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Old March 21st 09, 07:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Metric Hardware ( was Aerodynamics of Towing)

On 21 Mar, 15:19, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Mar 20, 8:17*pm, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:

...My favorite example was an exhaust stud on a 1998 Olds
Intrigue. *Engine side - SAE exhaust flange side - metric.


SAE and metric threads on the same stud? Yup, that's odd all right.


My friendly local tool shop used to sell UNF/UNC nuts and bolts ...
with metric heads. Confused the hell out of me when I had to replace
some of them years later.

Ian