As I pointed out last week regarding color of handle covers on pumps for
Benzin and Diesel, the industry should standardize voluntarily, as the
motorcycle industry should have in the 20s. That way the goobers stay
away. Thankfully, after WWII, hardly Davidson got rid of the left
hand operated gear shift on their motorsickles.
In the US, we had SAE and other voluntary (industry) standards. My
cars built under DIN standards are excellent. Whitworth, not so
much. Unfortunately, DIN was abandoned to adopt the frog backed ISO
standards. ISO has goobers involved, so everything is messed up. Up
to W123, I could work on any german made vehicle, and most german made
equipment and only need 10, 13, 14, 17 and 19mm wrenches and sockets,
along with 5, 6, 8 and 10 mm allen wrenches. For exhaust 12mm was
added. My BMW R75/5 added a pin wrench for the fork tubes, and a
larger socket and a spark plug wrench. (supplied in tool kit) Life was
good and life was simple. In 1985, you had to add the special socket
for the delivery valves on MB, except you really didn't need one until
2000 to 2007, when the ULSD dissolved whatever was left of the DV orings.
Goobermnt meddling in anything but the enumerated powers is a bad thing.
Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
November 23, 2019 at 7:18 AM
Is government-forced standardization a good thing? In some cases yes, the
trade-off is probably worth the lives saved, like in this case. Where is
the line beyond which government decree becomes a bad trade-off?
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Max
Charleston SC
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