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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.

I have the next largest model that will also do air mattresses/pool toys. It reads 2 psi when turning it in, and another gauge/TPMS verify that margin of error. Set it 2 psi higher than you really want and it works great. Had it for a year.

I'm kicking myself for not jumping on the M12 3/8" stubby with 5.0 HO battery for $159 that Home Depot had within the last couple weeks.

I have one that I use for my dragster wheels. The 16" wide wheels won't fit under the hood of most shops' spin balancers. Seems to work fine, although balance is of questionable importance when the car doesn't spend any time at a constant speed. I have read that some of these have a needle...

Back when Sears was still alive, I returned a '90s era 1/4" drive ratchet just like in the OP and received a rebuilt copy that didn't function any better than the one I returned. I just wrote it off and bought a new ratchet elsewhere.

I love my brushed M12 3/8" ratchet. Usage is probably split 50/50 with the 3/8" anvil or a 1/4" drive adapter.