New tool thread

[D60]

I got me-self a GM fuel pump alignment tool (ala OTC 6710) by making one. But hey, it's a new tool for me now that I cranked some handles!

More detail here if anyone really cares:
Post in thread 'What are you working on today?' https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/what-are-you-working-on-today.331303/post-7248850

 

[D60]

CTA flat cut e-Torx for the really low profile heads

 

[SubLGT]

I got me-self a GM fuel pump alignment tool (ala OTC 6710) by making one. But hey, it's a new tool for me now that I cranked some handles!View attachment 279977

More detail here if anyone really cares:
Post in thread 'What are you working on today?' https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/what-are-you-working-on-today.331303/post-7248850

Nice knurling. Do you also do machining of automotive parts, such as rotors, heads, etc. ?

 

[goblin]

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[Zee09]

Hw70 pistol disassembly tool
My own design

 

[BrianF]

Here is that bearing tool and Cummins barring tool i snagged last week.

I think alot of these tools come from the same Chinese factory, just different colored plastic and packaging.

 

[AZjeff]

 

[BrianF]

Spoon for trailer brakes?

 

[AZjeff]

Spoon for trailer brakes?

We’re on a 3 week trip and when I checked them after a mountain pass in Colorado the driver’s side were cool.

 

[BrianF]

I use some sort of contraption that I found on the junk pile when we moved onto our previous acreage. I think it was back in 2012. I snap a pic layer today. It works so I kept it. I keep it in our 6 horse but should really keep one in our 3 horse.

 

[BrianF]

Here it is in all it's glory. As rusty as the day she arrived. Of course I had to wipe off the respi free that puked out of the bottle.

 

[Owen Lucas]

Harbor Freight to the rescue with cheap aluminum wrenches I'll probably use 2x a year, if that. I have a major plumbing project coming up in a tight space though so these will be very helpful. After that, I hope not to touch them for a looong time!

24" $28
18" $18
14" $13

 

[D60]

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I love that style when there's enough space for them. Used one last night on a SF 14b

 

[D60]

I use some sort of contraption that I found on the junk pile when we moved onto our previous acreage. I think it was back in 2012. I snap a pic layer today. It works so I kept it. I keep it in our 6 horse but should really keep one in our 3 horse.

They sell auto-adjust drums for trailers but I've never trusted them. I fear they either seize up and don't work in which case why bother, OR they overtighten and weld a race to a spindle leaving me stranded. I have NO reason to think either scenario is likely except Murphy's Law ‐‐ maybe aka paranoia

 

[BrianF]

@D60 i have only heard about auto adjusters in lore. Never seen one in the wild. I truly don't even know if they are real....

 

[ms21043]

Picked these up for my home tools collection. I have a Snap On 4 way wrench set in fractional sizes at work and I had wanted metrics for home. There are no Harbor Freight stores in this state, so, while I was near one, I picked this stuff up. I'm happy with the 4 way wrenches and the set was about $60. Snap On is nice, but for my at home use thier equivalent set for $400 is a bit steep.

 

[goblin]

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BTW, it turned out that according to The Internet, Snap-On's own site, and most major search engines as well as Ai's - the above tool (Snap-On Macpherson Spring Compressor - AW91) simply doesn't exist
Nothing on it. Nada.

It does however show on FB Marketplace, historically, pops here and there on a semi-regular basis (there's even one currently for sale on Craigslist Boston).

It took me to get to a Russian search engine to be sent to Google's own patent listing page (which Google wasn't able to find), to get the patent document for this thing. Which is precise, but not a manual (although it can become one).

 

[RyanY]

I need to replace the sliding door cable on the Odyssey, and a good ferrule crimp is crucial for this job...as if I needed a reason to buy another tool...

 

[Trav]

Spoon for trailer brakes?

I remember the time when I about 4 of those things, there were a lot of cars in those days that still had 4 wheel drum brakes. The spoons were all different size and shapes. I probably did more drum brakes than I had hot dinners, Auto adjusters worked fine as long as you replaced all the hardware and didn't mix up the adjusters, one was left hand thread the other side right.

 

[BrianF]

Speaking about drum brakes...... I should do an inspection of the trailer brakes on our horse trailers. Then I have to check the rear drums on my beater 2002 Sunfire. One locks up really easily, causing the ABS to kick in.