Stahlwille Socket Set Restoration

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Boooooo... the copyright sad patrol just ruined the big final german drop. Imagine it in your brain.. you know how it goes.

[@joseph.scaringella]

whats the song name?

[@imfilip1982]

@@joseph.scaringella Rammstein - Du Hast

[@Munky83Nut]

What the hell!! Started rewatching all your videos while waiting for the next installment only to find out KZbin has ruined the best part!! The drill press is next, if Sabbath isnt there I'm busting a woofer valve!!

[@timsmith1589]

What the hell is whitworth

[@firstmkb]

tim smith every company used to have their OWN standard sides for threads and nuts. Whitworth created the first national standard, which was adopted as British Standard Whitworth (BSW) at the beginning of the Crimean War.

[@0815germany]

I sold Stahlwille set's for over 20 years. The original color of the box was RAL6011 "reseda green". The early Whitworth cases were marked with a yellow frame ontop of the case. Nicely done btw! And please keep in mind - Germany is not only bavaria, beerhouses, half wooden houses and lederhosen ;) Your set was produced in the city of Wuppertal (Ruhr valley) in the former industrial heart of Germany. Regards from Germany

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Awesome. Thanks for commenting. A good reference for the next guy.

[@LoosecannonH36474]

Prost Mahlzeit......

[@Pete-z6e]

MMP Exploration , lose the apostrophe , sets I think you’ll find.

[@passwordswordfish3013]

Hi i have also a stahlwille socket set and i want to restorate them which color/ral do i need!? No.50/20/7! Thank you!!

[@samrodian919]

Yes the beating heart of the German war machine

[@springwoodcottage4248]

Lovely job! Embarrassed by my own socket set that came with me to the US from the UK and back, is on its third ratchet, has broken hinges, brush repaint with Hammerite type paint, cracked tray, Crome missing on some sockets, some rust, dents, but is otherwise complete with a new 10 mm socket after I wore the original out & no ground sockets. Now I have been enthused with a desire to restore it, which it deserves having been my steadfast friend & assistant during very many projects. Thank you for sharing!

[@11guyinthechair]

There are a few ways you can use a garden hose to neutralize a stripper.

[@riphaven]

wait, never mind, thinking of a different stripper.

[@mrmudslide5676]

Nice.

[@LifeOfSy_]

TheRealDeal lol

[@timjohn5653]

You, Sir, are an artist and courageous soul. The restoration is beautiful. And I would never be soo brave as to disassemble any of my ratchets.

[@DennisHicks78749]

Now here is a man who loves and cares for his tools! Respect!

[@steedandersen]

Nice to see someone take the time to restore a nice old tool set. To many people just throw away and buy new these days. Good work.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Steed

[@fr64vr]

builders foam to repair and make tray better, that is a very good tip. thanks for that.

[@ToadsTho]

Your sense of humor is bang on, had me in fits the hole restoration.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Soggy Stump!

[@smilingcopycat]

Eduard Wille (founder of Stahlwille) would be impressed and proud!!! Great work!!!!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks David. That's a very nice thing to say.

[@josseman]

Thanks Geoffrey! This video inspired me to buy a Hazet socket set that needed refurbishing! Now I'm set for life with some great tools added to my collection.

[@paulhigson355]

Ummm. If the socket set is made in Germany, why did you show the Swiss flag?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

...what are you talking about?

[@ysgolgerlan]

And a photo of the Matterhorn which is in Switzerland at 1.11

[@maurovisser4359]

Paul Higson i

[@travnicek]

Really nicely done regardless of geographical inexactitudes.

[@scwfan08]

When people don't get your sarcasm you've made it. He's clearly joking.

[@greghanlon2235]

As he gingerly placed the restored kit in the Rover, was anyone else thinking... First pothole and the sledge drops on top?

[@mtcruse]

Yup - the thumbfinders need to be strapped down or relocated.

[@69mrsteveo]

No, I was thinking now he needs to restore the Rover.

[@Kro_man_tx]

You could fill the void in that cargo space with the expanding foam! 😁

[@HandToolRescue]

I enjoyed this.

