Minor pawn shop score

[Harry_Bahrrs]

Left work a bit early and decided to root around the local pawn shop. This particular place has a great gun dept. but **** for tools. Today they happened to have some 'bulk' buckets which I promptly dug into.

After about 10 minutes of clawing through junk, I excavated these:

The gentleman at the counter asked what I thought my little pile was worth and he accepted my offer of $10 ($10.60 after tax). I ended up with:

- MAC adjustable crescent wrench (USA)
- Klein Tools - multipurpose wire/cable tool (USA)
- a nice feeling Crew Line 3/8 dr. ratchet (Taiwan)
- S/K 1/2 to 3/8 conversion (USA)
- a weird 1/2 dr. 26mm 12pt socket
- an old pair of angled Channellock snips
- a pair of Ampro spark plug wire pullers
- an ancient two leg puller of some sort

Not bad. I had my eye out for some wire crimps to replace the $10 china ones my neighbor 'borrowed', so instead of spending $10 for chinese crimps, I got the klein tool and a bunch of nice stuff to go along with it.

 

[Robert Hall]

Nice. I found a bunch of old hand taps the other day. I soaked them in some EDTA and cleaned off the years overnight. They look great.

 

[Mickey O]

Toss the Crew Line "ratchet" in the trash and toss the adjustable wrench on flea bay, it's a locking one made by Crescent and they're quite rare. With the profits go and get some more quality USA made tools.

 

[bluebolt]

My neighbors tractor has 26 mm bolts on the rear wheels, a 25 mm is too small and a 27 mm too big. A Tawain 1" (25.4mm) barely fits on.

 

[Harry_Bahrrs]

Toss the Crew Line "ratchet" in the trash and toss the adjustable wrench on flea bay, it's a locking one made by Crescent and they're quite rare. With the profits go and get some more quality USA made tools.

I need the wrench - makes my China made Husky ones feel like trash. The crew line ratchet is no Snap-On, but it felt a dozen times better than the USA Craftsman 3/8 dr. they had at the shop as well.

 

[N.I.]

My neighbors tractor has 26 mm bolts on the rear wheels, a 25 mm is too small and a 27 mm too big. A Tawain 1" (25.4mm) barely fits on.

It will be a 5/8" British Standard Fine threaded Bolt.

As you say - a 1" AF socket is just too tight and 27mm is too loose.

Metric equivilent is 25.65mm so a 26mm does the job.

 

[Haveblue]

I think you did great! I have that same ratchet? branded as a Popular Mechanics in my home set. Ive used the hell out of it, and even used it at work for a while when my go- to ratchet was down. Its not the best ratchet In the world, but its sure as hell not the worst!

 

[woody 73]

I like the look of that ratchet it reminds me of a craftsman select lever on the head and the handle has the snap on look.

 

[bonneyman]

I think you did great!
Spark plug wire pliers are a must under the hood of today's cars. And one can't have too many pullers on hand.

 

[BearCuda]

Good score. I spotted a Cornwell impact hammer in a pawn shop the other day for $38. I need to go back and get it.

 

[btonns]

How much do those locking MAC crescent wrenches usually go for? I have one as well. I was just curious.

 

[unslow1]

I picked up an S&K 1/2 ratchet for $2 at a pawn shop Sat. It was really stiff and no one else grabbed it. I figured I'd buy a rebuild kit. When I started working the mechanism it freed up.

 

[JasonCAT]

Toss the Crew Line "ratchet" in the trash and toss the adjustable wrench on flea bay, it's a locking one made by Crescent and they're quite rare. With the profits go and get some more quality USA made tools.

Some of those Crew Line tools were quite good. Quality tools are quality tools...and some Taiwan tools are miles better than some US tools. Look at the trash Danaher/Apex were making here in the 2000s; the crappy tools barely got any worse when they moved to craptacular king of crappy manufacturers in China. That ratchet is probably twice as good as a US Danaher Craftsman raised panel.

 

[gregthor]

The 2 leg puller is a faucet handle remover but the tip is missing or broken off. Google "faucet handle remover tool" and you will see what I mean. These are a very useful tool to remove faucet handles glued on with years of tootpaste.

 

[Harry_Bahrrs]

How much do those locking MAC crescent wrenches usually go for? I have one as well. I was just curious.

The one I have is I believe an early part#. The current one listed on the MAC web site is MAC - AJ12-AB and its listed as $50.99 new from MAC but doesnt have the locking lever. The one I have is just MAC-AJ12. I think I saw a completed listing on eBay for something like $15 for this wrench - but like I said before, Im keeping it as it is smooth and solid, just feels like quality.

Also, what makes it even cooler is the previous owner marked his name into the wrench. Some guy named UPTON. not only is it a good USA made wrench, but you can tell it was a tool someone used to make a living from and that makes it a bit more special to me.

 

[Harry_Bahrrs]

I think you did great! I have that same ratchet? branded as a Popular Mechanics in my home set. Ive used the hell out of it, and even used it at work for a while when my go- to ratchet was down. Its not the best ratchet In the world, but its sure as hell not the worst!

I think you did great!
Spark plug wire pliers are a must under the hood of today's cars. And one can't have too many pullers on hand.

Good score. I spotted a Cornwell impact hammer in a pawn shop the other day for $38. I need to go back and get it.

Thanks guys.

In reference to the plug wire pullers, since most cars seems to be COP ignitions these days, its not that big a deal, but Ive recently worked on a couple of car with plug wires and had made a mental note to get a set of pullers for wires when I got a chance.

 

[Harry_Bahrrs]

The 2 leg puller is a faucet handle remover but the tip is missing or broken off. Google "faucet handle remover tool" and you will see what I mean. These are a very useful tool to remove faucet handles glued on with years of tootpaste.

Very cool. Thanks for the info - I assumed they were some kind of early tie rod end pullers.

 

[CNGsaves]

Nice score OP. You just about hit the $1 per item threshhold !!

Pays to have a keen idea when looking through pawn shop items.

You've got great attitude about the marked adjustable wrench. It will give you lifetime of service.

 

[fatfillup]

Indeed a nice score. I had one of those locking adjustables, may still but I think I sold it.

The spark plug pliers may come in handy for other delicate pulling jobs as well.

Now I'm going to google faucet handle remover.

 

[fatfillup]

I did google faucet handle puller and while the OP's tool may work, I think its intended purpose is different as the other faucet handle pullers look different.