two nifty craftsman tools found

[M-EGT]

Found these at these pawn shop for cheap.
A 13/16 swivel spark plug socket (never seen one). And a thumb drive ratchet. Which feels quite good,

 

[CNGsaves]

More and better PICs please . . . that's pretty cool !!

 

[Ponchoguy]

Found these at these pawn shop for cheap.
A 13/16 swivel spark plug socket (never seen one). And a thumb drive ratchet. Which feels quite good,

The ratchet is a Tri-Wing. I have a few of 'em, and my first 1990 MTS has them. I use them all the time.

 

[M-EGT]

Yeah seems like s great ratchet

 

[theoldwizard1]

Found these at these pawn shop for cheap.
A 13/16 swivel spark plug socket (never seen one).

I thought EVERYONE had one of those ! Mine has to be over 35 years old.


I had an ****** GT, same color as in your avatar. Great little car !

 

[M-EGT]

I thought EVERYONE had one of those ! Mine has to be over 35 years old.


I had an ****** GT, same color as in your avatar. Great little car !

Yeah. I've seen plenty of spark plug sockets. I have a set. But never seen the swivel ones.
Unfortunately my ****** GT is gone. Made it to 205,000. Had to get rid of it because there's clutch, water pump, power steering pump, and AC compressor was bad. Haha

 

[jjjrmx5]

I got my first set of Tri-wing ratchets back in the early 1980's. Made in Taiwan. Low tooth count but hefty. I even have several rebuild kits for them.

 

[M-EGT]

Mine doesn't have a COO on it. So where is it from?

 

[unslow1]

I'm kind of surprised. Around this area those are both common. I have several of each in different brands.

 

[SCscoutguy]

Mine doesn't have a COO on it. So where is it from?

They were made in Taiwan by Stanley for Craftsman. There was a big lawsuit over them and Craftsman lost. They are generally thought to be some of the worst ratchets Craftsman ever offered.

 

[unslow1]

They were made in Taiwan by Stanley for Craftsman. There was a big lawsuit over them and Craftsman lost. They are generally thought to be some of the worst ratchets Craftsman ever offered.

I have a few and try to never use them. They feel very cheaply made and clunky. They were common in sets made in the late 80's.

 

[jjjrmx5]

Mine doesn't have a COO on it. So where is it from?

Taiwan. That is where they ALL were made. Wecome to the 80's and outsourcing.

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

A 13/16" swivel spark plug socket can be very handy indeed, I have an SK version and it saved my knuckles several times.

I'm personally not crazy about the tri-wings I have a 1/4", it was my Dad's, and the only reason I still have it.

 

[Ponchoguy]

I got my first set of Tri-wing ratchets back in the early 1980's. Made in Taiwan. Low tooth count but hefty. I even have several rebuild kits for them.

I believe there was some controversy on what was done here and what was not on those. I believe the kits show "made in USA".

 

[Ponchoguy]

They were made in Taiwan by Stanley for Craftsman. There was a big lawsuit over them and Craftsman lost. They are generally thought to be some of the worst ratchets Craftsman ever offered.

No, I think you're referring to the later model "round heads" that have the Torx screw down the middle, not these. The latter ones were USA made by Danaher. Those get a bad rap, I have a set of them in a 1995 MTS that someone gave me, they are fine in my book if you use them on fine type work.

 

[Ponchoguy]

They were made in Taiwan by Stanley for Craftsman. There was a big lawsuit over them and Craftsman lost. They are generally thought to be some of the worst ratchets Craftsman ever offered.

Actually, I believe it may have been NHT (National Hand Tool) which was a division of Stanley at the time.

 

[Ponchoguy]

Yeah seems like s great ratchet

Yup, that's a Tri-Wing. Nothing wrong with them. I use mine all the time, as well as my other Cman tools.