Tools and Machines Ratchet for Low Headroom Places [Archive] - Toyota MR2 Message Board

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Does anyone have a solution for this? I need to remove a bolt on one of my engine mounts (remove clutch release cylinder). I can get a 14mm box wrench in over the head of the bolt but the wrench shaft is too short to get enough torque to turn the bolt. The wrench is not shaped well to put a pipe extension on it. I want to put my ratchet wrench on it and add a pipe to the ratchet bar to get more torque but there is not enough headroom above the bold head for me to slip the socket &