If you had 200$....

[jeffmoss26]

Dewalt impact driver.

 

[dittle fart around]

an ounce of bud

Sorry, somebody had to say it.

 

[d.mcfarland]

Looks like the plier drawer is a little worn out.

- long reach pliers
- needle nose vise grip
- upgraded most used pliers (your personal most used)

 

[Know Wosad]

an ounce of bud

Sorry, somebody had to say it.

For $200 ? Need a roomie ?

 

[SJR033]

an ounce of bud

Sorry, somebody had to say it.

The correct answer is $200 worth of condoms to use on the neighbor's wife.

 

[T45]

One thing I have needed working on older Japanese bikes from the 80's is metric taps and dies for when corroded bolts break off. Thus the manual impact as well. And like Doc said, left handed drill bits along with easy outs to drill out the broken bolts.

Along these lines, if you have $200 in your tool can, you will be very happy when the time comes to buy a timesert do a solid thread repair. Because gosh dang they are a bit pricey, but really handy and effective at what they do. As they use USA oems for good quality in the kits, probably a bit expensive to stock on hand before you need them, tho.

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[SuzukiGS750EZ]

I've noticed the HSS are way out of my price range in the way of taps. How often do you come across a non metric bolt or nut on cars now a days? I can read thread pitch for my thread restorers, but knowing what's not Metric and what is it beyond me

 

[crewchief888]

i'd take the wife out to dinner, and head out on an antique junk finding mission...

guarantee i'd spend at least $200...

 

[1969]

******?

 

[Greg85mcss]

Is this the money you were talking about not spending on a box in your organization thread? I'd probably buy something cool & unnecessary but the best advice would be stuff that's not very exciting like a floor jack, torque wrench or extractors like people are saying. I don't have any knipex so I'd be tempted to check them out. I love my snap on pwz2 adjustable pipe wrench. That thing will break anything loose without slipping & is pretty hard to damage a fastener with. Maybe drum brake tools if you'll need them.


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[T45]

I've noticed the HSS are way out of my price range in the way of taps. How often do you come across a non metric bolt or nut on cars now a days? I can read thread pitch for my thread restorers, but knowing what's not Metric and what is it beyond me

- Along these lines, only pay for the DIN sizes not the filler stuff.

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

- Along these lines, only pay for the DIN sizes not the filler stuff.

What do you mean by that?

 

[T45]

m5-8, 10, 12

don't spend money on m9, m11, m13 etc
(even m7 is pretty rare)

 

[maxpower_hd]

I actually have this set. Mine is pretty old. It was my dads and he gave it to me about 14 years ago. He had it for years before that. It has been invaluable. And I have added more taps over the years when I needed them. Plus you still have money left for left handed drill bits and extractors. LOL

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/252399760166?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true

But I already have them so if I had an extra $200 I would probably buy a bunch of booze and lobstah and have a party. OH WAIT. I just did that Saturday. Nevermind.

 

[BK13]

$200 won't buy you much in the way of hookers and blow, so me personally, I'd head to German-Hand-Tools.com and buy as many of the NWS pliers as I could.

 

[winlinmac]

Milwaukee Brushless M18 Fuel Drill and Impact Driver Combo

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

Milwaukee Brushless M18 Fuel Drill and Impact Driver Combo

I have the fuel drill, impact driver and 3/8 impact

 

[Jure]

ball bearing pullers

 

[KM223]

I see a bunch of really great tools in there. I'm not sure I'd spend the $200 on anything else unless you wanted to upgrade something you already have.

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

I see a bunch of really great tools in there. I'm not sure I'd spend the $200 on anything else unless you wanted to upgrade something you already have.

Thank you for that compliment. I buy the best of what I can afford at the tone, haven't had to replace a tool yet. I think I'm going to invest my money in organization and then Ill have room for more! Lol.

 

[HomeTheaterMan]

Something I haven't seen mentioned yet but would buy is a good set of A/C manifold gauges.

 

[KM223]

I'm really big on tool organization. That just might be $200 well spent!

 

[BK13]

Thank you for that compliment. I buy the best of what I can afford at the tone, haven't had to replace a tool yet. I think I'm going to invest my money in organization and then Ill have room for more! Lol.

Strouty (I think) had a thread a while back on the VIM Magrail TL. I could easily drop $200 on them....


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[Finky198]

I have to agree with km223 that Organization is the key... It makes you more productive, efficient, and less likely to forget, or lose items. Its well worth the money to invest in organization cause when your attitude is good and your environment flows your work improves.



I did the something similar with the craftsman / Vim rails but it was much cheaper not quite as nice but they work just fine... I cut them to length and used black for std and grey for metric. i can grab one socket or a whole rail easier. Its 18"x10" top tray with 1/4" and 3/8" in 6pt s&d 12pt shallow, torx, e-torx, 8pt, hex. to the left is std and metric on the right. misc where it fits. Even the sockets in my overhead are on rails. one for adapters, sensor sockets, filp socket, bolt extractor, Long hex ...


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