I have some, haven't used them much yet, but they are really nice! If circumstances require me to start over someday, I'd pray they made long pattern sets of these by then. Until then, these are in my road bag (neato plastic organizer) and the Craftsman Professionals are my go-to tool chest sets.
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I have some, haven't used them much yet, but they are really nice! If circumstances require me to start over someday, I'd pray they made long pattern sets of these by then. Until then, these are in my road bag (neato plastic organizer) and the Craftsman Professionals are my go-to tool chest sets.
Stop it already, i'm trying to wait!!!!!!!!You sons of ***** got me!
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It’s too late for you @gilbo …I’ll be sure to post pics when these arrive.
(Evil laugh, sounds like the Emperor from Star Wars with an echo…)
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Mine will be here Monday! 1/4" and 3/8" six piece
Woops, mine are not the locking one's, now I'm looking closer at those.
They are NICE:
If you get the locking ones, make sure you post to make @gilbo happy
.They are NICE:
So that's how the Subaru spark plugs get serviced in Japan!
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Part of my HJE Day order arrived!
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Big purchase for me. This is to do a specific job that needs to be torqued to spec.
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Part of my HJE Day order arrived!
Ok, what is HJE day?
ETA What a beautiful set. Congrats!
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See this thread: Harry J Epstein Day 2026Ok, what is HJE day?
ETA What a beautiful set. Congrats!
If you decide to order any Koken from them, use the discount code "Koken" for 15% off any Koken item. Their ratchets and sockets are beautifully finished.
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Did not know the discounts were still in effect.... I am still waiting on my first (no wait, I own four of those tiny 1/4" Koken ratchets, those are cool, so call it my second type and five total) Koken ratchet. I would say "waiting on you HJE", but the order is pretty new. Is this order 3 or four this month?
I need just one more thing and then each order turns into something big. This time it was a small portable tool box.
Gorgeous wrenches! I might have missed it, but source for the Facom's? I saw a reference to eBay, were they all from eBay?Facom 65 Metric Angled Head Ratchet Ring Wrenches 14x15, 16x18mm
Facom 467B Facom 65 Metric Angled Head Ratchet Ring Wrenches 8mm
Promotion on so I filled some gaps in lesser used sizes. No need for an 8x9mm ratcheting so I got the 8mm combi. It has a removable thin wire ring inside the box end to prevent slipping past a nut.
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Yep, I'm currently filling my 4th shopping cart since the HJE Day event
More Koken goodness in this one.Love the Ko-ken extensions, regular, wobble fix, and locking wobble fix...
On the wobble fix, you push farther on to go non-wobble, pull out one position for wobble, and keep pulling and it will release.
On the locking wobble fix, the lock will prevent you from removing the socket and prevent you from going from wobble to fixed, but will NOT prevent you from going from fixed to wobble.
I guess the complaint was users would be in the wobble mode, push a socket onto a fastener, and it would change to fixed. The lock prevents that from happening. I personally would love if it would lock in whatever mode it was in, but that is not how it works.
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Only the used two at the bottom were from small eBay sellers.
I'm not in the US, but I believe many stores here in Europe will ship over for you. Try Mister Worker, RS Components, Hoffmann Group, PrimeTools.
Gotcha... I've bought stuff from MrWorker before, my USAG wrenches. Current pricing isn't ideal with the import costs and shipping.
If you think the back spark plug is hard to get to in a Subaru opposed 4-cylinder, wait till you have to take off and clean up the valve covers. Damn thing is so obstructed you almost need to take off the engine mounts and jack things an inch or so to get sufficient clearance. I was cursing the engineers when I had to do this on my family's Subaru Forester a year back. Yikes.
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@pfbz -- In case you are not familiar with Ultimate Garage as a source for Facom in the US. The website says UG is the largest distributor of Facom & USAG in North America. Link to UG Facom page. There are a lot of wrenches listed, but it is hit or miss on whether they are in or out of stock. The current tariff environment may be part of the issue here? There seem to be significant discounts from what I assume are standard list prices. I've purchased once or twice from him and am a satisfied customer.
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This weeks new arrivals:
What was the goal? Gasket leak?
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Good to know. I wonder if they will make these in 1/4” & 1/2” drive in the future?
Ok, what is HJE day?
ETA What a beautiful set. Congrats!
You're not the first not-new person at GJ to ask about Epstein's Day this year! We had several others discover it this year, and it was the biggest ever by a mile. Maybe next July 4th weekend? But until then, they're still taking orders every day.
Excellent! The cheap impact extensions I got went from wobble to fix when pushed in, if you weren't careful, usually in a tough situation, and it's annoying. Nice to have a tool that does its special feature when you ask it to.
" but will NOT prevent you from going from fixed to wobble."
Being in the middle of a frustrating situation, a pulling move that might do that is a lot less likely. Still tempted by these.
