the 'todays job' thread

[roys]

Thought I was on a sure thing with the Schrader valve hmmmmm

[roys]

SES dash board lights

[Stere]

Valves was a good guess and are imperial but there is another imperial  one?

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Stere

[tree-fancier123]

google knows - edit, or so I thought? hmm

 

Edited 23 hours ago by tree-fancier123

[Stere]

I cheated and googled it and found an answer which I'm pretty sure is it.

[AHPP]

Sheatbelts, Moneypenny!

 

Seatbelt mounting bolts are all 7/16-20 UNF. Some international agreement to never differ because they're apparently such an important part of the car. You can have a thoroughly metric Jap/Euro/whatever and it'll still have imperial seat belt mounts.

 

Interested to know whether Chinese car manufacturers capitulate. I hope not. Stick that up your jumper, USA, Burma, Liberia and Yemen.

 

Automotive nationality is a myth these days anyway. Everything's JE this, JIT that, flexibly integrated the other. My French van is Japanese. My dad's Volvo is American. Women are men. Men are pigs. Easter eggs are illegal. **************** off.

Edited 22 hours ago by AHPP

[kram]

Ah not all cars had seatbelts, tho most will have been retrofitted if they are still on the road, except vintage cars..

 

Where as near enough every car has a 5v1 threaded schrader valve, except some fancy airless run flat tyres.

Edited 18 hours ago by kram

[Deafhead]

On 12/12/2025 at 20:16, JLA1990 said:

When you get the digger only slew clockwise, if you go counter clockwise the cab will fall off! 

I had a early hymac 480 that you had to remember which way you slewed last or paid the price.