is japan with us on the metric system because all my tools are teng whitch im shure are japanies lol all ym sokets and spanners are metric but some of my dads old britool a/f sizes are a better fit
i was taking off all the pulyls to day and my dad wasent there to get his key to his tools so i was stuck with my stuf but i have almost striped this bolt and cant get it to budge gona try some heat on it to moro
but back to my question is japan metric or a/f all the way round the car
Almost everything is metric on the FD - there are some exceptions though where things are \'standardised\' accross all cars.
Could be that you socket set isn\'t accurate enough (i.e. a cheap one like mine!)
Iain
all my tools are teng whitch aint cheep unless ur dad buys u them of ebay lol good to know they are metric i might just have rounded this bolt to mutch with my manly strenth :P i tryed giving it a good old bang with a hammer whitch didnt do much but to moro we try the heat me like heat :D
ps:: is there a way to drain all the coolent out???????
definetly metric, was the A/F socket a single hex type ? might be why it fitted better ?
Best sockets I have ever used are Koken Pefect Lok flank drive sockets, they will remove most rounded off bolts with ease. I don\'t think they are available in this country though and my Dad has a set but I can\'t find another set anywhere (so I just have to \'borrow\' his set ;) )
Mike
can i borow them :P i am prety shure heat will alow it to expand enuf to loosen the corosion that is holding it on so tight
cheers for the replies now i wont need to go buy a set of a/f lol
ps:: is there a way to drain all the coolent out???????
Same side of engine as spark plugs, at the bottom of the centre plate.There is a 14mm bolt which is coolant drain for block.There is also a drain plug in the bottom of the radiator.
Gary
thx man wahre wud i be without this forum
I use "Metwrinch" tools. They hold the nut on the flat part, not on the corners, so there\'s little chance of rounding. They are also great for removing nuts that have been rounded.
yeh you get flat grips whitch cver the full bolt whitch u realy use for breaking of hard bolts and the ones u get that grip the corners are used to get onto a bolt bast as you dont need to line em up i used a small spanner to get the nit of it was about 4 inches long lol u wana see the state of my knucles
Thanks for the very useful bit of info. I was looking at that bolt today when i put my engine back in and wondered what is was for. I just pulled the bottom hose off and got water EVERYWHERE.
Oh well, i know for next time! Which will hopefully be a good few miles away