The original post was about a 318, a 5.2 magnum. Don't be confusing things here. So what I posted, still very much applies.
I know nothing about the 5.7 hemi, have never had to work on one yet. I own dodges (older ones) but work as a fleet mechanic for a state that insists on buying all Ford's
which I hate.

And I wish I knew why US companies had to go away from a very reliable measurement system and screw things up by going to metric. Now a days everyone just assumes all fasteners are metric.
I have lots of money in standard tools, had to go spend another boatload on metric ones and then again for torx tamper proof torx, external torx and who knows what else they will drum up?

 

I think if I were a fleet mechanic, I'd LOVE working for a state that insisted on all Fords; nothing says "job security" for a mechanic like a Ford.

Mainly because a lot of the countries the OEMs sell in made the use of metric a requirement by force of law. Other nations that use SAE, like the US, don't have a legal requirement either way. It's cheaper to be on one measurement system than two, so since there's a legal requirement for metric amongst part of their customer base and no legal requirement for SAE anywhere else, we all get to enjoy losing 10MM sockets and wrenches while inexplicably finding five 14MM sockets when looking for the one 15MM socket in the tool box that came from the only set of sockets we ever bought. Where did all those excess 14s come from, anyway?

 

Why does that sound WAY to familiar to me????? I think I have three or four 14mm wrenches, but, 10mm? Nowhere to be found...... I wonder if metric wrenches 'grow up' over time???? Will my 13mm wrench become a 15mm in a few years???

 

Yes if the 13 mm was made from substandard materials...

 

Hey, I had a couple Snap-On wrenches spontaneously spawn in my toolbox. I have no idea where they came from, and I am NOT complaining.

 

Somewhere out there, the former owner is misting up and swearing he'll never lend his tools out again.

 

Nah, I don't borrow tools from my friends, from the parts store though, yeah. If I find I need something, I will either rent it, if I don't see myself needing it often, or buy it, if I do. I generally don't make a habit of loaning my tools either. Tend to never see them again.

 

I don't rent tools. One, I figure if I needed it once I'll need it again, and the few times I did rent the tools broke. They aren't investing money in good tools for rentals.

 

I've rented things I'll use once in a blue moon, like fuel pressure gauges and cooling system pressure testers. It's free upon return and I don't have to store tools I may use once in years. Never rented hand tools tho... mostly have craftsman and they never break.