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

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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"