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My family and I are planning relocation to a different part of the world (from Europe to Asia), and likely I'll be forced to pick a minimum set of tools to 'fly with me'. So after a few years of working on DIY car repairs, and accumulating not an insignificant amount of tools (many are old...

Dear all I currently have the following 'good' pliers: - 9 inch lineman's - 9 inch needle nose - 11 inch needle nose - 5 inch circlip pliers x2 (internal and external) - 7 inch circlip pliers x2 (internal and external) The above pliers are all from good makes (SO, Channellock, Knipex). I also...

Hi all After years of buying 2nd hand SO tools - I decided to treat myself with a new pair of pliers - it's the 97ACF. But when I received it today - I am quite disappointed about the 'rustic' ground of the sides - looks like SO wanted to save a bit of steel and didn't cast/forge the sides...

As a 99% newbie to DIY auto, I would really appreciate some advice here on adj. wrench (or spanner, as we call them in the UK) Note I'm NOT referring to pipe wrenches here though. My 1st question is - how important it is to have adj. spanners in one's tool box? I have a set of metric...

Dear all I'm new to this forum, and also fairly new to working on cars. So would like to introduce myself :) About 6months ago I bought my first car - a 14 yr old Volvo - and with the help of my dad and wife - I've managed some easy jobs: - changing enging oil - changing fuel filter - flushing...