I once needed a stubby 18mm flare wrench. The Snap On man pulled in, I got on the truck, bought a double ended wrench, walked back into the shop and chopped it in half with the chopsaw. He actually came inside because he heard the sound of the wheel cutting the wrench and had to see for himself that I really did it.
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M12 right angle impact. Got it to replace the starter on my Honda, thought it would be the secret weapon. Didn't fit but I'll find a use for it.
Champion make a great compressor.
Now you just need to weld a hinge in the middle.@AutoMechanic Don't be mad. Whats more American than buying a $28 wrench on-line and cutting it in half with a $20 Horror Freight grinder so it will fit in a range bag to be used for tighten a flash suppressor on a self built AR? (BTW Anyone know what half of a 1 1/8" is?
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. Blasphemy !!!
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When the tool you need to do a job doesnt exist you make it. Have a drawer full of wrenches cut and welded or otherwise modified to get into some impossible spot. You do what you have to do in this industryLol I couldn’t live with myself if I modified a tool. I’d just buy the open ended wrench lol. Or if you need a lighter shorter one than a stubby haha. That would drive my OCD up the wall even seeing a modified tool haha. I love all my tools way too much to chop them up. You could of at least got a crappy wrench though. Tekton is really good. Perhaps a Horror Freight one would do lol. But they don’t sell individuals.
@AutoMechanic (BTW Anyone know what half of a 1 1/8" is?
Half of 1 1/8" is 4.5/8" or 9/16".
Numbered socket tray to replace an old blank one. Won't have to reach 2 or 3 times for a socket before I get the right size. Does anyone even make 4 1/2 mm nuts and bolts?
I Iike those , I have several that are magnetic. Yours looks like it has a magnet.
Sam_Julier
$50 Site Donor 2024
Love them. Olsa makes excellent tools.
I'm not sure about 4.5 mm but I have a 5.5 mm to fit the intake hose bracket on my Odyssey. I haven't needed it for any other application.
Ford interior trim has plenty of screws with 5.5 mm heads.
Moog pitman and idler arm swap and 2 split TRE boots in record time. First time using the Matco close quarters pitman arm puller made for Fords. I wish someone made parts as nice as the tools they are making to change them these days.
5.5 is very common on domestic dash and HVAC cases. Only 4.5 I have ever found is some old Ford headlight adjusters
IIRC control head bolts on some FCA products were 4.5 mm
I had that same thought. IIRC my '07 F150 is 4.5 on the headlight adjusters
