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Subject:Re: How not to change your Oil!
From:Berry Kercheval
Date:Sat, 18 May 1996 09:23:17 PDT

>>>Claralw@aol.com said:
 > btw, what a hassle with the oil change.  I take muirs advice, one hand
 > halfway up the wrench for 10mms.    Ive been paranoid about sptripping bolt
 > holes, as i have done that

I use 1/4 inch sockets for that.  You can't get as much torque that way.  I 
switched when my airplane's mechanic saw me using half-inch drive stuff on my 
airplane and told me it's REALLY easy to strip steel threads going into 
aluminum that way.

  --berry

Berry Kercheval :: kerch@parc.xerox.com :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center