Do you store your SAE tools in your primary tool chest?
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Do you store your SAE tools in your primary tool chest?
I did my annual cleanup of my tool chests today disposing of crap I accumulate over the year. When I was almost done, I realized my SAE tools take up half the space in my tool chest and are almost never used.
I took all the SAE tools and put them in an old tool box and they are now sitting in a corner in the garage. It sure freed up a lot of space for the tools I do use.
Just wondering what others do with their SAE tools.
I took all the SAE tools and put them in an old tool box and they are now sitting in a corner in the garage. It sure freed up a lot of space for the tools I do use.
Just wondering what others do with their SAE tools.
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Huh, what's SAE? Oh wait those are the one's I use on every other car I have to work on because my whole family loves domestics
I hve the top half of my tool box devoted to metric stuff...then a few droors of SAE stuff, then all the universal stuff like BFH's towrds the bottom.
I hve the top half of my tool box devoted to metric stuff...then a few droors of SAE stuff, then all the universal stuff like BFH's towrds the bottom.
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right now I have enough 2" drawers where metric and sae wrenches and things can be separate. but not quite equal as I probably have 3 metric pieces to every 1 sae. only 1/4 drive stuff is all together.
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Noob question here, but at least I didnt start a thread on it.
I looked through the m.net garage and couldnt find the info, but I heard some word that you can work on a miata with a certain set of metric sizes and you wont need anything else.
Does anyone know what these are?
For ex. all bolts in the miata are 10mm, 14mm, 19mm, ect. I'm attempting to start a tool set and this rumour would save me some cash-ola.
I looked through the m.net garage and couldnt find the info, but I heard some word that you can work on a miata with a certain set of metric sizes and you wont need anything else.
Does anyone know what these are?
For ex. all bolts in the miata are 10mm, 14mm, 19mm, ect. I'm attempting to start a tool set and this rumour would save me some cash-ola.
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Noob question here, but at least I didnt start a thread on it.
I looked through the m.net garage and couldnt find the info, but I heard some word that you can work on a miata with a certain set of metric sizes and you wont need anything else.
Does anyone know what these are?
For ex. all bolts in the miata are 10mm, 14mm, 19mm, ect. I'm attempting to start a tool set and this rumour would save me some cash-ola.
I looked through the m.net garage and couldnt find the info, but I heard some word that you can work on a miata with a certain set of metric sizes and you wont need anything else.
Does anyone know what these are?
For ex. all bolts in the miata are 10mm, 14mm, 19mm, ect. I'm attempting to start a tool set and this rumour would save me some cash-ola.
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I have a small tool collection, but I keep a full rail of sockets, wrenches, some specialty miata **** just in case, a gallon of water, oil/power steering/gear oil/brake fluid, extra accessory belts, and a timing belt because you never know. I even have an extra front and rear bearing in the trunk. I'll have extra nuts and studs for the turbo and downpipe when I get that **** installed. I keep all this **** in a duffel bag so I can take them from one miata to another.
I have paranoia problems, but I've been stranded by previous cars easily more than 20 times. I couldn't even make it on a 45 minute trip in the old vw's without something going wrong. The Corrado, Jetta, and TT were this bad.
I have paranoia problems, but I've been stranded by previous cars easily more than 20 times. I couldn't even make it on a 45 minute trip in the old vw's without something going wrong. The Corrado, Jetta, and TT were this bad.
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Noob question here, but at least I didnt start a thread on it.
I looked through the m.net garage and couldnt find the info, but I heard some word that you can work on a miata with a certain set of metric sizes and you wont need anything else.
Does anyone know what these are?
For ex. all bolts in the miata are 10mm, 14mm, 19mm, ect. I'm attempting to start a tool set and this rumour would save me some cash-ola.
I looked through the m.net garage and couldnt find the info, but I heard some word that you can work on a miata with a certain set of metric sizes and you wont need anything else.
Does anyone know what these are?
For ex. all bolts in the miata are 10mm, 14mm, 19mm, ect. I'm attempting to start a tool set and this rumour would save me some cash-ola.