I get about 20# worth of tools in my 45 caliber 
Ammo box for most road trips.  Yeah, there 'taint 
no room in there for even 3 mosquitos......peace 
of mind is a wonderful thing.......

DM&FS

At 05:31 PM 12/21/2011, Chris S. wrote:
>It does not seem worthwhile to save a few grams 
>of weight and risk not having the correct tool 
>on the side of the road. Get a set of 10-19mm 
>sockets, shallow and deep well, and be done with it.
>
>Also carry a pipe for leverage, which helps when changing a flat.
>
>I store these and other essential tools  in a 
>small tool box which fits nicely under the rear seat.
>
>Chris.
>
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>
>Dnia Dec 21, 2011 o godz. 12:58 Daniel Rotblatt 
><d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET> napisał(a):
>
> > 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.
> >>>>
> >>>