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Wagonburner posted:What's a better 12v tire-inflator compressor? CO2 is an option. 
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Does anyone know of any good deals on a tool chest kinda like this one?  I need something to put in my service truck, but the largest I can fit is 25" wide, 16" tall and 12" deep. There are ones like in my pic on ebay, but they want $150 for it. Ball bearing slides are a must.
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Valkyn posted:Does anyone know of any good deals on a tool chest kinda like this one? Try Craigslist yet?
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Apr 14, 2009 02:02
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Swivel sockets, will the harbor freights last more then one bolt?
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Apr 14, 2009 02:24
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Elephanthead posted:Swivel sockets, will the harbor freights last more then one bolt? Oh awesome the must have gotten those in not that long ago cause I bought my northen tool runs a while back because HF didnt have them. Northern Tool's chrome sockets have some surface rust on them now after about 2-3 years.
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So... I started putting together my first basic tool set, and I have already learned a few lessons the hard way. Regarding ratchets, I started off looking at Craftsman, until I discovered that most of their ratchets don't rotate smoothly and even get completely jammed. Their quality control department must have been laid off. Next, I bought an S-K ratchet set hoping for better quality, but I was still disappointed. One ratchet was broken out of the box, and the other two needed adjustment. The S-Ks are designed so that the entire ratchet mechanism is held together by a single screw which must be tightened perfectly or the tool will not work. This seems like a terrible design which will need constant adjustment, so I sent them back. Regarding "Made in China," you all were not kidding about avoiding this stuff if you need a decent tool. The quality control is horrendous: one utility knife I bought was so poorly cast that the blade was completely trapped in the body of the knife. I eventually hunted down some Snap-On ratchets on ebay, and I'm happy with them. Highlights of my trunk kit: Snap-On ratchets 1/4" 3/8" Craftsman easy-to-read sockets Lug nut sockets A few u-joints and socket extensions Breaker bar 1/2" Beam-style torque wrench Screwdriver with assorted bits Box-end wrenches Small dead blow mallet Assorted pliers Wire cutter/stripper/crimper Utility knife I might buy a set of trim removal tools, too. This should cover most of the maintenance and other work I already do using my father's tools. Per yall's advice, I'll buy more tools as I need them to build a more complete set. Hopefully by next year I'll have my own place and I'll have to go buy a jack and other large items. Ethyx fucked around with this message at 04:07 on Apr 14, 2009 |
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Apr 14, 2009 04:02
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I'm trying to decide if it's worth buying a pressure washer over renting one. I can't find prices on home depot's web page, but I've heard people say $50 - $100 to rent a gas powered, 2000psi washer from home depot. I've seen 1400 psi electric washers go for $100 online, and (supposedly) 2000 psi electric washers for $150 (no name brands though). I just want to clean my deck and various other things around the house / yard, not strip the paint, so am I better off buying a cheap washer? *edit* What about a Karcher 1800 psi washer for $179, like this one? http://www.pressurewashersdirect.com/Karcher-K3.48M/p1466.html?source=froogle&utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=shop+portals MomJeans420 fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Apr 14, 2009 |
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Apr 14, 2009 23:27
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My dad died two days before Christmas so my 16 year old brother had to become a man pretty quickly. I gave him my entire tool set and a factory service manual for my mom's car and have been helping him make repairs when necessary. I haven't had the money to build another good tool set so I've been doing everything on my car with a standard 154 piece Craftsman tool set. Surprisingly, I've only once had to go to a store to buy a tool I didn't have. I bought a condo so no access to exterior electrical or a garage to put a compressor in. Since I got my MR2 I've been wishing I would have bought a house instead 
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Apr 14, 2009 23:31
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I just ordered a 10 drawer 26 inch wide two piece Craftsman toolbox from sears I got it on sale for 445 shipped. I'm starting to expand my tool set and my Husky toolbag isn't cutting it anymore. I checked it out at the store and it was pretty nice. It's as tall as me and I have to stand on my tip toes to actually see the top part of the chest. It should hold most things I have for quite a while. Ball bearing too! http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_009H0369000B?keyword=62026 My tool set contains 20 screw drivers/torx/nut drivers Metric combo wrench set 3 adj wrenches 3lb hammer and ball pein 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 inch ratchet socket set for the 1/4 and the 3/8 and about 6 various 1/2 sockets + various extensions and joints Steering wheel puller Gappers Pliers (linemans, needle nose (large and small), snap ring Diagonal cutters Channel locks Trisquare Tape measure Angle grinder As you can see my husky bag is over flowing. When my toolbox arrives next week my tools will have a lot of room to breathe. I still need to get a couple big items like an engine hoist and an engine stand. If anyone has any suggestions on brands that would be great.
