Tools of the trade

[Stalker 180]

2 minutes ago, Mark101 said:

I wish my garage spent less time polishing his many Snap On tools and boxes and started using them.

This coming from the guy that cleaned his floor 26 times in a morning!

[Mark101 536]

1 minute ago, Stalker said:

This coming from the guy that cleaned his floor 26 times in a morning!

That's true but only when there was no other work pending.

[Dave2302 387]

48 minutes ago, Stalker said:

I can see a first line box, i thought you didn't fit them

I absolutely know you won't believe this, but it's as true as I'm sitting here with a BLT Sarnie and drinking Coffee .............

I asked for a Febi Bilstein Top Mount Bearing and Factor sent that shit over, it is standing on top of a Caliper old unit and will be returned for credit on todays 1 o'clock van  

53 minutes ago, Stalker said:

This coming from the guy that cleaned his floor 26 times in a morning!

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[Area 51 33]

2 hours ago, Dave2302 said:

Hmmmmmm indeed

A couple of years ago I watched a local Garage Owner using an Air Hacksaw to cut the middle section out of a 4X4 Pick Up (Navara or similar), in order to replace a rotten and leaking Engine Sump without dropping the S/Frame, then he welded the centre bit back in afterwards FFS (there isn't an emoji for that emoji)

Here's some of the promised Snap On Porn, although I have to admit it's all way too dusty right now  ................

 

Mans corner there Dave, pure and simple... metal top bench.. for explaining the finer points in life...

[DPF 18]

5 hours ago, Dave2302 said:

Hmmmmmm indeed

A couple of years ago I watched a local Garage Owner using an Air Hacksaw to cut the middle section out of a 4X4 Pick Up (Navara or similar), in order to replace a rotten and leaking Engine Sump without dropping the S/Frame, then he welded the centre bit back in afterwards FFS (there isn't an emoji for that emoji)

Here's some of the promised Snap On Porn, although I have to admit it's all way too dusty right now  ................

Wow! A proper garage! Nice one Dave.

[Dave2302 387]

They are all used for different tasks, which would take a week to explain in depth 

Briefly the Green 1/2 drive very rarely used, it's an animal, and will undo most that the others won't, the 3/4 beast will take Hub nuts off if Green one fails.

The 3/8 drive battery one is a real beastie too, and good if going out somewhere to do a little job

There is a bloody great Orange Snap On Box, like the top of one of the ones in the pic, which is now in my Workshop Van and contains enough tools to fix most stuff, used to take that when Rallying, which of course is what the Blue Point ones were used for, thats why 2 air drills as well, my old Vito was fully equipped when I was rallying  

[NoMargin 11]

On 10/02/2019 at 0:15 PM, Brunswick said:

I'm a little late coming to the party on this one but for what its worth if a hand held polisher is useful to you then I highly recommend the AC Delco Li-on 10.8V mini polisher, I use mine daily and far more convenient being battery powered.  The Autel MD808 Pro is a good value scan tool with free updates for life and has service functions like EPB, reset etc.  For upholstery I use a brush, new sponge and a bucket full of upholstery cleaner and wet vac it out with a Karcher WD2 then put a dehumidifier in the car overnight.  Hope this is useful.

Hi Brunswick how many minutes use do you get from one battery? 

[Brunswick 10]

Roughly 15 minutes, it doesn't like being run constantly as they get too hot however it comes with two batteries.  I would use a larger mains powered mop for a whole car but for contained areas or areas you would struggle with a larger tool they are ideal.