for some specialty tools you may want to try one of these sites:
http://www.thepartsbin.com/cartools/speciality_tools-s.html

http://www.alleurasianautoparts.com/OEMParts/mercedes.wws

http://www.zdmaktools.com/wbstore/main.asp?LowCt=0&action=cat&cat=MERCEDES%20TOOLS

and for service manuals:

http://mb.braingears.com/

happy wrenching!

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Dean

Go up to User CP and put your location and then add what you drive to your Sig file.....give others an idea what you drive and where you are as we have members all over the world here.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Snap-on is the best of the best, if you can afford it.

http://www.snapon.com/

Don't go into shock, when you find yourself making a wish list that totals $750,000.00 USD.

Hoist, four huge tool boxes, alignment rack, wheel balancer, etc, etc...

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Prototype R&D/testing:
Thermal & Aerodynamic System Engineering (TASE) Senior vehicle instrumentation technician.
Noise Vibration and Harshness (NVH).
Dynamometer.
Heat exchanger durability.
HV-A/C Climate Control.
Vehicle build.
Fleet Durability
Technical Quality Auditor.
Automotive Technical Writer

1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
2003 Volvo V70
2002 Honda Civic

https://www.boldegoist.com/

Two words.......NORTHERN TOOLS!.....I agree snap on is nice but check out www.northerntools.com or go by a store. I have their 1/2 drive and 1/4 drive sockets and the 21-32mm wrenches. Very well made, feels good in hands, lifetime warranty, priced right.

I have some snap-on and craftsman 3/8 drive and the northen tool stuff is just as good IMHO. You can buy sets or individually.

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1993 Mercedes Benz 300D 2.5 205K (ex wife's)
1984 Mercedes Benz 300SD 320K (SOLD)
2004 Mercedes Benz C240 75K
1995 GMC Sierra 2WD 5.7L 188K
1983 Mercedes Benz 300SD 239K (SOLD)
1987 BMW 325i 220K (SOLD FOR SALVAGE)

609 Certification

I bought the bulk of my tools 15 years ago with a 300-pc set from Sears/Craftsman. This was a good move to replace the few rinky-dink tools I was laboring with. Since then, I've only had to buy a few small specialty sets as needed.

Lately I've been salivating at the tool offerings at Costco. They're a lot less than I paid 15 years ago for my set. Don't know about the quality.

Make sure you get a variety of tools that may be the same size.... shallow, deep well, 3/8" drive, 1/2" drive, open end, closed end, metric, standard. You'll be glad you did.

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95 E320 Cabriolet, 159K

costco has a pretty nice looking hvlp gravity feed spray gun set.

i agree snap-on is the best, but i cant afford them

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

now that would be sweet.

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

I have been really happy with my ratchet/open wrench set. The low profile socket option helps when changing glowplugs and the turbocharger. Lets you just slip in where a conventional socket wrench won't.

some here will say get hex head sockets. i say get a good set of hefty allen wrenchs. like for the diff, the block heater plug and various other plugs.

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[1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership
1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

i was just looking at my mac catalog and noticed a new ratchet they came out with 0 lash ratchet and its actully stronger than a regular ratchet. ( 0 play in the gears)

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

I have a few of those. The zero lash is kind of nice but the head is very thick - considerably more so than a regular (geared) Mac ratchet.

how much did you pay for them? was it worth it?

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

Brand new the 3/8" drive ratchet is about $80 from the Mac tools truck, but I paid about half of that on eBay. They have a nice rubber grip but as I mentioned earlier, the heads are too thick and to me, that cancels out most of the benefit of having zero lash.