why would it matter or not if the fittings are metric since reproduction parts are fake anyhow and are usually purchased when price or availability are the major issues... if accuracy is such a big deal it would seem one would pay the price for NOS and get what they pay for..

this scenario is played out everyday in our country when we demand higher wages; shorter hours; more benefits; and easier work and then complain when we find we have priced ourselves right out of a job because our products are too expensive for the average person to buy and the overall quality is nothing to brag about anymore either...

thanks to our greed we have priced ourselves right out of the world market as we continually beg for cheaper products from foreign markets... check some of your trusty Craftsman crap and see where that comes from or better yet try hocking the farm to get the junk serviced when it falls apart...

it seems we want to get a lot but don't want to give up very much to get it... we buy cheap and that's just about what we should expect... look around at the foreign made products we own and see what we've done to our jobs; our economy and ourselves...
bill in va