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Old Mar 29, 2022 | 04:51 PM
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DOWIDAT tools

i have a few dowidat tools .does anyone have any of these and are they any good? on a scale of 1 to 10 how good are they ?
 
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Old Mar 29, 2022 | 05:33 PM
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I have to say I was not familiar, but a quick google search of the name found this thread I found interesting...

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/...t-tools.30102/
 
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Old Mar 29, 2022 | 08:10 PM
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Two companies that I know of supplied wrenches for at least 50's and 60's Mercedes in original tools kits that came with the cars, Dowidat and Hazet.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2022 | 09:20 AM
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Going to that link Wayne posted they look a lot like some of the old Craftsman wrench I had with the rough castings..
Fuller was another brand they remind me of..
 
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Old Mar 31, 2022 | 05:06 PM
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I was looking through some of my old tool boxes and i began to find some more of those Dowidat tools .i found out that so far that i have 85 pieces--!speed wrench-- -------------1 starter wrench-2 distributer wrenches-7 sockets (6-10-10-12-13-13-180 )-4wrenches with 894 DIN stamped on them-the 2 distributer wrenches are 11x13-the starter wrench is 19x22- and a bunch of other wrenches with numbers stamped on them i can just remember a few numbers like 4-6-111- 960 i found 4 line wrenches with names on them like------------MAC line wrench 9/16 &the other end is a 9/16 open end---ACE line wrench 9/16 x1/2--craftsman 9/16--craftsman 7/16 on one end 3/8 on the other i have to go through all the dowidat wrenches yet to see what else i have--i am still looking
 
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Old Mar 31, 2022 | 05:29 PM
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Here is where we discussed them a few years back.
dowidat wrenches - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums (ford-trucks.com)
 
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i have some wrenches that are chrome valdium on them what can you tell me about them
 
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