If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball





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And here I thought any wrench was a throwing wrench.

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Originally posted by cruiser68:
And here I thought any wrench was a throwing wrench.

Given adequate provocation.

These are for the pros. Better range, more terminal energy. Made of depleted unobtanium.

Now I need some, where can we find this fine product?

I'm tired of denting up my off balance craftsman wrenches, these would be the perfect solution!

Back when I was in college I would work summers and whatever Sohio station was on my Route Managers route. This summer it was in Brecksville, Ohio. The had a "mechanic" named Victor who was such a screw up that anything that he worked on was potential booby trap. In once case he mounted new tires on a car and finger tightened the lug nuts on all 4 corners and left in on the floor at the end of his shift. I come in for the evening shift and the Manager asked to take it out for a test drive to make sure the wheels were properly balanced. Got about 100 feet up the road and felt wobbling. Had to go into the trunk of the are and grab the lug wrench to get the lug nuts sort of tight. Then turned around and headed back to the shop. Told the manager about it and he said that is strike 1.

Strike two was his final strike. He had pulled in a Lincoln Continental Mark III into the service bay to replace the water pump. When he pulled it in he did NOT set the Emergency Brake and he left the transmission in neutral. He also walked out at the end of his shift with the car waiting to have the water pump installed. On the Mark III the front of the engine is at least 4 feet from the front of the bumper. A distinctly long reach for my 5' 10" frame. So I am trying to get the water pump in place and the first bolt started. This meant I was leaning hard on that bumper and that massive car starts rolling out of the service bay with my skinny ass 130 lbs trying to hold it back hanging on to what ever I could grab. Screaming for help had one customer come out of his car along with the Pump Attendant. We did get it stopped and once it was in park I restarted it and pulled in back into the bay with the emergency brake set and the transmission in neutral. Got everything put together and tested then called the customer to come pick it up when it was convenient.

The next day Victor comes walking in and the first thing I did was grab a 1 1/2 inch combination wrench off the wall and bounce it off the floor into both of his shins. At which point the manager comes out of his office and tells Victor he was fired and hustles him off the property before I really went after him. At that time I may have been skinny but it was a deceptively strong skinny.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

These are for the pros. Better range, more terminal energy. Made of depleted unobtanium.

Metric, too!

Need them in British Standard/Wentworth for classic British cars and motorcycle too.