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giundy posted:Is there any point to a 110V welder? I'm thinking it may be a good a idea for any project and don't see a reason not to have one. The whole 220V thing though would require a new outlet in the garage. Yes, they work fine for almost everything a normal person will end up doing to a car... anything more requires multiple passes but meh. As said before, MIG. I had to laugh while I was on the Snapon truck last week. They wanted $80 for a door kit with 3 clip tools in it, I had been on the Cornwell truck the day before and they offered the exact same tools plus a nice extra prybar for half the price. There is a reason I shop around before I spend money. I also picked up my whole cornwell airtool set (mostly rebranded aircat and ingersoll) for about 1/5 the price of new over a months time on ebay. No one seems to bid on Cornwell tools.  Whatever, they work great for me.
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Anyone have a botique-ish brand for 1/4" and 3/8" ratchet/socket sets without hilarious pricing? http://www.amazon.com/Teng-T1424-Socket-Metric-Piece/dp/B004UEHCMG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360192495&sr=8-1&keywords=Teng+T1424 Kinda liked that but you can't get them in the US.
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Anyone recommend a set of NARROW feeler gauges at a reasonable price? I'm talking <.5" wide. Looking for .08mm -> .3mm range.
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kastein posted:IIRC the sets autozone sells fit that width requirement. Great, thank you. 
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Is there a hacky/cheap way to convert a vise to one that will hold a tube and prevent it from spinning and not damage/deform it? I'm trying to disassembled a suspension cartridge to revalve it, the aluminum silver part on the right has two faces that allow a 16mm open end to be used but it is threadlocked from the factory so I need to heat the poo poo out of it. I already hosed up one trying to get it apart. Fortunately, it's a RSU Yamaha R6 fork so they are basically worth nothing, especially if already damaged (which doesn't matter to me since I just need to steal the cart). 
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InitialDave posted:You can get what's called a "pipe yoke vice" that bolts to a bench for cutting pipe etc, that might do the trick if you can't find pipe jaws for a regular vice. Generic Chinese ones are probably cheaper than a vice with pipe jaws on it. Those look aggressive... unfortunately no welder. It's on my list. bolind posted:Drill a piece of wood in the same diameter, then saw it in half. How does that keep it from spinning though? I guess I could line it in rubber. I found a guy with two bent forks that I can have for free so I will be grabbing those today to scavenge the cartridge out of. Hopefully I can get two of the three that I will have apart without destroying them. Note to self, maybe it's worth paying a shop the extra 20% for the Ohlins valving kit and another $240 for install next time. Nahhhhhh, too easy / smart. Normally these come apart by pushing in the compression holder, pulling a circlip out, threading a bolt back into the comp holder, pulling it out, then pushing the rebound rod through the cart. This is an odd one with the loving bolted in aluminum compression holder. Pure nightmare. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Jul 16, 2016 |
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Jul 16, 2016 22:42
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Managed to get the other 3 fork legs open just fine with some angle iron, some rubber tube, and a vise.
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Anyone have a recommendation for an el-cheapo endoscope with lighting that will fit down a M14 spark plug hole and allow me to see the cylinder walls?
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sharkytm posted:$10 USB endoscope? Yeah, just sure which ones are worth a poo poo
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That's what I get for replying whist my mind is elsewhere
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Jan 12, 2018 22:31
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Pick up a Huskey socket set from Lowes or whatever and replace the things that break with used Mac, Snapon, Craftsman (meh), etc from eBay.
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I have an el cheapo Tekton torque wrench that's alright. Not the best but it gets the job done when I'm working somewhere I really, really don't want to overtorque something. https://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-24330-8-Inch-ft-lb-13-6-108-5/dp/B00FMPKAD0/ Uthor posted:I bitched about the cheapest basic socket set at Harbor Freight before. Annoyingly, it's all 1/4" sockets and a 3/8" ratchet, so you need an adapter to use them together. I finally had to do something more than remove some trim pieces and put some torque on it. Twisted the adapter in half. Woo! Yeah, that's pretty much the fate for all adapters 
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Jan 24, 2018 00:37
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I guess it depends on the model years. E46 won't have any triple square or reverse torx, but will have regular torx for strange things like door panels. GODDAMN WINDOW REGULATORS I guess E90 brought e-torx (and the begin of the decline of BMW).
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InitialDave posted:Triple-square seems to be more VAG's weird thing most of the time, though even E30s have some E-Torx heads on them. Yeah, I have a set of triple squares. Only used them once, to replace a Jetta door latch. Can't think of where the E30 has etorx... 
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Since we're on this subject... I don't want to go into the details because it involved some dumb-rear end poo poo, but my friend did this on his house main breaker a couple nights ago. I think we almost got pretty hosed up 
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Feb 5, 2018 22:42
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Sigh. You bastard. I've been waiting for an excuse to buy a few good variations of pliers. Like the duckbills. Mmm, I want a pair.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPAbUZABcu0 AvE tests some bolts
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Mar 29, 2018 17:57
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Be careful, they like to jam when there is a bunch of force on them and they are extended. Ask my fenders how I know
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Mar 30, 2018 17:02
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Colostomy Bag posted:The HF socket holder sets, and I say with an incredulous amount of WTF...are overpriced for what you get. Serviceable. But they should be around a buck a piece. I don't like those things, I have a few of these in my socket drawer.  Also, you made me order those short impact sockets, they appear to be life changing.
