I keep a couple of Thorsen dog bone wrenches under the seat with vise grips,needle nose pliers,screw drives. they're magnetised and stay quiet under way. for travels beyond home area I of course carry a more inclusive socket set. for absolute worst case scenario there's plastic ... =(:D)

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris S. <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Cc: 
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Most common Nuts 'n Bolts?

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.
>>>> 
>>>