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Anonymous No.28597840 >>28597978 >>28598007 >>28598702 >>28599268 >>28599920 >>28600902
Show tools you recently bought?
Ill start with this shit. Its for hammering and smacking stuff.
Anonymous No.28597860 >>28597877 >>28598174 >>28598210
Do you have a rubber mallet? Get one. Way more useful than metal hammers for car work.
Anonymous No.28597866 >>28597878 >>28600913 >>28600937 >>28607449
Anonymous No.28597877 >>28598174 >>28598521
>>28597860
No, not yet. Why is that better? I might get that too
Anonymous No.28597878 >>28597898
>>28597866
Nice. Snap onnis an american brand, right? I dont think we have those here in yuropoorland
Anonymous No.28597893 >>28597894 >>28599278
Picked this up to remove my front ball joints for my 350gt, but I was a retard that didn't do the proper measurements and the fittings bottomed out over the ball joint and all it did was compress it and not remove it from the housing.
Anonymous No.28597894
>>28597893
Haha thats a huge fucker
Anonymous No.28597898
>>28597878
Snap on is American but these are all harbor freight tools, icon is just their nicer line
Anonymous No.28597904 >>28597935
bought pic related off amazon, about 10 bucks. AKEOIL grease gun coupler. Feels very solid, but the jaws don't sit perfectly within the barrel like the pic shows - there's a bit of side-to-side wobble. Tried it out and some grease still leaked out which sucked.
Ended up going for the og lock-n-lube one because it was rebuildable, but I haven't tried it out yet. there's an aussie version for roughly the same price that's built by alemlube, but it looks more annoying to rebuild.
Anonymous No.28597935
>>28597904
Yea with tools, i dont like the cheaper versions. Tools can last very long if its quality
Anonymous No.28597973 >>28597983 >>28599278 >>28607449
Just a bunch of electrical shit. Tyco and deutsch connectors, harness tape, 18-16-14-12-00 gauge wire, big ass 150a relay, bullets and butt connectors, heat shrink wrap with adhesive lining...
Anonymous No.28597978 >>28597984
>>28597840 (OP)
I bought a dremel (power corded 3000) and a breaker bar (dunno where my old one went) last week.
Apart from tools I also bought rust converter spray, anti-rust primer, and stone chip paint spray.
Dunno how my summer was so busy that all of this was left to final week of August but it was.
Anonymous No.28597983 >>28598000
>>28597973
What are you making?
Anonymous No.28597984 >>28597988
>>28597978
Noice. Dremel is very handy to have, ive used it alot for small things
Anonymous No.28597988
>>28597984
It certainly makes a big change from sanding by hand, but I found that after I've used the dremel on a piece of rusted metal, I can finish it off with hand sanding to expose new metal. So I still use both methods.
Anonymous No.28598000 >>28598100
>>28597983
Adding a wiring harness and want it waterproof, plus running a new fuse box from the battery. The battery is in the trunk so it's a long run and I don't want any fires lol. Do it once do it right
Anonymous No.28598007 >>28598110 >>28600904
>>28597840 (OP)
My memory is way too shitty to remember something like that. I bought some brake cleaner last week, I guess.
Anonymous No.28598100 >>28598395
>>28598000
Breddy based
Anonymous No.28598110
>>28598007
Brake cleaner, noted
Anonymous No.28598115
Dremel 3000
Brake cleaner ( a lot )
caliper paint
Anonymous No.28598174 >>28598185 >>28598210
>>28597860
>>28597877
In my experience, dead blow hammers are more useful. If you don't, they are full of lead shot and deliver more energy without bouncing.
Anonymous No.28598185 >>28598210
>>28598174
you should always use a deadblow when working on cars so the hammer doesn't rebound into your face anyway
regular rubber mallets are for items with less mass than the hammer itself that you don't want to damage
Anonymous No.28598210 >>28598219
>>28597860
>>28598174
>>28598185
what are you needs talking about. I use a 5 lb metal hammer constantly when wrenching. Have a plastic deadblow hanging out the wall and have literally never used it.
Anonymous No.28598219 >>28598274 >>28598279 >>28598294
>>28598210
people like you should be executed by draw and quarter

