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I poked around Amazon Japan this morning and they also make non-ball-end. Prices are scary and I wasn't finding a set, and I found chatter that they don't sell sets of these. This is the homework I did before asking Mr. Tools n Twisties to tell us more! I'm still happy with my 1990's $12...

Oops! Missed your earlier post, I was busy last week! Thanks!

Very nice! How much? And where?

Nice hammer! Nice shocks!

That being said, in modern times, you take away some pilots' GPS, they might fly in the dark into a mountainside in New Mexico: https://www.wired.com/story/a-civilian-plane-crashed-in-new-mexico-was-the-militarys-tech-to-blame/

Behold! An early ducted fan airplane! Thanks to Dennis Simanitis, former engineering editor of Road & Track magazine, who now blogs and flies airplanes in MS Flight Simulator: https://simanaitissays.com/2022/10/13/ducted-fan-ad-extremus-part-1/...

Rick, have you finished reading this thread yet?

I'm a lucky man! (I don't think my gal knows her knives are dull.)

Peeking at RockAuto.com, it appears the clue is the diameter of the brake rotor, 330mm or 350mm. Do they have UPS or the US Postal Service where you live? They have a zillion options for brake pads showing there.

Why not adjust each wrench to a specific size and label it? :p

New additions to the road tool bag: ICON 8" hose grip pliers, Taiwan, $19.99 Pittsburgh long hose grip pliers, China, $13.99/set I have the Knipexes the ICON were based on, and have had a similar cheap, un-pretty set of the Pittsburghs for ten years now, and they may not be fine quality...

OT, briefly: Other than name brand Therm-A-Rest, that traditional style mattress can be found sometimes at Wal-Mart for less, and the REI house-brand models are cheaper but just as good, and most importantly, the military bought a zillion of them in green and sommmmehow they have made their way...

Great news! Our modern world now sells tool creepers, too! Or the lid of a cardboard box makes a nice tray you can drag/push around.

I have a burly friend with a modern Lotus, I keep telling him he needs to install a gymnastics ring in his garage ceiling to dangle over the left side of the car for when he's getting in and out.

There are many ways to skin this cat! I've seen guys in the junkyard using dirty floor mats from nearby cars. I hardly ever talk this way, but, ew, gross.

One advantage to cardboard -- or vinyl exteriors like the pit mats I showed -- is the ability to reposition yourself without friction/grippy.

Before I got that Lisle, I bought one of these, then a few years later, another one. They used to be $20! (Now $28.99) The seams opening up slightly is no big deal. Nice for cold concrete or junkyard gravel. Some jobs, I put all three down next to each other. The padding is "eh."...

A boo boo by my friend resulted in an oil drain container spilling used motor oil on my trusty ThermARest that was on the floor of the tow van. I was driving across KS or MO when my friend discovered it, and, as he tends to do, leapt into frenzied action, spraying brake cleaner on it. It worried...

Lisle also makes this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000JFHMZW?tag=atomicindus08-20 It's not very wide or long or as cheap compared to Speedway's $28.99 pit mat, but it's very well made and the seams haven't given way. Either way they're a civilized way to work on the ground. Was in a...