[@fasteddieskustoms]

We enjoy your vids also...nice to see you out there showing some love

[@GermanToolReviews]

Awesome find. Looks like might be a late 70s or early 80s set. I don't think they even make whitworth sockets anymore so you are lucky to find that set. Stahlwille also recently switch to all plastic cases so those metal ones will get more rare over time. You can still buy rebuild kits for stahlwille ratchets if you ever have any issues with it in the future. I like some of your restoration techniques and will look to use some of their with my restorations. I probably would have just thrown away that plastic insert and made a two-color foam system so I admire your dedication.

[@Mentartice2]

I work in Bavaria, for VW and we have lots of stuff from Stahlwille. Most of my colleagues and me are complaining about the old tools we have to use. For example ratchets, impact wrenches and screwdrivers. I like the old impact wrenches also not, because they are very heavy compared to the new ones. Whats about Gedore or Hazet? I like them more. Personaly i don't get the hype in here over this tool, because it always seemed to me it's not that well made like even compared to old other high-end manufactures. But never the less, nice work and it was still interesting to watch how to do a restoration on a tool like this.

[@Skullmonkey456]

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[@Mentartice2]

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[@dingpongchi632]

I really dislike the plastic case, one of the latch for my 1/2 set came off and when missing,

[@thomas316]

You can still buy a new Whitworth socket set :-). Good if you own a classic British car.

[@tomasbengtsson5157]

Love your attention to details. Great job and a joy to watch! I didn't know you could apply chrome lookalike electroplating like that so thanks for the tip. Let me return the favour by giving you some tips about the paint. Hammerite is intended for rough, rusted steel. It needs to be applied in thick layers. It does not go well with any other brand of paint or thinner (as you pointed out yourself). I have had several misshapps with this my self. Learned the hard way that if you go with Hammerite you need to use Hammerite primer and Hammerite thinner, nothing else. That also goes for future re-painting, can't use any other paint on the item once you have started with Hammerite. So for the application: Surface should be rough. Wirebrush or sandblasted works best. If it's too smooth the paint doesn't bite. If the metal is anything else than pure low alloy steel or iron, you need to prime with the Special metals primer or use the direct to galvanized pain. It needs to be applied in thick layers, so brush or low pressure spraygun (the one with a fan for "house paint") are the only application methods that work, in my opinion. A regular spraygun for car paint etc. does not work, as you noticed. If you thin the paint enough to work in that type of spraygun the result will not be good anyway, the layers will be too thin in my experience. Hammerite is great for things like iron fences, farm equipment etc. will stop the rust and last for 10+ years if used correctly. For an application like your socket set I would suggest 1 layer of 2k industrial epoxy primer and two layers of 2k industrial epoxy top coat. Proper paint is hard to get, even in 🇸🇪 where I live, but I managed to find a guy who normally supplies the industrial painters and car body shops with paint. He can mix me any color and I can even get 2k spray cans with a plunger you press to release the hardener before you start spraying. I'm sure that you can find something similar in NZ if you look in the industrial areas. If you want to go all in, get a powder coat spraygun on ebay. It will set you back several $100 but the result is amazing 😋 Again thanks for great videos 👍🏻

[@daos3300]

hammerite is fantastic, all you need to do is apply it with a brush. the hammered effect takes over and evens out any brush strokes. also, you could add some blue to the green to get a closer colour match.

[@EasyClocked]

I don't know how many times I have watched your videos. I have watched each video atleast 3 times. They are so relaxing and interesting. Keep up the good work!!!

[@zacs8654]

NZ Humor is the Bist

[@jonny7491]

The best one I heard was “Windy” a girls name😄

[@Kro_man_tx]

I have filled similar voids (like your socket tray) with expanding foam. You need a fine hacksaw blade detatched from it's handle, the just slice across the back, nice and even strokes. Take your time and you get great results. Love the Swiss flag insert.. funny.

[@stephenpenland278]

I've recently gotten into "restoring" old hand tools after receiving and old S•K socket set that belonged to my late grandfather from my mother( the only thing I have from them) and have become addicted to buying vintage quality tools like Snap-On, Williams, Proto, etc and now Stahlwille (hard to find in the U.S. but I loved this video, learned alot and am now a subscriber so i can binge watch your vids. So thank you vary much.

[@aaronholmes8568]

Fantastic job. I worked in a DAF dealership here in Northern Ireland and Stahlwille were DAF's approved tool brand (even though all our mechanics still used Snap On/Mac/etc).

