GearWrench 3 piece 3/8 Sparkplug Ratchet & Socket Set

[wornoutoldman]

Looks like a good deal from Eastwood. Fifty Bucks:

http://www.eastwood.com/3-pc-spark-plug-ratchet-set-3-8-drive.html

 

[jim1987]

Looks like a good deal to me.

 

[Skin]

If thats all you wanted its cheaper on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000V5EGK4/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[nicksnothereman]

Looks like a good deal from Eastwood. Fifty Bucks:

http://www.eastwood.com/3-pc-spark-plug-ratchet-set-3-8-drive.html

Do they sell the sockets individually. Those would come in handy with the built in extension. Not that I can't do it with an extension but tis something I've never seen. I'd pay upwards of 5 dollars for one.

 

[jim1987]

Advanced auto sells them as does auto zone with the duralast version. But I have the duralast one and the magnet has lost its use.

 

[daparrothead]

I bought the 5/8 plug socket from Advance Auto for $6 last week.

 

[StillKeen]

$6 each sounds a little expensive if you needed all five 'standard' sizes, but I'm guessing that only one or two sizes are actually common? Anyone know which of the five sizes I regularly see below are actually needed for common cars (Subaru, VW, Honda, Toyota, Ford, GM)?

5/8-Inch, 3/4-Inch, 13/16-Inch, 14mm, 18mm

If I can get away with just one or two, then I'd buy individually.

Thanks

 

[jim1987]

5/8 and 3/4, then 14 and 18?

 

[cecilx]

Just about every car I've ever worked on through the last 4 or 5 model years have been either 5/8" or 13/16". Some newer ones are now coming with 14mm.

18mm is most common on Japanese motorcycles. I've never used my 3/4" -- think those are for lawn mowers, chainsaws and similar.

 

[StillKeen]

Thanks, so possibly need 3 different sizes ... So $18 buying individually. I think I'm going to go for PowerBuilt 5 piece set at $11 from amazon. I've had good luck with PowerBuilt and a separate HF 1/2'' extension set for $10-ish.

Previously I did have a few spark plug sockets which always seemed to have one which fitted, but they are now lost to me and need replacing.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QO9F0W/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[djb2]

Just about every car I've ever worked on through the last 4 or 5 model years have been either 5/8" or 13/16". Some newer ones are now coming with 14mm.

18mm is most common on Japanese motorcycles. I've never used my 3/4" -- think those are for lawn mowers, chainsaws and similar.

Most tools sets have only 5/8" spark plug sockets because that became the common size at least two decades ago. 13/16" was the common size up through mid-1980s, when four valve engines motivated narrower plugs.

Most oxygen sensors are 22mm (7/8") because Bosch manufactured the first ones on an obsolete spark plug production line. That was a long time ago.