when you work on a car more valuable than a chevy cobalt you use a plastic mallet to prevent marring parts like bolt heads and threads if they need to be tapped into or out of position. if you are a faggot slob with a worthless shitbox who will just ugga dugga the car back together and don't care you use metal hammers.
Anonymous No.28598253 >>28598293 >>28598405 >>28599064
hasn't arrived yet, but I ordered a SeeSei WH710 impact gun yesterday.
1/2 the price of a bare Milwaukee/Einhell. Plus you get 2 batteries.
JewTube carslop content creators seem to rate it. Fingers crossed!
Anonymous No.28598258 >>28598340 >>28598409
This was only $35 and works great
Anonymous No.28598274
>>28598219
Lol based
Anonymous No.28598279 >>28598288
>>28598219
>when you work on a car more valuable than a chevy cobalt you use a plastic mallet
Anonymous No.28598288
>>28598279
and like Isildur you will suffer and turn to the dark side of buying new, lower grade fasteners at ace hardware because you knicked half a mm out of a single starting thread on a very important bolt
Anonymous No.28598293
>>28598253
Nice! Im curious how it holds up
Anonymous No.28598294 >>28598304 >>28598313
>>28598219
>you use a plastic mallet to prevent marring parts like bolt heads and threads if they need to be tapped into or out of position
I again say, what? Its a car not a carpentry set why are hammering everything tapart? If I need to remove a bolt I pull it out with hand. 5lb hammer is for things that don't want to move and a plastic deadblow won't help.
Anonymous No.28598304 >>28598553
>>28598294
Shut the fuck up nigga
Anonymous No.28598313 >>28598553
>>28598294
alls i gotta say is if you don't know you don't wrench
Anonymous No.28598340
>>28598258
Noice! A fender roller
Anonymous No.28598395 >>28598460
>>28598100
Thanks anon. Of all the places I posted my working on you are the only one who complimented. Weird coming from 4chan. But thanks.
Anonymous No.28598405 >>28598421
>>28598253
Your gonna like it. I got one from Amazon, something like "1100" ft lb torque but I take it with a grain of salt. Super portable, but I think the battery pack is you open it up is probably two of those 18650 batteries wired in some chink way.

Did yours come in a case with a few sockets?
Anonymous No.28598409 >>28598608
>>28598258
Amazon? Got a link or item number? There used to be something like Elwood or whatever that made some and Amazon had a nice quality knockoff.
Anonymous No.28598418 >>28598461
I bought a knuckleboom crane truck as my last "tool" purchase. That counts right?
Anonymous No.28598421 >>28598464
>>28598405
as long it's got enough torque for the hub nuts (I think it's around 300Nm) then it can do all I need as a dangerous amateur DIYer. Can't think of anything I've ever done on a car that needs more than that?
Anonymous No.28598460
>>28598395
Well, i can see from the parts you ordered you take it seriously, i like that
Anonymous No.28598461 >>28598482
>>28598418
This counts for sure
Anonymous No.28598464 >>28598467
>>28598421
Yeah I used mine on some stuck bolts on the rear diff and it did just fine. Lugnuts will be cakewalk as long as you are not a monkey and keep the trigger held down.
Anonymous No.28598467 >>28598486
>>28598464
Holding the trigger down is not done with an electric impact gun?
Anonymous No.28598482 >>28598489 >>28598503 >>28598518
>>28598461
>This counts for sure
Thanks anon. Pic is from the facespace ad the old man put up. I paid $5000 for it and drove it about 2 hours to get it home last week. Had to help the old man chase down an air leak and fix a busted throttle pedal hinge that only allowed it to rev up part way. It was way better on the trip home, but still not getting full throttle, so max speed was around 55-60mph. She's a hot pile of mint.
Anonymous No.28598486 >>28598522
>>28598467
Unless you want your studs to come out with the lug nuts you sure can hold it down. I usually stop when it goes chugga chugga, and not chugga a million times. It seats it with enough pressure to drop the car and then torque wrench it to 85-90 ft lb.
Anonymous No.28598489 >>28598542
>>28598482
Looks apocalyptic surviving. Any plans for or with it? What motor is in it?
Anonymous No.28598503 >>28598542
>>28598482
sick
Anonymous No.28598518 >>28598542
>>28598482
Nice color. What diesel engine does it have?
Anonymous No.28598521
>>28597877
Because it's rubber it won't damage parts when smacking them. Metal hammers often will gouge, scratch or crush parts.
Anonymous No.28598522 >>28598526
>>28598486
Ah i was thinking about turning bolts loose but you where talking about tightening, i understand why you woukdnt want to keep chugging for tightening
Anonymous No.28598525 >>28598531
Been thinking about picking up one of those plastic clip puller tools for servicing plastics
Anonymous No.28598526
>>28598522
>i understand why you woukdnt want to keep chugging for tightening
zap them up with the impact wrench, then torque them to spec with a torque wrench
Anonymous No.28598531 >>28598720 >>28602252
>>28598525
replacement clips are so cheap, if they snap when I rip, I just replace them.
The removal tools do look pretty cool though.
Anonymous No.28598542
>>28598489
>>28598503
>>28598518

