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On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 06:15, Dave Hall wrote: > > Yeah, we get used to the "normal" bolts requiring 10, 13, 15, 17, & 19mm > > wrenches, but the JIS bolts are now all one step down. The most common wrench > > sizes on them are 12 & 14. > > > > Ah, the nostalgia of 14mm! Most of the old Beetle M8 bolts were 14mm heads back > in the '50s. I guess these are on M10 bolts though. That explains why most > cheap sets of sockets and wrenches have a 14mm but no 15mm (or is it 13mm?). > 8mm bolts with 14mm heads. VW used them up through 1959. Then they went to the 13mm heads. I still have a few of the 14mm head bolts. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~