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Originally Posted by HobieMarty View Post
If it's metric, it stays metric and I always match bolts or screws, never mix and match because it looks like crap if ya do.
Today I removed the fuel pump from the TR and I find it funny that this British car doesn't have any metric fasteners. The bolts for the fuel pump were actually 1/2 inch nuts on studs.

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Every once in a while you'll find they throw in some rando Whitworth fastener on those cars, with a head size and a thread pitch that matches up with nothing in the known universe.
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