Thanks anons. Its got the 7.8L Brazilian diesel and an Eaton 8LL manual transmission. Twin screw rear axles, with diff lock. N135 knuckle boom crane with a 43' reach and will still lift 3000lbs at full extension. Pic rel is the attached lift chart.

I've always wanted a knuckleboom crane truck for general crane work around the farm and self loading heavy shit onto my trailer for snagging sweet deals on machine tools or other heavy equipment off of marketplace or craigslist where the person selling has no way of helping to load. Should be able to get a lot of dirt cheap heavy machinery that way.
Anonymous No.28598553 >>28598562
>>28598304
make me lil nigga
>>28598313
? I'm literally wrenching rn. Just put new fork seals and ss brake lines on muh bike.
0 hammers involved on that one in case your were wondering.
Anonymous No.28598562
>>28598553
shit I lied, there was 1 hammer involved. 32oz ball peen (and a plank of wood) to knock the dust caps off
Anonymous No.28598608 >>28598651
>>28598409
Anonymous No.28598651 >>28598725
>>28598608
Thanks dude.

Did you warm the fender/paint first or just go ham on it?
Anonymous No.28598702 >>28598774
>>28597840 (OP)
My son im doing my own alignment on the side of the road. I need those short E-torx for a hard to reach bolt and I only have 2 sets of deep E-torx.I fixed the worst wheel for now and it tracks straight.
Anonymous No.28598720
>>28598531
You have to pry and wiggle from both sides to pop the head out. then after the head is fully removed from the portion in the car you can wiggle that part out. I never break these clips but the type they use under trim panels now always snap no matter how gentle you try to be
Anonymous No.28598725
>>28598651
I warmed it up to like 120-140 first
Anonymous No.28598774
>>28598702
Based
Anonymous No.28598922 >>28599569
Probably this
Now I have no idea why people are buying regular power tool chargers while these exist.
Anonymous No.28599064
>>28598253
I use this impact wrench for work (C-Tech at Firestone), gets 90% of the bolts I use it on loose. I use one of the shop's air impact wrenches or another tech's brand-name impact for the other 10%.

Truth be told if shell out $30 you can get a Bauer impact with better specs from HF. That's what I plan on upgrading to when I get more cash.
Anonymous No.28599092 >>28599149 >>28599568
Got sick of using that stupid fucking brake cube. pos just slips half the time.
Anonymous No.28599149 >>28599150
>>28599092
Yeah, I always have to apply a lot of pressure on the cube so it doesn't slip off.
Anonymous No.28599150 >>28599221 >>28599264 >>28599726
>>28599149
I have no idea what this cube is, is it so ething for those brake pistons that twist to go back instead of push?
Anonymous No.28599221
>>28599150
I use needle nose plyers . push and turn. the tool would be nice though. I try to buy stuff only when I need too.
Anonymous No.28599264
>>28599150
Yes. Every 90s Honda I've worked on has them.
Anonymous No.28599268 >>28599562
>>28597840 (OP)
I bought a cable driven hose clamp plier, because those spring hose clamps are a bitch but you should NOT use worm drive clamps in your engine bay because they don't adjust for heat expansion
Anonymous No.28599278 >>28599416
>>28597893
I was considering buying a press, but I think I'll just pay a mechanic to do my bushes when they're really due. Looks like a shit job.

