Tool you gotta have: Crow Feet Wrenches

[Phil Payne]

> I got a set (regular, not crow foot type) of Craftsman crowfoot sockets
> at Sears for ~$20.00 IIRC a few years back. Specifically to loosen a
> type 44 turbo water line on the bottom of the turbo where there is near
> no access. When you need them, they are wonderful.

12mm and 14mm Crowfoot for the fuel lines on a -153 metering head.  17mm for the turbo lower
water line.  19mm for the wastegate control pipe where it screws into the exhaust manifold -
headlight out and a LONG extension.

19mm open-ended for torquing the cam gear bolt.  I'd LOVE to know how other people do this -
there isn't room for a normal torque wrench.

> Most of my tools are
> Snap-On from a tool-o-holic issue I had many years back (back in the day
> one could write off un-reimbursed business expenses for tools), but
> these days Sears and Orchard Supply (owned by Sears) are both just down
> the road so odds and ends wind up being Craftsman these days (including
> a new 3/8 pivoting ratchet that I just adore).

I fell out with Snap-Off over a 4mm ball-end Allen driver - I went all FACOM for a while, but
the UK's largest motor bits chain (Halfords) has now adopted a Craftsman-like approach and
they have a good, high-quality range.

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