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Aaron

[@CL-Se7en]

I bid on local a box of old SK tools (2 metal box socket sets and a wrench set) a couple weeks back. I wasn’t all that motivated to win the auction and when it passed $130 I stopped bidding. Now, after watching your video...so much regret. Ha! Well done, loved the video. Subscribed. 👍

[@jothain]

That's Stahlwille ratchet is maybe the most robust ratchet I've ever seen. I absolutely love it

[@frankblack1481]

Marvelous. Thanks for doing this. Quality tools deserve this sort of rehab after the abuse of its prior owners.

[@ChargerE49VC]

Geoffrey, have watched this again for maybe the 4th time. Just as good as every other time before. Re-visited after catching up on your Landy vids. 366k views for a premium German tool resto is immense! I've directed at least five people here to check out your expanding foam / socket tray tecnnique for their Sidchrome socket sets. You Sir, are a master. We will have to locate a Stahlwille ROLLMASTER for you to dazzle us with. P.S. Missing Rammstein

[@johnvaldez8830]

That quality of restoration deserves a SUBSCRIBE! I really liked the video and seeing the chroming by hand in action. I would like to know more about how you set up your cloth painting tool too. Good job!

[@davewilliams355]

I could watch that all day, my wife thinks I'm mad, must be a man thing.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, thanks Dave

[@Raider_Dave]

Really Really old german tools from 1940 or so have a ´´DRP´´ Label wich means ,,Deutsches Reichs Patent´´ . I have some old carpenter tools with that.

[@ryanmurphy007]

haha same

[@rl5741]

Dave Williams u

[@MyYouTube.]

If the socket set is made in Germany, why did you show the Swiss flag?

[@LukesAmateurHour]

Great video! It makes me want to do a restoration myself, but then my wife told me I have too many projects already, so I'll have to live vicariously through your restorations. :)

[@fishsquishguy1833]

What an incredible restoration! Beautiful work! Love the fact that the set is being put back in service and not on a shelf as a show piece too. Jim

[@donkmeister]

Nice job! I was surprised when you got out the hammer and dolly for the case, I assumed it was going to be a strip and repaint job so to see someone paying that level of attention to detail is great.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Some might say crazy. Thanks Donkmeister

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

Next up. Restoring the Land Rover with the same attention to detail.

[@mukans]

Peter Riis and it never ends :D

[@andries4561]

Well, here we are

[@TheMickvee]

I have 3 socket sets, all Stahlwille, all still like new after 30 odd years. I'm a sucker for quality tools and I have the same Starrett punch set as you! I recently bought a pair of pliers by Channelock, and they look as though they will last 30 years as well! Keep up the good work!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, nice.

[@alastairwatson3201]

The foam’s a wizard idea! Guess I’ll be fixing my Repco socket that that way, too. Thanks.

[@danielrobinson837]

I was amused to see that your Land Rover tool kit included not one, but two BFHs. (Big F***ing Hammers). I completely concur on the need for them!

[@manuela_kral4983]

I inherited a smaller Stahlwille set from my father and restored it recently. Hammerite paint is awesome, but you have to handle it the right way. You should not thin it down, it must be applied in one thick coat and so the hammered effect is developing when drying. It's beautiful. BTW: when introducing Germany you used a clip of the Swiss Flag and the Matterhorn, that's not in Germany but Switzerland. 😉

[@petergregory5286]

Bit OTT but there you go. A college friend of mine collected a set of these over the course of his apprenticeship. A worthwhile investment. Putting the box in the tool compartment was a bit iffy. It could be all scratched up on the first trip. However was pleased to note your other choice of maintenance tools, two bloody great to hammers. Some things never change. Good job. Regards.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Peter. Finally, someone noticed the hammers!

[@ZacharyE]

Nice vid it's nice someone has taken time to restore a tool set to a factory finish after years of use.

[@ldm125]

That expanding foam trick is brilliant. Love your videos man, keep it up.

[@TKevinBlanc]

The glamour shots at the end were spectacular. Subbed for that alone.