>>28597973
Nice. I regret mucking around with cheap joiners
Anonymous No.28599416 >>28601454
>>28599278
I eneded up just replacing the whole control arms instead of fucking around with the bushings since i'd rather pay a bit extra than deal with the headache of suck busings.
But i'll probable just remove my whole knuckle spindal and take that to a shop to remove that ball joint and hopefully save a bit of cash on labour hours.
Anonymous No.28599552 >>28603538
Im a cheap procrastinator, but this project finally convinced me to give in and buy a 5 ton floor jack. I originally got it up on jack stands using a high-lift jack on each side, but the stands had to be at full extension to reach and I just didn't feel safe mucking about with only the stands holding it up.
Anonymous No.28599554 >>28599598 >>28600794
fricking laser beams
Anonymous No.28599562
>>28599268
The hose can't expand if the clamp is tightened with the force of a thousand suns.
Anonymous No.28599568
>>28599092
This looks handy
Anonymous No.28599569 >>28599698
>>28598922
What is it?
Anonymous No.28599598 >>28599603
>>28599554
Lasercleaner? Is this a new thing?
Anonymous No.28599603 >>28599986 >>28600388
>>28599598
they've existed for a while, just getting cheap enough to buy.

No pic yet since it hasn't arrived but got a hydraulic press coming, needing new front wheel bearings gave me the excuse I needed.
Anonymous No.28599698 >>28599883
>>28599569
USB charger for power tools batteries, they make them for a number of major brands. Can charge the battery from any USB output (slow though, like 5V 2.4A or 3A max) and can function as a power bank (probably the same 10-15W but enough to charge the phone) or output unregulated battery voltage (not tested yet).
Beats any OEM charger: it's more compact, doesn't need mains so I can use it in the car, costs like $15, has a battery SoC indicator. Going to order more of them.
Anonymous No.28599726 >>28600395 >>28601455
>>28599150
>I have no idea what this cube is
A nightmarish contraption that it better at making a wrench slip and giving you carpal tunnel than it's intended fuction.
Anonymous No.28599883
>>28599698
Nice
Anonymous No.28599920 >>28599982
>>28597840 (OP)
Don't have a pic but tekton is clearancing out their usa made screw drivers ahead of sourcing the new line from germany. Grabbed this 8pc set for $23. Think I got the very last one because it immediately changed to no longer available. There are still other sets and individual drivers available, just not this set.
Anonymous No.28599982
>>28599920
Great deal! And a great excuse to buy moar tools
Anonymous No.28599986
>>28599603
> needing new front wheel bearings gave me the excuse I needed.