Dreams do come true!
Space-gobbling foam insert with choice of background colors.
A friend of mine, semi-handy, came across some guy's story on Facebook. An average high-mileage non-performance Subaru driver needed spark plugs and was flummoxed by the rear plugs, took it to the dealer, they quoted him something like $700 to do the two rear plugs, they wanted to unbolt the motor mounts and jack the engine up a few inches, because, well, they have a lift, I guess.
We here at Squankum Industries are only 10,000 miles into new Subaru ownership so I haven't done the full research into how people do plugs. After seeing the above tale, I checked YouTube for the bearded expert in the Carolinas and I was not surprised to find out it was a question of having the right length of extensions and doing things in the right order.
Guy from Facebook with his long story had wound up with a different solution, the chain-drive-in-a-box extender, like this:
Which might be just fine, too. I don't know. I'm many miles away from having to worry about it.
This weeks new arrivals:
Do the instructions have any warnings about not sticking it in your ear? I think somebody's going to try to clean out their ear wth that thing. Somebody very stupid. All of a sudden the ear candles I saw a Wal-Mart last month aren't so bad.
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A friend of mine, semi-handy, came across some guy's story on Facebook. An average high-mileage non-performance Subaru driver needed spark plugs and was flummoxed by the rear plugs, took it to the dealer, they quoted him something like $700 to do the two rear plugs, they wanted to unbolt the motor mounts and jack the engine up a few inches, because, well, they have a lift, I guess.
We here at Squankum Industries are only 10,000 miles into new Subaru ownership so I haven't done the full research into how people do plugs. After seeing the above tale, I checked YouTube for the bearded expert in the Carolinas and I was not surprised to find out it was a question of having the right length of extensions and doing things in the right order.
Guy from Facebook with his long story had wound up with a different solution, the chain-drive-in-a-box extender, like this:
Which might be just fine, too. I don't know. I'm many miles away from having to worry about it.
I picked this set up from Tone ages ago and haven't done them yet. Soon, I'll report back.
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Dreams do come true!
Space-gobbling foam insert with choice of background colors.
Yup, have those, was asking about the locking wobble fix in 1/4” & 1/2” drive.
Dangit! Sorry.
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A couple of Matco items. A spring tool for rear drums and 19mm and 21mm deep impact sockets for lugs. I should’ve grabbed the flip socket kit when it was on promo but I didn’t so here we are. My driver said these impacts are sourced from AJ, but there’s no USA stamp so I’m going to assume it’s an imported blank finished at AJ. Pretty nice sockets and way thinner than Matco’s ADV ones.
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Yes: O rings around spark plug tubes were leaking oil and also the valve cover gasket corners. Enough to be a problem by 200k ish miles. You have to take the valve covers off to do this AND clean it up well with it all extremely obstructed in the back. You do no need to disconnect engine mounts and jack to shift an inch or so for the spark plugs (that is silly if someone does that). But i would recommend doing so if you do this valve cover job since it is much much more constricted than the rear plugs. If you do not jack (i dumbly did not do so) you will spend a lot of time in frustration even if your hands and arms are small and you have all the right tools (compact 1/4 drives with flex sockets etc).
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You do not need this for the Subraru opposed 4 spark plugs. They are low torque. Just use a compact 1/4 drive (have 3/8 anvil in 1/4 drive body that is perfect: mates to 3/8 compact flex socket below), short extension (or not depending on position) and a 14mm flex plug socket (see link below). Then it is quick and easy for anyone reasonably competent and less than ape sized. I am taller and average sized hands. The plugs should not be significantly problematic and can be quickly removed and replaced even if you torque them to spec. The coils are also directly over the plugs and are easy to remove (and replace) if needed using a 1/4 drive ratchet and 10 mm socket + short extension (nothing exotic).A friend of mine, semi-handy, came across some guy's story on Facebook. An average high-mileage non-performance Subaru driver needed spark plugs and was flummoxed by the rear plugs, took it to the dealer, they quoted him something like $700 to do the two rear plugs, they wanted to unbolt the motor mounts and jack the engine up a few inches, because, well, they have a lift, I guess.
We here at Squankum Industries are only 10,000 miles into new Subaru ownership so I haven't done the full research into how people do plugs. After seeing the above tale, I checked YouTube for the bearded expert in the Carolinas and I was not surprised to find out it was a question of having the right length of extensions and doing things in the right order.
Guy from Facebook with his long story had wound up with a different solution, the chain-drive-in-a-box extender, like this:
Which might be just fine, too. I don't know. I'm many miles away from having to worry about it.
Here is a good choice thin wall flex plug socket that gets you mostly there:
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Simply evil, I say!!!!
Yeah, that guy on FB who was touting it, I'm assuming that his idea of what is a normal amount of sockets, ratchets, and extensions and the like is a much smaller collection than what is normal to us sickos here.