[@johnmorrow7080]

Worked with a painter back in the 80's who served his time at a commercial truck bodyshop , he said he went to a dealership all the other painters got all the good jobs and left him doing the trade in , he said they were paying fortunes for paint so he suggested fleet paint and hot potting heating the paint up , he got laughed at but the boss gave him a car to paint , turned out like glass , peed all the other painters off lol , warm it up is the short answer .

[@RobWilson10000]

Excellent job, its great to see old tools given a new lease of life.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Rob

[@boundish1]

I bet this is X-rated for James May.

[@ainsleyrawiri9613]

Most detailed restore I've ever seen. Kiwis are awesome, well done bro

[@GarthGoldberg]

I can't believe you spent so much time restoring a socket set and that I watched the entire video.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Dude, what's wrong with you?

[@pouyan225]

This is one of my favorite channels in all of KZbin.

[@ChargerE49VC]

Great resto Geoffrey. You'll now have to do the silver paint in the relief area around the STAHLWILLE embossed name for that final finishing touch. A tip I learned was to use a piece of stiff rubber block with some wood glued to the back to stop flexing. Very lightly sand the embossing then press the rubber down onto some paint spread on a flat surface and dab it on the embossed text. Worked great when I restored my Stahlwille Rollmaster and had to highlight the text after repainting.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Yeah, I thought about it. Actually I went round in circles about whether to do the silver or not. Because the embossing is so shallow I ultimately decided it was a bit risky, and I thought it best to finish the video first.

[@alext9067]

The rechroming job was amazing. I had seen them in the old JC Whitney catalogs but never thought they could possibly work. One of my sockets has gotten rusty somehow and now I know how to fix it. Thank you for a great video. 2 questions: How does it wear and does it need to be polished after applying?

[@paulwomack5866]

A) This was a nicely done restoration B) I am so stealing that builders foam trick

[@axtra92]

DID HE JUST USE BONDO ON A TOOL CASE?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

No, we call it bog

[@teapot619]

same same ahah

[@paulpaul5606]

axtra92 😄

[@riphaven]

I'm gonna go with.....yep. but you have to admit it looks good.

[@Starfireaw11]

I had my Armoured Personnel Carrier in for some minor repairs and a paint job. I asked them to hammer out some of the bigger dents in the fenders and was shocked to see them using bog to get them super smooth.

[@krzysztofkacprzak7986]

Great restoration project, thank you for sharing. I'm based in Ireland, I use that paint for many project and I love it, I think it's designed to be applied with a brush. It looks a bit funny at the start but it settles into the hammer effect within a minute. Anyway love you video and your Landie

[@tristanpatterson3843]

Great video. I have seen both hammerite and rustoleum green spray cans at bunnings and placemakers. I love hammerite, I use it on all my cast iron restorations. It does take a while to cure but ends up one of the hardest coatings out there. Nothing like restoring quality gear, you'll get another 30 years out of it.

[@shedmanx3640]

Great restoration mate. I really enjoyed this. You’re not the only one that cannot find any green hammer finish paint in your country. Melbourne, Australia is no different. I have a lot of old machinery that was originally painted with a green hammer finish and can’t find it to do the restoration. Plus the Hammerite on eBay starts at $95. Too pricey for my tastes, so I’ll have to change the colour.

[@RustyRecovery]

I think this is the last of all of your videos watched. I can see how your subs have jumped so quickly. Looking forward to more new ones. Great video as always.

[@robertverschueren9136]

I love your solution with the isolation foam for the plastic inlay !. I am restoring also a metal socket box (also painted with Ammerite green, but with a brush....). thank you for sharing

[@AdamAus85]

Nicely done. That expanding foam idea would be good for a new set too, so that the plastic tray wears better.

[@ypeveldhuis4527]

Adam N bb

[@BlackBeardProjects]

Du Du hast Du hast mich I'm glad this was on my feed man! Very precise work, loved it

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks man. I've enjoyed a few of your vids before.

[@greebo7857]

Around 40 years ago I worked in the workshop of a BMW dealership here in Oz. The ONLY tools ( clarify, any tool that had to do with hex or double hex fasteners, screwdrivers were exempt, upon inspection. In those days there were no cheap tools, but BMW was obsessive, at least here. ) we were allowed to use were Stahlwille. Even mechs who came to work their with a comprehensive kit of their own were required to purchase SW tools. A little extreme in my view, as in those days the Australian firm Sidchrome made fine tools ( Chinese, these days ). Metric, obviously, and much cheaper than SW. That said, I loved my SW tools, until they were stolen. They had some brilliantly designed long ring spanners, and some fabulous ratchets for their sockets. Much better than SnapOn. These days I don't know, but SW would be a tool brand I would recommend, if you have the money.