Haha this, looking HARD for excuses to get moar tools

You got some professional shop for that lasercleaner?
Anonymous No.28600388 >>28601452
>>28599603
does it just clean dirty stuff or is it like that laser rust blasting tool like in vid related?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACGSzBXKONo
i really wish this thing would eventually become affordable for DIY use. Looks so fucking fun to use
Anonymous No.28600395 >>28600792
>>28599726
why were they so common in ancient roman times?
Anonymous No.28600792
>>28600395
chariot brake calipers obviously
Anonymous No.28600794 >>28601448
>>28599554
You'll shoot your eye out kid
Anonymous No.28600891 >>28601313
Electric ratchet and a cordless rotary tool.
Anonymous No.28600902
>>28597840 (OP)
>tools on a tile floor
Southeast Asian confirmed. I bet you weld in sandals too
Anonymous No.28600904
>>28598007
And then huffed the whole can?
Anonymous No.28600913 >>28602216
>>28597866
I've snapped so many of those 3 jaw pullers, it's one of the few things I would suggest getting a name brand for
same with drum brake spring pliers if you're unfortunate to need to work on them. they might be better now, but 10 years ago I wanted to kill myself using harbor freight's.
Anonymous No.28600937
>>28597866
BASED ICONER
Anonymous No.28601313 >>28603951
>>28600891
Nice. Why brushed rotary from Bosch instead of the brushless Dremel though? They use the same batteries. I'm thinking of buying one.
Anonymous No.28601448 >>28602403
>>28600794
i always wear protection
Anonymous No.28601452 >>28603536
>>28600388
laser cleaner blasts damn near everything away, paint, bog, glue, rust, you name it. only thing it has a problem with is rust scale, but it is doable most of the time.
Anonymous No.28601454 >>28602532
>>28599416
Get a ball joint kit with c-clamp from Amazon. I also picked up a set of 3 jaw pullers, both for about $50 to the door. Made ezpz work of r&r suspension bushings. Granted that's tools I may never use more than three times but sometimes convenience is worth more than a couple bucks.
Anonymous No.28601455 >>28601496
>>28599726
Ah ok. Yeah fuck Honda's. I know something like that I used before that deserves its own spot in hell.
Anonymous No.28601496
>>28601455
nothing to do with Honda, vast majority of modern cars use that style in the rear (any rear disc brake car with integrated parking brake).
Anonymous No.28602216
>>28600913
They are still shit and frustrating to use yeah. I just needed some in a pinch. I don't do a lot of pulling but I had to replace my gfs ac clutch and coil
Anonymous No.28602252
>>28598531
I've been buying a couple of those kits from amazon lately.
Metric O-ring kit
washer kits
really handy if you'll be working on multiple old bikes or whatever.
Anonymous No.28602403
>>28601448
the laser cleaning vids are pretty cool to watch. I want one anon
Anonymous No.28602532
>>28601454
>Get a ball joint kit with c-clamp from Amazon
That is what i did, but i was a dumb cunt that didn't do the right measurements and the fittings that came with it bottomed out on the ball joint so it didn't have any purchae on the arm to push out of.
It'll still be useful for other stuff, just annoyed since i got the specifically for that joint.
Anonymous No.28603536 >>28606949
>>28601452
What do these cost?
Anonymous No.28603538
>>28599552
Looks heavy
Anonymous No.28603951 >>28605478
>>28601313
Oh, darn, I wasn't aware. Was cheap at least...
Anonymous No.28605478
>>28603951
8250 finally appeared in Yurop, but the price is outrageous
On Amazon.com it was like $90 on discount.
Anonymous No.28606925 >>28606935 >>28607463
Got a new one a few weeks ago, I use the medium sized one at work all the time I love them. Just wish the jaw wasn't as smooth sometimes.
Anonymous No.28606935
>>28606925
I love my Knipex pliers wrench, I use it for many jobs that require a flat surface and something that won't mar the surface too much. Works great bending sheet metal and other thin metals.
>Just wish the jaw wasn't as smooth sometimes
But that is the point of the pliers wrench. If you need it to grip on something without slipping you need a pipe wrench or locking pliers.
Anonymous No.28606949 >>28607047 >>28607131
>>28603536
i paid a bit over 10k aud for mine lol, but you can get cheaper. mines a 300 watt pulse which makes it more expensive than average, i wanted pulse because i mainly use it for cleaning sheet metal and didn't want any issues with shrinking it from too much heat, continuous lasers in general are cheaper, but they work a lot faster at the risk of heating up your work surface a lot more. or you could get a less powerful pulse laser but not sure how much work you would be getting done, would probably be okay if you're just cleaning parts, the 300 watt absolutely annihilates surface rust with zero effort so you could probably get away with less power for things of that nature.

heres the underside of an impala hood i did almost entirely with laser just before primer.
Anonymous No.28606950 >>28607149
I got the Harbor Freight Quinn 3/8 socket ratchet master set for $60 and other sockets at the last sale they did like 2 weeks ago or so.
Anonymous No.28607046
Anonymous No.28607047 >>28607071
>>28606949
>10k aud
fuck. you in syd? would happily pay to use it by the hour lol
Anonymous No.28607071 >>28607119
>>28607047
tasmania
Anonymous No.28607119
>>28607071
nooooo
Anonymous No.28607131 >>28607136
>>28606949
Wait, how hig is that lasercleaner? A whole hood fits in there?
Anonymous No.28607136
>>28607131
Ohh i get it, it has a gun type thing you can point at things
Anonymous No.28607149 >>28607356
>>28606950
I buy alot of my stuff from harbor freight but they are getting crazy on the prices. im finding the same tools with differnt brand names on amazon for half as much. shop around bros.
Anonymous No.28607356
>>28607149
Yeah, its likely I could have gotten a cheaper set from some unknown brand but at least I can take the tools back to a local Harbor Freight if it breaks on me and get it replaced (as long as its in stock, anyways) that day and go back to working on w/e I needed to do.
Bepis Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.28607449
>>28597866
Came to say the thing about the chinese jaw pullers. That’s one of those tools where the bottom barrel ones will ALWAYS break when you need them the most.

>>28597973
You ever use those heat shrink solder seal butt connectors? I got some and hate them. The solder won’t melt and flow properly below the melting temp of the heat shink so they’re useless.

Crimp + heat shrink marine style connectors for the win… like the ones you got.
Bepis Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.28607463
>>28606925
Get the damn Cobras then

>tfw I gifted my 10% Cobras to the older mechanic dude who has been teaching me tons of stuff
Gotta get another pair, I forget how useful having like 25 adjustments is.