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Battery just died on wife's 2014 Honda Accord. The good news is that it was still in the garage an it got up to 10 degrees F today. Uses a 24F battery and a lot of places were out due to the long cold snap. I found an Interstate Mega-Tron II at nearby Firestone and they had a $28 off online coupon to boot. Hope that is a decent battery.

All going well and the last task was tightening the clamp on the negative terminal. Then the 10MM socket falls off and goes down on the engine bay to parts unknown. Mad About the third time this has happened to me working on our cars. Could not see it anywhere and I have a magnetic tool to snatch it if I could just see it. So I finish up with good old adjustable wrench.

Good news is Home Depot sells 10MM sockets for less than I paid for them in 1969 though quality may not be as good. Hopefully next time I will learn and use my old Craftsman socket wrench instead of the cheap one that I bought at Sams Club that comes in a nice plastic case with all the sockets organized and labeled. But I bought two 10MM at Home Depot just in case.
 
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I’ve given up on 10mm sockets.... I think there’s 50 little socket sets in my garage and every one of them is complete except the 10mm because those things just disappear
 
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Last time I was in Auto Zone picking up a socket for a brake job I was doing for my daughter they had a whole set(maybe 10-12)of nothing but 10mm sockets in different configurations. Must be a common socket to loose.


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I lost a magnetic driver bit once in a similar way. Maybe a year later, I could see it by standing a distance from my Blazer, sticking right there in plain sight.
 
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LOL! Glad to hear I am not the only one. Smile
 
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& 10mm wrench's, all gone!


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LOL last time I was at HD bought 3 Husky 10 mm sockets and 3 Husky 10 mm combination wrenchs that should last me a year.
 
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It used to be 9/16ths wrenches that went wherever socks go. Now it's 10mm sockets too?




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Glad its not just me as well - 10mm or 1/2" every time.
 
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It used to be 9/16ths wrenches that went wherever socks go. Now it's 10mm sockets too?


They meet up at the edge of the yard...have SAE and metric tool sex and their offspring is a 9/17th socket...which doesn't fit anything Big Grin


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Forget those crappy 10mm sockets and get yourself a 1cm socket. You'll thank me later.
 
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Was walking the dog couple months ago, picked up a craftsman socket in the middle of road....yup 10mm.
 
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Was walking the dog couple months ago, picked up a craftsman socket in the middle of road....yup 10mm.


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I think I will get one of these too from Amazon next time I place an order. Should be easy to find if I drop this and can keep in glove compartment too. Only $4.08.

Uxcell a11090700ux0149 10mm L Shaped Double Ended Hexagon Offset Socket Wrench

https://www.amazon.com/Uxcell-...keywords=10mm+socket
 
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Is a 9MM close enough? I've one you can have
 
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Is a 9MM close enough? I've one you can have


Nope, not enough knock-down power.
 
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When you go through the checkout in a hardware, they have a bunch of crap in the "impulse zone", hoping you'll throw it onto the belt at the last second. Batteries, candy, little flashlights... if they had several little bins full of the size sockets we all lose regularly, we'd be happier.

To keep the bins stocked, they'd need 55 gallon drums full of the sockets, close at hand.


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Sometimes I've been successful by just sticking the pickup tool into every hole and rattling it around. Blind fishing.


Wife throws a fit when I surprise her with that.


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Every time you lose a 10mm a kitten dies.

In an effort to save the 10mm sockets, I bought a bunch of 10mm gear wrenches. I keep one in every car. Comes in handy. Just yesterday, I went to my dad's house to help him put a battery in and didn't bring my tool box. He has his own, so why bother? I get there, open his, and of course he's missing the 10mm socket. 10mm gear wrench to the rescue.
 
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