Recent content by Lenny5160

A good friend of mine had something like this installed flush in his shop floor. Was great for unloading drums of fuel from the back of a pickup, for one example.

I've had an 'on-head' version of that tool (and their on-head spring pressure tester) for a few years. Great tools. I can't quite bring myself to buy their valve adjustment torque wrench yet.

I don't know exactly what you bought, but assuming it is something like this Orion kit, yes, that can be used to simply push pistons back in. I have any older Pittsburgh-branded kit from Harbor Freight that looks identical, and have been using it for years on all kinds of calipers. Only one of...

You can get a #2 Robertson anywhere. That's all I've ever used in about 30 years of enclosed trailer ownership. You really don't need to wait for a shipped tool.

Exactly what I do.

I don't think the actual seller matters. I never even look at who the seller was when setting up an Amazon return.

Hi, rstcso! I have two of those 800 lumen Icon lights as well, and one of the OG Braun foldable stick light. ;-)

Today I picked up two of the Braun 750 lumen magnetic puck flood lights. I'm a sucker for relatively inexpensive lights!

What's the point of DIY work, if not to justify tool purchases?

That's what I do also. I will admit, just doing it by hand wasn't intuitive to me either. I had to see someone do it that way first.

Agree. I love that little Titan when the socket is smaller than 10mm.

I believe you are referring to a 'swivel head' ratchet. I find more and more that I just grab my swivel head first, even though it's probably the lowest quality 3/8" ratchet.

I grab this WAY more than I thought I would when I bought it.

Sometimes I'll use my 20-150 lb/ft clicker at the very bottom of its range. Before doing so, I set it at 20 lb/ft and used a fish scale and loose zip-tie 12" from the center of the anvil to verify that it was clicking properly at 20 lb of force from that point.

The only 1/2” deep sockets I have are impact, but I have shallow 6 and 12 point in chrome.