I bought a good set of impact sockets 30 years ago. Never broke a socket since. Sears Craftsman tools and lifetime guarantee are nice, but if you know you're gonna break a tool, what's the point? You need a socket that works.

Here in the rust belt, one of my first big purchases was an oxy-acetylene kit - not for welding, but for heating up rusty bolts. I bought it early in my wrenching days. It paid for itself in short order.

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95 E320 Cabriolet, 159K