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Old Apr 24, 2024 | 03:51 PM
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Man, I would have killed to have had one of these back when we started doing torque-turns on main bearing caps, and cylinder heads starting in the late '90s!

I have an extensive collection, but still had to stripe a socket for the 4 M8s that I did heads on. Finally picked up this Proto:

https://www.zoro.com/proto-12-drive-...yn_na_ssc_Bing r12 total zoro 2&utm_term=4586475320631910&utm_content=R12 total Zoro 2&gclid=28048979575b1b499444ef5038a4b7a0&gclsrc=3p .ds

 

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