.
> cuhulin
>
sounds like my 86 Jimmy. When I parted it out, a guy wanted the doors
for the power window motors. Had a hard time getting the pin out of the
driver's door, so I just reefed it all the way open (like I said, he
wanted the guts not the skins) and the hinges peeled off the body. I
knew it was rusty, but I didn't realize I could pull the doors off...

Ray