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Koken also makes something (for pretty cheap... for Koken) that would probably work with the right wrenches. https://kokenusa.com/products/drain-plug-key-14hx17h

Some more good ideas! I'm not sure how well some would fit in the space I'm working in. However, your ebay link gave me the idea "What if we don't shrink the socket side of the equation, but shrink the ratchet / 'breaker bar' side of the equation?" Apparently there are tools called "socket...

It looks like they have these as well, which I'm pretty sure would work. Pretty expensive for just a single piece though https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/CHTCSH3414MRB https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/CHTCSH3417MRB

Looks like that is basically one these that this guy goes over in this (mildly annoying) video: So looks like it'd be metal, but I'm thinking you'd have to grind the "face" of it off, if that makes sense. So you could access the 3/8 hole on both sides.

I can't tell, but that may be plastic. If that "face" is the only plastic piece, and that 3/8" hole goes all the way through (if you can remove the "face"), I think it definitely could work for a 17mm plug!

Great find! I'm not sure why I wasn't able to find something like that with all the searching I was doing last night. Searching for "Stubby Impact Hex Bit Socket Set" brings it and similar products up. And then I just guess you have to look to see if the bottom of the bits are the hex design...

I have the Bilitools belt tensioner tool (I think it was Project Farm that recommended it?). It's got some of those adapters / stubbies. However, when I looked on Amazon last night to see if I could find an adapter / hex stubby (14mm / 17mm) from anyone, I wasn't having any luck. I do see...

Thanks! The kit looks very cool. I'm guessing you can't buy the bits (like the H14 or H17) separate of the kit though? I'm not too familiar with Matco stuff.

By the way, sorry if my responses seem to come out of order here once they show up. Because of my low message count I still have to get every message approved by the admins at this point.

@DAustin @u2slow Thank you both! I ended up grabbing that eBay Hazet you linked to. I have no idea how much they normally go for, but $40 shipped for anything Hazet seems like it's probably a deal.

For what it's worth, I do already have the Astro Pneumatic nano tool wrenches (small, medium, and large sized ones), so if there is something that fits in that ecosystem, it would be a plus. However, the only thing I see goes (again) only to a 10mm hex bit ...

Hi all. I'm looking for something that can do basically what this CTA tool does: https://ctatools.com/products/8762 In other words, be a 14mm / 17mm hex key for opening the drain / fill plugs on some Euro cars where there is nearly no access to get to the plug with a traditional 14mm or 17mm...

@Razorhunter @Fatboyslim @Nutria @vjquan I figured out a way to prevent the selector switch from moving without doing something more invasive / ugly to our CDI torque wrenches, like epoxy or the like. The summary is basically take the head of a 2.5mm zip tie (removed from the zip tie) and...

It's a nice coincidence this thread exists. I just did a longer, more involved job on a car with my CDI torque wrenches and I was about ready to throw them against the wall because their selector switches kept moving at the wrong time. I found this thread when searching for a solution to the...