Wrench question

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Just for the fun of it I looked at tool chests with work surface and did see a need to spend 800.00.

43

Looks like you missed where I explained it,

44

Ok letā€™s do a quick recap.

Wrenches - Didnā€™t have, now I do
Stubby wrewnches - Didnā€™t have, now I do
Ratchet wrenches - Donā€™t have
Allen wrenches - Do have
Adjustable wrenches - Do have
Torque wrenches - Have a 1/2 and a 3/8
Sockets - Have mostly everything until 24mm and SAE to
Shallow sockets - Have the ones I needed on my car
Ratchets - I have 1/2, 3/8 and 1/4
Breaker bar, which you didnā€™t mention - I have
Repair manual - I have
OBD2 Reader - I have
Safety galsses - I have, recently purchased
Cutoff wheels - You mean an angle grinder? I have

I really donā€™t see why you are all flaming about my tools. I NEED storage. And instead of spending 400$ on a box, and another I donā€™t know what money on some cupboards I figured I would get in AIO box, and the Milwaukee 60 inch meets my needs perfectly. I donā€™t just store my tools in that.

45

ā€¦ what?

46

Hmmm, adjustable wrenches? Yeah I have them but when using I always think back to 40 years ago where I worked for a while. The plant manager would not allow any of the mechanics to have any adjustable wrenches in their tool boxes. He insisted they use wrenches instead or out the door buddy. I liked the guy. I was not a mechanic but most of them didnā€™t have any problem with that rule.

47

I must say I never ever used mine, tried it on my filter cap was to small. And now that I have wrenches I donā€™t see how I will be using an adjustable wrench, but itā€™s there.

48

I really donā€™t see how you can work on a vehicle without a set of wrenches. So many places a socket just wonā€™t fit.

49

Like I said, I never encountered the issue. Everything small in my car is mostly Torx. I guess I havenā€™t had the chance to do something very big on it. But now I have a set, so if I require them, Iā€™ll have them.

50

Start with a basic set of combination wrenches, 8 mm though 19 mm. On rare occasion you may need something larger, you can borrow or buy the wrench needed.

51

Just go buy your box. Youā€™re not even responding to your original question anymore. Based on the list you just provided of what you already have, your original question doesnā€™t even make any sense.

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You are doing good kid, have fun and when you need a tool buy it. I have deep sockets, I bought when I needed them along with flare wrenches, tube cutters, faucet seat wrenches, basin wrenches, skinny wrenches for bycicle wheels, whitworth wrenches for the cycle, moen cartridge puller, vice grips, crescent wrenches, tilson wrenches, monkey wrenches, cold chisels, wood chisels, planers, grinders, variable speed drills, hammer drills, dent puller, strap wrench, oil filter wrench,4 way tire wrenches carbide tip drill bits, masonry drill bits, self tapping screws and even a crank for a model a, start with what you need and get more as you need them ( could go on but you get the point)

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??? What the hell is wrong with you.? I just explained you the tools I had and thatā€™s what you reply. You make no sense at all

54

And I ecen said I bought a set of wrench.

What more do you want from me???

55

Hope ya oonā€™t mind I called you kid!:man:

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56

You have a box. You have wrenches. Problem solved.

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57

Amen. ā€¦

58

I could have used some extra large thin tappet style wrenches when replacing the inner tie rods on my Toyota tundra than using a pipe wrench and a smaller adjustable to do the job. Took several tries to get enough bite with the pipe wrench to loosen the existing ones.

59

Thin wrenches can be tough to find. I got mine at bike shops from my days as a cyclist.

60

I consider it a waste that I do not have more wrenches!

James May has an excellent series on Youtube called The Reassembler. He had a great quote in one of them - I think the one where he built an old lawn mower. ā€œAdjustable spanners, are the tool of the charlatan.ā€ :smiley:

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Thatā€™s when I buy the cheapies and just file them down. I have a couple that I could not live without.

the injector pumps on the old IDI 7.L Ford/International engines had to have a curved thin wrench to get at the pump mounting bolts. Impossible with a socket, and much easier than fighting with a regular wrench. I bought a curved wrench, then filed it down to fit.