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:I have these too, they fit great in one of my taller toolchest drawers and I love them because I can easily pull one out and take it over to wherever I'm working. Downside is the inevitable and near-instant compulsion to have a socket for every post. Uthor posted:Those suck. The thing I don't like about those is that they have nothing to prevent you from accidentally mixing up sizes, whereas the one I linked has round extrusions that reject sockets that aren't at least as large as the size notated
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Ah, I've gotten into the habit of only pulling the tools from my boxes that I absolutely need for exactly what I am working on and put them back as soon as I am done. I try and keep everything really organized, otherwise things tend to get lost / tripped on / forgotten / etc.
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Is there an decently priced ($75-ish?) rivnut tool that hopefully includes some metric rivnuts? Is the Astro one the one to get?
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seems legit, I'll order one off ebay because gently caress amazon Thanks guys Also, metric because who uses weird stuff like 3/8-16 (also because everything I touch is metric and I prefer to keep everything in line) e: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Astro-Pneumatic-1427-Hand-Rivet-Nut-Kit-M5-M6-M8-M10-and-M12-New/332021224374 BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Jan 4, 2019 |
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He should, e30s never leave
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slidebite posted:OT, but you seriously prefer ebay over amazon? Actually, yeah, because tax isn't applied and you can usually get better prices on everything in the first place. I had Prime for a while and I realized it just made me spend more money because I was buying poo poo I didn't really need to hit the free shipping threshold. I've never really had a bad experience through eBay, but I don't buy stuff from the China sellers and what I do buy is generally from bigger merchants anyway.
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Does this thread also cover garage stuff? I'm looking for some 48" LEDs to replace the two lovely T12 fixtures in my roughly 20x30' garage. I figured a four pack of these would work: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PGKJ318/ But I'm open to something else, if you guys have any recommendations.
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MrOnBicycle posted:I put up 3 of these https://www.clasohlson.com/uk/4000K-LED-Batten-Ceiling-Light/p/36-7304 in our 8x3,5m (or something like that) low ceiling garage. Very low profile and gives very nice light. Easy to install as well. Not available in the US, but for any euro/uk goon they are well worth the price. boxen posted:There are some Costco LED ones that are really good, I can't offhand tell you what they are though. Interesting, it seems like a bunch of brands are the same generic ones with very slight changes by brand. Nice to know there are more options
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Beach Bum posted:Make sure you come on in to the Garage/Workshop thread as well, lighting discussed fairly regularly Thank you, I somehow missed that thread
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Does anyone know what the black washers in this pic are called and where to get them? They are used to guide the two pieces together
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Ah, I should have mentioned that they are conical in shape, like a very obtuse U in profile
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BraveUlysses posted:kinda hard to interpret why these even have a conical washer in the first place, what is this assembly for? This is what mine looks like right now, the idea is to make it a little bit easier to locate the splitter when reinstalling it without pulling the bumper 
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Motronic posted:So is that actually a conical washer, or does it have a pronounced lip on it that happens to fit exactly with whatever mount it receives? Because if it's that, those are likely not commonly made parts and could be all the way to custom for that assembly. IOwnCalculus posted:Is the idea that they slot into those rounded out spaces in those brackets? I'm inclined to agree that those look like custom-machined pieces. I haven't actually held the original ones in my own hands, but I was hoping/assuming that they were some kind of off the shelf conical washer that was tacked to the bolt head with a captive metal spacer covering the threads on the bolt that the other bracket slipped over. Ah well, I think you're right about the fender washer and press idea. I'll see what I can come up with. . I guess it isn't that big of a deal either way, more of a convenience factor than anything.
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Anyone have a suggestion on a decent brake flare tool kit that can do 3/16" in M10 bubble flare, M12 bubble flare, and M10 inverted flare? Basically the flares needed for an E46 BMW and an 04 Miata. Maybe a cap at like $350 or something BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 06:16 on May 16, 2021 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm 99.9% certain the flare itself is just sized based on the tubing and is the same even if the thread on the nut varies - at least, I've never done a different flare for brake lines with different threads on either end Hmm, that one looks pretty nice. I'll give it a try. Kinda sucks that the lines need to come out to be flared, but that is better than the alternative of a bad flare. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 17:50 on May 17, 2021 |
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Suburban Dad posted:Yeah. Only because I don't do anything with them. It is certainly cheaper that way
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Incoming BWM My financial anxiety went down when I stopped tracking budget categories and instead created a monthly updated spreadsheet to track net worth broken down by: Cash, taxable investments, 401k, ira, hsa, vehicles, real estate and then my only debt, which is a mortgage I know I am maxing out my tax advantaged space and NW is moving in the correct direction so I don't bother stressing about it.
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IOwnCalculus posted:You can get a 3/16 double-flare "inline" tool like this one for next to nothing and be able to easily accomplish any non-bubble-flare on the vehicle. Sold! After kinda reworking what I was thinking I really only need bubble flares on lines that I haven't built yet, so this will work for what I can't easily remove.
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Anyone have a personal recommendation for a metric safety wire jig?
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That's... interesting
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I like speed bleeders a lot and have had really good luck with them, but they can be somewhat fragile if you're prone to hamfisting with respect to torque. I've also seen that you can get the Motive bleeder bottles that have an inline check valve, so that might be kinda nice if you don't want to buy speed bleeders for something you're working on.
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