Recent content by wlai

I am self taught on car repairs and so am not sure if this is a technique thing or do I just need better tools. Here goes: When using a ratchet and socket to loosen a bolt, after the bolt is freed, very quickly the tools becomes useless as it won't "ratchet" and the bolt just spins back and...

I’m here to learn what I don’t know. If you see questions which seems stupid to you, don’t feel you owe me a reply. And the reason I didn’t think of googling is that OEM Tools site calls it “GoThru®“ which I didn’t realize is a common tool type. Went to the OEM Tools site earlier and looked up...

Thanks, that is a helpful tip!

Thanks. Can you explain what the pass through sockets do? I haven't seen/used these before.

Thanks all. I still think the OEM set is at or near the top of my list. Need to look at the DeWalts as well. One question: If you can only have one set of wrenches for now, would flex head be desirable? Understand that I'd have to give up reversible...

I'm near Seattle, so may be close enough? :-) I would enjoy doing a bit of restoration actually. I'll PM you.

Quite right! Also, as you can see I don't post willy nilly, i.e. I research more than I ask :-) Thanks for all the great feedback!

Thanks! I don't know if this is "vintage" as the seller says, 40#, asking $85. Decent?

Thanks for the nice greeting...as I wrote in the post, I did search on here and read thru them but didn't find exactly what I was looking for. Some of the threads are quite old as well. Also, if you had read my post you'd notice I put a link to a set that I found via another post. But hey...

Started to fix my Toyota and I need a set of metric wrenches. Thinking about ratcheting combo wrenches as they are sure convenient when I used them at a friend's. From what I've researched on here, I'd like: - Reversible Ratcheting mechanism - Offset wrenches - 72 teeth - 12 points - Trying to...

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How are Columbia vises in general? I seem to see a lot of them in my area.

Old but useful thread, love mine.

Thanks a great thread!

Thanks for a great sticky!