[@MorningNapalm]

OML, after all the staalwillie all the way through, I cracked up when a German voice clearly said Stahlwille 3/4 of the way through :D

[@FSGAMER35]

Hammer rite isn't meant to be sprayed but applied with a brush

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

Success! What a great job! I particularly like the at home, electroplating technique! I didn't know there was such a thing!

[@Scott-to8ri]

I wish I could find decent used tools in my area, maybe I don’t try hard enough. Excellent work on the restoration process and video work.

[@jrand2631]

A really nice resto. I got a set myself, it's metric and a bit bigger than yours, it's about 30 years old, and everything still works perfectly. I had the ratchet rebuild at Stahlwille once (not for free like Snap-On, Mac and so on) but that's okay, because it had been used heavily in a professional environment (I'm a mechanic) and not always in the way it was meant to be used (a ratchet CAN be used as a hammer - I swear!) lol So great tools, very expensive, but worth the money in my opinion.

[@mantaship]

This is video comfort food. I just want to put my feet up and eat snacks while watching this, but I am too intent on your process. Wonderful!

[@theogantenbein7870]

You are making fun of us Germans, but yet you are sitting there polishing and re-chroming perfectly useable sockets and holding color cards to an old tin box to figure out the original color. You are one of us, buddy 😄👍

[@feebsnz]

Awesome work. Great to see some NZ content. The builders filler is genius.

[@driver3025]

I'd be putting it in a towel or bag. You've done so much work!!!!!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Nah, it's nice that the set starts out clean, but I'll make it old soon enough. Cheers

[@kopriva007]

Great video! Simple but precise explanation, Without boring details. Bravo. It looks like brand new!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks, appreciate it. I try not to drag things out too much.

[@leadingseamanphilbillingto100]

Very well done mate. It hurt me to see someone had ground those sockets but you definitely did it justice.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Nick. It was theirs to do whatever they wanted with.

[@Dentinvent]

Your Willy is now a Star! The expanding foam idea is great. Hope you left the NZ eBay seller a negative feedback on the excellent condition socket set .

[@axtra92]

it was not even bad condition

[@602Sean]

yeah you'd think someone had actually USED IT during its 30yrs :/

[@larndavies6954]

axtra92 his comment at the beginning "then this trashed socket set turned up in the post" ... that set was in very good condition for age.

[@baklap141]

axtra92 indeed , no bad condition at all. So much effort for something not really needed. But ok the case wasnt the best but who cares , its meant to use. Ive got a similar set (same brand) and its just very good quality stuff , I only clean it with some brake cleaner...nothing else. After use it gets greasy anyways

[@fasteddieskustoms]

LMAO

[@buckbundy8642]

That set is a lot better than most of my tools! 😂🤣😂 I would have done a paint job on the case and called it a day. Either Hammerite light blue, or mid green in hammer tone. The color he was looking for was Hammerite mid green. Mid green and light blue hammer tone are available in spray cans from Amazon.

[@djhaloeight]

Always good to see a craftsman at work. Nice job. 👍🏻

[@douro20]

I occasionally find Stahlwille socket adapters and hand wrenches in the local industrial surplus store. We also call that solvent mineral spirits here in the US. I think white spirit is something much more flammable.

[@TheMickvee]

Bravo! Top job. I have three socket sets, all Stahlwille, but, weirdly, I also have the same Starrett punch set as you! I'm a sucker for quality tools! Recently bought a pair of long nosed pliers by Channelock, and very impressive they are too. Keep up the good work!

[@SLE253]

Excellent project! How dare the seller describe the set as excellent!

