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Author Message   Jason McCombs (Jasonmc) Member Username: Jasonmc Post Number: 61 Registered: 06-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 01:43 pm:    ok this may well be a stupid question but are the rovers nuts and bolts metric or standard. in the little i have done i have encountered both. I want to upgrade my tool set with a decent set of wrenchs. should i be buying metric or standard?   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1783 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 02:05 pm:    Jason: You will find that most of the body and suspension related fasteners are metric, yet most of the engine parts are attached with imperial threaded fasteners. I believe that all of the fasteners that thread into the engine are imperial, yet many of the ancillaries are metric. Buy both and make sure you only buy Snap-On, otherwise, this will turn into a 500 post thread arguing over cheap tools, the merits of one expensive tool over another and the obligatory poor taste comment that then erupts into name calling and personal attacks. Just do it! Peace, Paul   Jim H. (Victor_mature) Member Username: Victor_mature Post Number: 118 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 03:57 pm:    Snap On? Snap On? Only pussies use Snap On! Go with Craftsman unless your doctor is an OB/GYN! You mean like that Paul?   Perrone Ford (Perroneford) Member Username: Perroneford Post Number: 171 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 10:36 pm:    Oh paul... geez. You had to go there! -P (Hazet, Heyco, Snap-On, Stahlwille, Knipex man.)   Steve Cooper (Scrover) Senior Member Username: Scrover Post Number: 382 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 11:29 pm:    "Snap On? Snap On? Only pussies use Snap On! Go with Craftsman unless your doctor is an OB/GYN!" Then you would need Strap-On, not Snap-On   EricV (Bender2033) Member Username: Bender2033 Post Number: 194 Registered: 08-2002 Posted on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 12:55 am:    Good one Steve!   Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 592 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 12:29 pm:    metric. i use them way more on my RR.   M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 888 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 02:51 pm:    i used to buy nothing but snap on, that was until i bought my first Ducati, it like my LR often leaves me so pissed off that i fail to find where the tool landed after venting. so now if i get pissed i forget about it. mike w