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Incidentally, since nobody has mentioned it, and for the benefit of anyone who is new to JIS, the fasteners are identified by a single dot or dimple on the screw head.

I find a Phillips with the point ground off makes an effective JIS driver.

I'm just surprised it wasn't a torx in the first place, Mercedes love them, both internal and external. A torx or a star drive are probably favourite, after first soaking, tapping, heating and anything else you can do to loosen the little rascal.

A wrench is when you have to put your dog down. The people who gave the world the Industrial Revolution called them spanners. That's good enough for me.

They do? How quaint, in the UK they just take the car, never to be seen again, since it usually ends up in some foreign dung hill far away. I must admit, someone once stole my front seats, but they were polite enough to lock the vehicle up again afterwards...

Locking wheel nuts, I threw mine away when it occurred to me that the chance of anyone stealing my unremarkable wheels from my unremarkable car was considerably lower than my losing that single coded socket they gave me. Thinking about it, apart from ritzy aftermarket ones, do people steal...

Beware of the cheap Beta 'Easy' range, made in China they fall far below the real Beta stuff, the 1/2 drive ratchet I foolishly bought (lured by the Beta name) was awful.

If you're going for the anti tamper variety then get the high end stuff, especially in the smaller sizes the centre hole reduces the strength a lot.

I have a pocket sized Bahco, 100mm, that goes everywhere with me, it's a handy little thing.

I have a set, frankly, they're awful, very sloppy.

I'm convinced that it's one (or several) of the many additives in the ATF that does the trick, with the acetone in the 50/50 just working as a carrier, so I don't think you're far off.

I remembered this tip when I was using my rather ordinary brake piston retraction tool earlier. The improvement was quite noticeable, thanks!

Mikuni do a carb tool kit containing the correct jet screwdrivers among other things, they turn up on FleaBay quite often and aren't dear. Go for the 8 piece set with yellow driver handle.

I opened up my Beta 'Easy' 1/2 drive ratchet today to find out why it had always felt so rough. The action was machined perhaps 0.25mm off centre in the handle and askew, complemented by the barest lick of grease complete with some iron filings. Since I wouldn't pay for engineering like that...

"I'm chuffed to bits" as the train spotter said when he fell under a steam locomotive...

There are Beta, which are excellent, but they also do a Beta 'Easy' range which are cheaper and, well, you get what you pay for...

Why not order it from Snap-on UK? That will be $54 to you Sir. Postage and packing extra, naturally...

ATF contains more different additives than you could shake a stick at, anti friction, anti oxidant, anti sludge and so on. Maybe the acetone leaches something out and takes it into the thread?

Look for a set with a T27, most jump from T25 to T30, when you haven't got a 27 you'll need them a lot.

I picked one of those boxes up from somewhere years ago, they're a Mercedes dealer service set of some description. All odds and sods but really good kit, I wish I had the full range of them.