I do have a set of standard I got at a yard sale that goes up to 1" bolts - way small for railroad, but great self defence :->

So far we've got 13, 15, 17mm wrenches...would that be M8, M10, bolts (the charts don't even show a 15mm wrench)?  I looked up a chart and there's different wrench head sizes: ANSI/ISO, DIN, etc.  Now I'm more confused :-(   No problem when I working on the car, I just find the socket/wrench that works.  Maybe I jsut opened up a can of worms...

Dan
Los Angeles, CA
"Winky" the '85 Westy Weekender

On Dec 21, 2011, at 7:45 AM, Jim Felder wrote:

> Thread size, of course. Don't you have a set of wrenches for metric
> locomotives?
> 
> : )
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:27 AM, John C... <yacoltyayhoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Are we talking wrench size or thread size?  ;o)
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Jabin Newhouse <jabin_n@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dan, i am the one that asked the "nuts/bolts" question...
>>> 
>>> as a very amateur vw owner...i rely on manauls, blog, and trusted website
>>> instructions for repairs so those instructions they actually say "use a
>>> 15mm wrench...use a 17mm wrench" depending on which repair you are doing.
>>> 
>>> in my limited time working on my '87 vanagon...i normally see 13mm, 15mm,
>>> & 17mm nuts/bolts.  but i am sure others in the group can add much more
>>> insight.
>>> 
>>