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Apr 15, 2009 03:50
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I picked up a motorcycle stand today and the front fork lift adapters from Harborfreight. The stand was $37 and the adapters were $10 and they are made by Haulmaster. I'll let you know how I like it once I mess with it some more.
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Apr 15, 2009 23:40
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Ethyx posted:Next, I bought an S-K ratchet set hoping for better quality, but I was still disappointed. One ratchet was broken out of the box, and the other two needed adjustment. The S-Ks are designed so that the entire ratchet mechanism is held together by a single screw which must be tightened perfectly or the tool will not work. This seems like a terrible design which will need constant adjustment, so I sent them back. Um, you must have either A) gotten a completely hosed up set, or B) cranked down on the allen-head screw and thought that was OK, because I've got 4 S-K ratchets that have been used on pretty much every job I've done over the past 5 years, and I've yet to TOUCH the screw, except when I disassemble them for cleaning/lubing. I just tension it so the ratchet works, and don't gently caress with it again. The oldest S-K I have is from circa 1965, and has lived a rough life. Its still tight, and has only limited wear on the pawls. I have a rebuild kit for it, but haven't needed it yet. On the other hand, I can't stand ratchets that use a circlip or retaining clip to hold the guts together, because as the backing plate wears (and they do), you can't tighten up the action. Snap-On uses 2 screws, which is nice, but you still can't really tighten up the action when they start to get loose, plus the threads are pretty small, and I know at least a few people who have had them strip or break off in the ratchet head.
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Apr 17, 2009 17:13
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This 20% coupon goes through 5/2/09. http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa...95&keycode=0000
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Apr 17, 2009 21:27
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kimbo305 posted:I'd also like to invest in a medium quality battery impact gun (drill? dunno what to call it) for quickly unmounting and mounting wheels. The rally team I volunteered for had one and it made swapping wheels much much faster. Set to some low torque threshold, and finish off with the torque wrench. Any model recommendations? anyone?
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Apr 17, 2009 21:49
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I've got the same question, pretty much. My camaro started making some godawful noises and started smoking so badly last night driving home from the airport, I honestly thought it was on fire, and stopped the car to check! Turns out my pinion seal is pretty much gone. Long story short, there's a 200lb nut on there I need to take off. I'm looking at it as an excuse to buy that impact wrench I've been wanting for a while but couldn't justify. Can you recommend me a good (but affordable) impact wrench? I don't have a compressor, so electric is preferred to save me the cost of a compressor.
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Apr 17, 2009 23:47
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Use a real impact wrench, the kind you hit with a hammer. I think they are 20 bucks, plus you need the hammer.
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It's just that when you're working on the car on stage or at the service area, you wanna work as fast as you can. If I were to get a flat, I wouldn't want to be stuck using a lug wrench to change the wheel. Surely this tool exists? The team I worked for had something like I'm describing.
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kimbo305 posted:It's just that when you're working on the car on stage or at the service area, you wanna work as fast as you can. If I were to get a flat, I wouldn't want to be stuck using a lug wrench to change the wheel. Surely this tool exists? The team I worked for had something like I'm describing.
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kimbo305 posted:It's just that when you're working on the car on stage or at the service area, you wanna work as fast as you can. If I were to get a flat, I wouldn't want to be stuck using a lug wrench to change the wheel. Surely this tool exists? The team I worked for had something like I'm describing. http://www.soloperformance.com/Cordless-Impact-Guns-and-Accesories_c_10.html No idea as to the quality or anything, but I've seen guys using them at autocrosses.
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Apr 18, 2009 04:19
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You're just looking for a battery impact. We've got a Milwaukee that gets carried around, and it's excellent thus far. If you're finishing with a torque wrench, just put everything on lightly and torque it up. Once you get used to a specific impact, you can get a decent (read: not astonishing) feel for how tight things are going on.
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I'm looking for a recommendation for an air impact wrench. Air supply is not an issue (see my compressor on page 8); the C-H gun I bought years ago never seems to supply more than about 20-lbs of torque on the highest setting & can't loosen a lug nut for poo poo. I have ruled out a kinked hose & am running 125-psi through. It annoyed me as I'm rebuilding brakes on my Bonneville today.
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Apr 18, 2009 15:02
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PainterofCrap posted:I'm looking for a recommendation for an air impact wrench. Air supply is not an issue (see my compressor on page 8); the C-H gun I bought years ago never seems to supply more than about 20-lbs of torque on the highest setting & can't loosen a lug nut for poo poo. I have ruled out a kinked hose & am running 125-psi through. It annoyed me as I'm rebuilding brakes on my Bonneville today. I got the 1/2" Earthquake from HF, on sale for $80, and a 20% off coupon. It is heavy as gently caress, but throws some serious torque. Once I get my big compressor fired up correctly, I'm going to love using it.
