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TrailBeast
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Combination door panel remover and pop rivet head cutter.
It's tapered and sharp between the prongs and cuts the heads off door hardware pop rivets clean and flush.
I made this probably 25 years ago.
Go ahead, there's your next million.
It's tapered and sharp between the prongs and cuts the heads off door hardware pop rivets clean and flush.
I made this probably 25 years ago.
Go ahead, there's your next million.
TrailBeast
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Hood spring tool.
Had a winch but no frame. Frame unbolts into 3 sections for storage. Not mobile but I roll the car out from under the engine. Pulling a 340 here.
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fishy68
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Good idea. I remember taking the fan off my 93 318 when I had to replace the water pump and man was it a bugger without anything to hold the pulley. Finally got it using the impact method. Put my big ole wrench on it and smacked it 3 or 4 times with a 2 lb. sledge and it popped loose. Tightened it the same way. Not the ideal method but it worked.
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Good idea. I remember taking the fan off my 93 318 when I had to replace the water pump and man was it a bugger without anything to hold the pulley. Finally got it using the impact method. Put my big ole wrench on it and smacked it 3 or 4 times with a 2 lb. sledge and it popped loose. Tightened it the same way. Not the ideal method but it worked.
LOL - I did my first one the same way. I need to replace the fan clutch on a friends 2003 Dakota next week. Told him I would do it after I made this wrench...
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LOL - I did my first one the same way. I need to replace the fan clutch on a friends 2003 Dakota next week. Told him I would do it after I made this wrench...
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silvadful
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SirDan
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X2 my dad has been thinking of making one of these for a while now. there too damned expensive to buy!
Inertia
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I made these tools over 30 yrs ago..
1st is for doing up pinion nut, on or off the car,
2nd, an axle remover/slide hammer made from an old diff,
3rd, is a pinion depth tool, using axle centreline to the face of pinion with a 0.500 piece to transfer the pinion surface, enabling use vernier caliper..
1st is for doing up pinion nut, on or off the car,
2nd, an axle remover/slide hammer made from an old diff,
3rd, is a pinion depth tool, using axle centreline to the face of pinion with a 0.500 piece to transfer the pinion surface, enabling use vernier caliper..
67Dart273
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My meager attempt at a homemade A arm bushing tool.
Got a steel pipe coupler. These are normally used on the ends of 20' lengths of pipe for thread protection. Around here, only malleable iron couplers are used operationally.
I clamped it in my Drill / Mill and cut a notch for clearance. You don't need a mill, you can do this with a hacksaw, as it's not critical
The bolt is a scrap of 1/2" allthread.
I bought some (called locally) "flat plate washers." These are not only very large OD, like a fender washer, they are thick as can be, maybe 3/16" ? "I used two" LOL
I could've gotten the new ones in, but the arms really should be cleaned up
Got a steel pipe coupler. These are normally used on the ends of 20' lengths of pipe for thread protection. Around here, only malleable iron couplers are used operationally.
I clamped it in my Drill / Mill and cut a notch for clearance. You don't need a mill, you can do this with a hacksaw, as it's not critical
The bolt is a scrap of 1/2" allthread.
I bought some (called locally) "flat plate washers." These are not only very large OD, like a fender washer, they are thick as can be, maybe 3/16" ? "I used two" LOL
I could've gotten the new ones in, but the arms really should be cleaned up
Sc2ner
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50 ton press. 13" I beam 3/4" think. Has 25lbs of weld wire in it. It can bend 8"of 3/8"plate. The second best shop tool we own.
fishy68
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That's a hoss for sure!
Del, Nice bushing puller
younggun2.0
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just made my sheet metal brake this last weekend.
bends meterial up to 1/8" x 36" wide.
bends meterial up to 1/8" x 36" wide.
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fishy68
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Nice job. I don't do much differential work anymore so I don't need one of these real bad but I have a couple rounds pieces of steel that just fit into a 8-3/4 carrier bearing opening so I may have to dig up some round rod and make one of these.
fishy68
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Nice job man!
pishta
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home made valve seat scraper...cut slow with cordless drill and use cutting oil...
Thanks this thread gave me some good ideas. Maybe some one can get some good ideas from what I've made.
1: Degreeing wheel made of a degreeing wheel printed on a 11 x 17 inches paper then glued on a pizza cardboard. Took a welding rod that I've bent to a pointer.
2: Piston stop. Using it when the head is removed when I degreeing a cam.
3: A copper pipe flattened. Placing the flattened copper pipe thing behind a hole then welding the hole together without the weld sticking to it. On aluminium use a flat steel piece behind instead.
4: Steering wheel puller.
5: Modified puller to pull the steering column thingy.
1: Degreeing wheel made of a degreeing wheel printed on a 11 x 17 inches paper then glued on a pizza cardboard. Took a welding rod that I've bent to a pointer.
2: Piston stop. Using it when the head is removed when I degreeing a cam.
3: A copper pipe flattened. Placing the flattened copper pipe thing behind a hole then welding the hole together without the weld sticking to it. On aluminium use a flat steel piece behind instead.
4: Steering wheel puller.
5: Modified puller to pull the steering column thingy.
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