Recent content by NYEngineer

Few years ago during a construction project at my job, there was a guy installing fire sprinklers. It was all No Hub or whatever you call it. All the pipes are joined together with a coupler with two bolts. The guy was using a Dewalt impact gun with a totally beaten and stripped chrome 12...

That air drill is sweet.

Forty years ago I worked in a marine engine machine shop. I was 19 years old so I was buying a lot of tools. Back then there were no cordless impacts, only air and we didn't use it so we only had chrome sockets. The impact stuff struck us as dirty automotive stuff for ham fists. Our engine...

I have an 18 volt Milwaukee that I switch between an edger and a string trimmer. I like it a lot. Just sayin'.

In a pinch you can press a hex nut onto the square end of a tap and turn it with a socket. Works great in tight places.

My house had a click together floating floor in the basement bathroom. I've never liked it and knew I would have to pull it up and tile the floor. Last weekend I decided it was time. Picked up this Ridgid water saw. Works great.

I know it sounds strange. The restaurant is in Bayshore. I can't remember which one it was but I know it was Coke or Pepsi. They told him he was too small. This was twenty years ago as well. Who knows what they were thinking back then. Edit: I was thinking, If I remember right, they were...

My wife's 2021 Traverse had 95,000 miles on it when I took it to pick my son up at college for winter break. I normally don't drive it so when it was shuttering on the highway I thought oh good. What now? She would never pick up on something like that. My son got in the car and noticed it...

The fancy sit down pizza place near me sells RC on tap. I love it. Haven't seen it in bottles or cans on Long Island for some time. My vice is a glass bottle of Mexican Coke with dinner. If I get them at 7-11, cold, they're 11.21 or something for four. I hate going to Costco but I get a...

I've had my Safety Seal kit for a LONG time. I've bought new plugs and lube twice. It's been in three or four cars.

It was mentioned above but I'll say it as well... Rebuilt engines last just fine if they're done properly. As a young man I worked in a marine engine machine shop. We had older, quality Sunnen machines. We paid careful attention to what we were doing, making sure everything was square and...

The 1/4 inch heads are smaller than the 3/8 heads. The whole point of doing this.

Here we go again. Tiny screw in the tire on my wife’s Traverse. It was so small I hated reaming it for the plug. As soon as I did it I realized I probably could have used one of the plugs from my bicycle kit. They’re exactly like Safety Seal plugs only smaller. This car has two big trips...

I just installed 3/8 anvils in four 1/4 Icon ratchets. All four were brand new out of the box and all four hardly had any lube in them. As soon as I felt them I thought they feel good but not great. I added a small dab of this Dumond Tech Pro X grease. It’s for the ratchets in bicycle...

I just did four of these. I built two for my son and I and now my dad and my brother each want one. I guess Tekton builds these ratchets for HF. The parts are I dentical.