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Apr 18, 2009 15:50
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sharkytm posted:I got the 1/2" Earthquake from HF, on sale for $80, and a 20% off coupon. It is heavy as gently caress, but throws some serious torque. Once I get my big compressor fired up correctly, I'm going to love using it. Agreed. I have the same one. Interestingly, I just set up one for my dad today and he had a larger diameter hose going from his compressor to the gun. Made a BIG difference in the way the gun felt -- it felt much stronger, which makes sense, since it's got a larger hose feeding higher volume to it. I'll be getting a larger diameter air hose for my set up soon.
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Apr 18, 2009 22:32
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http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=221131-28309-2317G I bought this kit from Lowe's, as my local one had it on clearance for 49.99. Works great for everything I've used it for, including ripping a rusted suspension bolt out of an 06 WRX that had seized to the point that the impact removed all of the thread from the bolt while taking it off the nut. This was after failing to be able to turn it using a 6 foot cheater on a breaker.
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Apr 18, 2009 22:39
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si posted:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=221131-28309-2317G an IR impact gun for $50 is an awesome deal never mind an air ratchet and sockets too
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Ethyx posted:Regarding "Made in China," you all were not kidding about avoiding this stuff if you need a decent tool. The quality control is horrendous: one utility knife I bought was so poorly cast that the blade was completely trapped in the body of the knife. I got a pack of 3 cheap snap off razors at Sears a while back. One of them had a small shard of razor cast into the outside of the handle, so it looked like a bit of casting mold residue. Nope, it was ~1.5mm of razor that cut the poo poo out of my finger the first time I used it. Good job, China.
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AnnoyBot posted:I got a pack of 3 cheap snap off razors at Sears a while back. One of them had a small shard of razor cast into the outside of the handle, so it looked like a bit of casting mold residue. Nope, it was ~1.5mm of razor that cut the poo poo out of my finger the first time I used it. I would have raised HELL over that.
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Apr 19, 2009 02:25
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si posted:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=221131-28309-2317G Holy poo poo. Where is your local Lowe's? This looks like exactly what I'm looking for.
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Apr 19, 2009 02:47
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Pissingintowind posted:Holy poo poo. Where is your local Lowe's? This looks like exactly what I'm looking for. St. Louis (Ballwin) -- was about 1-2 months ago now though, they had 3 of them sitting on the shelf when I got mine.
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si posted:St. Louis (Ballwin) -- was about 1-2 months ago now though, they had 3 of them sitting on the shelf when I got mine. Darn. I would love to grab something like that at the same price, but it looks like I missed out. Maybe next time!
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si posted:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=221131-28309-2317G We have two Ingersoll Rand impacts. One is rather old and the other is brand new. The old one gets constant use and the new one wanders around for mobile use. They're both absolutely bulletproof and I can't really imagine working on a car without one.
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Cross posted from Cycles subforum: I just noticed this in the latest HF circular: Motorcycle rear stand $36.99  Fork adapter $9.99  Some more competition in the cheap stands market. ChiliMac fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Apr 21, 2009 |
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RealKyleH posted:This 20% coupon goes through 5/2/09. Can I just print and bring this coupon or do I have to change the "customer number" poo poo?
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Apr 23, 2009 21:50
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you can print it
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kimbo305 posted: I'd also like to invest in a medium quality battery impact gun (drill? dunno what to call it) for quickly unmounting and mounting wheels. The rally team I volunteered for had one and it made swapping wheels much much faster. Set to some low torque threshold, and finish off with the torque wrench. Any model recommendations? I leave this one in my truck http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=yes&tool=all&item_ID=80476&group_ID=19913&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog It works unbelievably. It outperforms all but the best air impact wrenches.
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Do anyone have experience with Harbor Freights engine stands? I am looking at their 1000 lbs. stand since the Chevy 216 I have weights about 700 lbs max. Here is a link to the stand: Engine Stand
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That stand isn't the best, but I would use it for anything but a big block, I doubt your engine weights 700 lbs though. I use one for a small block it is sturdy enough.
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Elephanthead posted:That stand isn't the best, but I would use it for anything but a big block, I doubt your engine weights 700 lbs though. I use one for a small block it is sturdy enough. You're right. My guess was a bit too high. According to this chart that it only weights 630 lbs.
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StatutoryApe posted:I leave this one in my truck http://nh.craigslist.org/tls/1134272948.html Never heard of them before.
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Mooecow posted:You're right. My guess was a bit too high. According to this chart that it only weights 630 lbs. Then get a stand thats rated to 1000# at least. First of all, HF's stuff is only so-so quality to begin with, and 630+you pushing down on a ratchet to tighten a crank bolt could easily add another 70 lbs.
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If you working on that old poo poo, I would buy a better stand with the legs on the outside, and not welded in china and put together with unrated bolts. I assumed you were insane when you said it was 700 pounds. I would use something better. This stand is more for the 300 pound I can pick it up if I have to by hand type of engine.
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