I Have a set of craftsman ratcheting open end wrenches, which are also long pattern. There is a 12pt box on one end, and the open end looks like anormal open end wrench, but on one jaw there is a notch cut out to allow it to turn one way without moving the bolt, almost like a ratcheting action. They are a few years old. I have the metric set, And the other day I decided I want the SAE set as well, because these wrenches are handy as hell. I wen tonto the sears site, and find that they no long list them. I typed in the item number for one of the wrenches, and It doesnt give me any results. They cant be more than 4 years old.

I have the 16 mm here and the number on it is -VA-47958 Its also about 2 inche slonger than the standard craftsman. Does anybody know what happened, or if I can still get them?

If I cannot get a set of these, I would like a set of plain old long pattern wrenches. I dotn think craftsman makes them, so It will be SK. Does anybody have SK long pattern wrenches, or know how much longer they really are? I mean how much longer is a longpattern 1/2 from a regular 1/2? I dont want to get them if they are only like 10% longer or something minute like that.


Thanks,
Jim

Kartracer55,
Not sure if it will help, but Sears still sells the long pattern tappet wrenches. They are simple open end and not combination. so this may not help. Also no "speeder" feature to them either.

If you have your heart set on these wrenches, hit up eBay. I'd be very surprised if there weren't several sets going up for auction. Might take awhile for you to narrow the category down, but you should be able to come up with results with a bit of work.

Thanks. I was thinkin about trying ebay, but only as a last resort. Those tappet wrenches Are nice. I have 1, but I want the set of all 4 or 5. They are pretty handy, as my friend has a set. It would be nice if they have them in metric, but you know how sears is....


Jim

tappet wrenchs ??

Tappet wrenches. In my biz that's what you use to adjust valves with, loosening and tightening the lock nuts on rocker arms (what few motorcycle engines still use that system). In Wyomings case I don't know, maybe they do something on a train :P

Train???!!!??? No way. The EMDs are two cycle and the four cycle GEs ain't worth the time. Think more along the lines of FJ40 Landcruiser and solid lifters. Also a couple of old airhead BMW R100s...RS and GSPD...sitting on the shop floor.

Guess I was raised on a farm and never knew that anyone wouldn't know what a tappet wrench was.

I own one tappet wrench and I have used ita few time, but the handle is really thin, and it does flex a little because of it.

I do have a nearly comlete set of JH williams 60 degree offset wrenches that are about as thin as a craftsman tappet wrench which gets the by,

I found out those wrenches Im lookin for are called "quick wrenches'

thanks
jim

All I can say,,Is go to BOOBY Villa. Dope,,I remember when Imus had him on,when he was still with this old house, Before he got caught stealing all the lumber for his own house,,and Imus called him a Idiot with a hammer,,
And Bobby V walked off the show,,,so thats my recomendation,,,And thats a true story!!!,Jack

OK Jack, since we are gonna pick on Mr Inept, Bob Villa, what was the job he held for years before managing to talk his way onto PBS and this Old House?

My guess would be "professional liar". Some saleman or something like that, he is a BS artist. I remember him selling a house that "HE" supposedly refurbished to an actor off of Mork and Mindy (Conrad Janis I think his name was). It was such a POS that they sued him in court to get their money back.

well bob villa is a cuban immigrant :o ... wasnt born here (shhh dont let arcdawg know that... hell completly hate his naighboors then)

Jim

Prior to being hired by PBS for the TOH series, Bob Villa's entire carear consisted of working in a dairy. The last positon he held in the dairy was receiving clerk in the ice cream department. Naturally, this qualified him to explain house building according to PBS executives.

60 Minutes did an expose on about 5 houses that were built or remodeled by TOH, and every damn house was a pile of JUNK that needed to be fixed by a wrecking ball.

Bob Villa is the poster child of the mechanically challenged. I once heard him tell one of the subcontractors that he would be available to help out any time they called. The sub replied, "Don't worry Bob, we've got your number." with as much barely hidden sarcasm as you could possibly cram into that comment. Don't know how it made the final cut before airing.