LOL That's what Harbor Freight and Craftsman are for! LOL
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Kendog 170
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My dad gave me an old school Muffler removal tool. My stuff is packed away right now and I can't even google a pic. It's a hex shape 3/4" stock 12" long bar that has a 1/8" cutting blade on it. You hammer along the old muffler pipe after you remove the clamps and it slices a 1/16" groove off the outer pipe for easy removal.Anyone got one ?
Speaking of hammers, MAC Tools has a "Anti Vibe" hammer line. There is a tuning fork in the handle to cancel out vibration. https://www.mactools.com/en-us/Stri...-be9d-a3060140cd96/Anti-Vibe-Ball-Peen-Hammer
Kendog 170
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TrailBeast
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I see you have a lot of good suggestions, but if you don’t have a radiator pressure test set they are priceless.
Not only can it be used for radiator and cooling system pressure testing, they can tell you if you have blown/leaking head gaskets or cracked heads.
Multiple times I have seen a head gasket or cracked parts misdiagnosed as cooling system problems with money spent and work done that missed the actual problem.
Not long ago I got a local shop to refund over 1,000 to one of my Son’s friend’s because they replaced her radiator, water pump and all the hoses and her car overheated on the way home from the shop.
Upon a second look they found the heads were cracked and wanted another 1,100 to fix that.
The owner of the company agreed that had they pressure tested the cooling system in the first place they would have known it was a compression leak instead of a cooling system failure on the first diagnostic.
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I bought one a nice used one a few weeks ago. Now I find I have a leaky heater core! LOL
TrailBeast
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I bought one a nice used one a few weeks ago. Now I find I have a leaky heater core! LOL
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They can also point out things we don’t want to know.
Those are worth their weight in gold, after buying mine, I will never try to remove a spring clamp with a pair of regular pliers.
Lord Sparky
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Take your ring off when working near battery. Happened to me.
TrailBeast
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Any correlation to your username?
Never done that before, but I did have a battery explode right in my face once when an extension rolled into the positive post and the fender.
Luckily someone grabbed me by the shirt and got me to a faucet, because I couldn’t see ****.
Damn, I burned my watch off my arm reaching under the dash of my 66. Damn, ammeters!
You can never go wrong when buying tools. You'll have them your whole life and then you pass them down .
Ouch, That reminds me of a buddy of mine when we were in high school, he was putting a starter on his 63 Chevy and did the same thing, actually looked the same.
I do. Only used it a couple times. air hammer is my go to muffler eliminator.
nevjr
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See about getting yourself a deadblow hammer. They put force on things well above their weight and dont peen the ends of things as easily
You can rinse your eyes with any potable liquid. water, the bottle of coke you were drinking, kids koolaid, vinegar, etc. some wont be pleasant, but they are safe and they are better than battery acid
67Dart273
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Pneumatic air chisel
67Dart273
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Buy on piece at a time if you need to.
Most of the time I use a vernier caliper like the above, they are accurate to damn near a thou, and if you pick "the right model" they are inch as well as metric. Get on Egag and find an old Craftsman. You should find one for 20-40 bucks. You normally want decimal and metric, not 1/128" No gears to strip, no batteries to wear out. Nowadays, I need a magnifier to read one. Speaking of which, I found some Bausch and Lomb "matchbox" magnifiers, at my age they are a necessity
Here are two examples of old Craftsman. One is decimal and 1/128, the other is decimal and metric
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pishta
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Digital caliper switches to mm AND inch, and they are $8 at HF. Also their ball joint separator, works great!
Scamp Rhonda
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I have nearly an identical one. Got it 48 years ago from my old girlfriend's mom. Her husband was a machinist that had passed away and she had no use for it. I use it when I want an accurate measurement. Love the simplicity of it.
I had to cut a friend's class ring off his finger in shop class in high school because of that.
Charrlie_S
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I had similar (watch band) happen to me back in the "50's. working under dash. Havn't worn any jewelry since.
Yep! Burned it in two. (the watch band) LOL
pishta
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They sell plastic weading rings...not for the ladies of course. Coworker lost a finger wearing a wedding ring hopping a fence, got it caught and ripped his finger off. Rings are lame when working, who are you impressing?
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