Recent content by NYEngineer

I've always glass beaded parts right before painting and warm them in the sun or warm them with a heat gun. Never had adhesion issues.

I had a black and silver Yukon like that. Loved that truck. If I were to come across a clean one Like that I'd probably be inclined to LS swap it. I know I say that about everything.

Years ago my dad bought the two magnets that go on your fuel line. I was so disappointed in him.

LS swap it!

He is 21. He's great.

For Father's Day my son got me a non contact thermometer from HF. I already have a Milwaukee and a Raytech. I asked him if he'd mind if I swapped it for something else. He didn't mind so I got these.

It was new to me.

Recently picked this up. I build bicycle wheels as a side gig. Until now, measuring hubs and getting an accurate measurement of the spoke flanges from the center was kind of a crapshoot. I spotted this on a wheel building website. 75 bucks. Total bargain. You first measure the total width...

I can say this... I use breaker bars where necessary, I don't use pipes and other sorts of extensions. I'm also 6'5" and when I was young, had a 52" chest and was just a big boy. I didn't yank and jerk on my tools. Always practiced smoothness. I have probably only ever broken two sockets...

I've told this a couple of times in the past. I'm not a Snap On cheerleader by any means but I did buy plenty of their tools when I was wrenching on diesel generators. I worked in the field so I saw value in Snap On being "the best". One day I was going into Brooklyn to service...

I have a ton of Snap On tools but I was buying them mostly in the 80's and 90's. Sometimes I rarely will still grab something IF I see the guy and IF he's willing to make a cash deal. Now I usually buy Icon or Tekton. Recently, I couldn't find my probably thirty year old Snap On spark plug...

Yeah, I don’t see a need for that. I’ll probably get the on head compressor for big Mopars though.

Everyone sitting down? For years I’ve wanted a really good quality valve spring compressor. David Frieberger was talking about LSM’s compressor with utmost praise. I just treated myself to one. All I can say is wow. Sealed bearings on both sides, silky smooth operation, rated for 1200...

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.