[@BlackBeardProjects]

Damn! You know what? I'm restoring another vise, and it had a green hammered paint on. For once I decided to match the paint, so I went to the store and bought a can of dark green hammered paint, I swear when I saw the can it reminded you used it once. Today I come back here to see if I was right... Bad news I was! :') Got that exact same can you used. Dark green hammerite. Should have checked your video before I bought it! Haha!! It's even pretty damn expensive!! Have a nice weekend my friend :)

[@Traderjoe]

I've never seen such an amazing restoration! 👍🏻

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks traderjoes

[@JonDingle]

Great video and channel young man! You have got me thinking now that perhaps I should restore some of my overworked (not abused but used hard shall we say) tools, equipment and machines! Keep up the good work!

[@oldsailorsworkshop]

Good restoration and great video and teaching skills. It is 107f (41.6 c) in my part of Texas right now. Stay safe...captjack...

[@imaslowlerner]

I have that same set that I bought back in the 80's. Still have it works great only missing one socket.

[@imaslowlerner]

Heiko Panzlaff : Thanks for the info, I replaced the one missing socket with I believe a SK however the plastic case needs an update. I will try the foam. The case? Not sure if I can tackle that. Thanks.

[@spenmac]

That foam trick is genius!

[@ianharris3933]

Good to see the Myford being used Geoffrey on this job

[@ArmySigs]

love the attention to detail and the foam trick was inspired

[@keithmckeith]

Nice effort - but as expected, this Stahlwille was in perfect working order. Personally, I prefer the beautiful patina and aesthetic of the original vintage product.

[@lassila3]

At 2:30 you didnt put all sockets or extensions in the ultrasonic cleaner, didnt you clean all the sockets?

[@supercheekykiwi]

Hey there. I too thought white stories was mineral Turps..... But last weekend I saw both on the shelf at bunnings.... Same brand so I don't know what to think anymore.

[@bigm383]

Carbon Tetrachloride ( dry cleaning fluid) is sometimes called White Spirit.

[@stonedelta9361]

loved the expanding foam trick, awesome.

[@grosbeakmc]

I enjoyed this video so much I watched it again. Nice job! See you again next year.

[@byOldHand]

Gorgous work and beautiful filming. It fits perfectly in to the Land Rover 👍🏻👍🏻🛠⚙️🌟🌟

[@BillyJohnLee]

Well this Video was a roller coaster of emotions, at first i was like what is the point in this level of attention on a socket set to throw in an old land rover, but then i was like why not? if you have the skill and equipment why not make it the best you can? that was until you used filler on the case. then i saw the fished article, what an up and down journey! made me want to watch a few of your other videos anyway!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Pretty much sums it up.

[@Etna.]

So after all these years of this beautiful restauration I was wondering how the Landrover restauration is taking shape. Regards, Etna.

[@matthewchapman896]

moooooar restoration videos please !! Love your work Geoffrey, thanks very much.

[@AirplaneDoctor_]

I have a nice ford factory socket set from the 1930's that needs to be restored, might try some of your techniques, nice work.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Doc.

[@planejet42]

Here in America, we have Craftsman sockets. You can get plenty of vintage USA made ones for cheap here. In addition to that, hardware rebuild kits are available for all Craftsman models. I just rebuilt a 1/2" Craftsman ratchet.

[@mantrax24]

RAMMSTEIN AT THE END WAS THE VERY BEST OF ALL THE VIDEO. NICE WORK BTW MATE.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, wish I could get away with playing the full song through the vid.

[@tyler.london]

Rammstein at the end perfected this video!

[@SalandFindles]

That 1/10th of a second of Du Hast, though. Don't think you slipped that one by on me, Bro!

[@NiceHeadMr]

When we were apprentices, my friend had a Stahlwille tool kit and I had a Proto tool kit. The Stahlwille 1/2" and 3/4" sets were superior but the Stahlwille spanners werent't they seemed to cut into the hand. Both sets are hard to find in Australia these days.

[@googleenshitified]

...and after hours of work he buried the piece of art in his craptacular vehicle...

[@gasgiant7122]

Craptacular? Do you realise more than 70% of all Land Rovers ever built are still being used, I bet you drive a Honda!

[@thomas316]

Agreed, Defender is a classic.

[@joshstacey9859]

I wouldnt say Craptacular because they just arnt... but I would say i would want to put that kit in its own velvet lined compartment equiped with a paint touch up pen and plenty of degreasing rags.

[@aseriesofadventures3338]

When you said Germany was good at music, I was sure you'd cut to a David Hasselhoff clip.