Common Wrench Sizes, What sizes do I need? Options

[VaccaRabite]

Hi all. I am tapping your collective brain power till my shop manual comes in. (Amazon says Oct 15 - I went for the free shipping (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) )

Tonight I was thinking on going to sears and getting some good wrenches. I have lots of fractional wrenches, but just about nothing in metrics. It has been my experience that some wrenches are used all the time, and buying a "wrench set" blind could either net you lots of unused wrenches, or worse, not having the size that you need in the set.

So, what are the common sizes that I am going to need?
My car is a 1976 2.0L

I searched, but "Common wrench size" turned up nothing, and "Wrench size" turned up too much to sift through, at least while sitting at in my office. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

Thanks all,

Zach

[Cap'n Krusty]

HF sells an excellent set of ball end allen wrenches. The set is in a red plastic holder. Go for the wrench set at Sears, you'll need most of them. Socket set, too. Sure, 7, 9, 16, and 18 mm are gonna mostly sit there, but the set price is probably a lot better than buying the pieces individually. Might as well pick up a 6mm allen socket and an 8mm triple square while you're there.
The Cap'n