Recent content by AVR2

I don't need to rivet things very much, but when I do, I find that it's around 60-40 whether the shank will break cleanly or whether it will leave a stub attached to the rivet head. I'm using a regular hand riveter. Is there a special technique I'm not aware of that will ensure that the shank...

As part of diagnosing a brake issue on my car, I'd like to be sure that the master cylinder is holding pressure properly. The factory manual says the pressure at a front caliper with the pedal pressed should be 50 bar (725psi) for at least 45 sec, dropping no more than 4 bar across that time...

SWL, according to the packaging.

Not an option unfortunately, the "ears" of the shackle are too big to fit through the lift point.

Having checked again, the engine is actually 374 lbs, the chain is rated to 500 lbs (I'll have two chains on it at opposite ends of the engine). The engine is also bearing some of its weight on its right-hand mount, which is still installed; I have the transmission off as I'm doing the clutch...

I've borrowed an older type of engine support beam, and had to supply my own chains and shackles. The shackles are certified to 1 tonne (the engine weighs 450lbs), and my question is, is it safe to attach them as shown in the photos, with the load being carried by the pin rather than the...

Never seen them where I am (the UK). They appear to be very much an American thing.

I need to do a diff service on my Jeep, and I remember the arm-ache involved when I used a manual pump the last time I did the job. Any ideas if these sort of cheap battery-powered pumps on Amazon will work to transfer fluid with the viscosity of gear oil?

I've had my trusty 3-ton floor jack for about 10 years and never changed the oil. I bought it when I lived in Dubai; it wasn't a name brand, and I've long since lost the oil change instructions that came with it. It's the kind of jack where, when you turn the handle, you turn two sprockets...

Because I'm interested? :dunno: That's allowed, right? The way I learned car DIY was that 6-point fasteners should use 6-point tools to lessen the risk of rounding, but while 6-point sockets are everywhere and 12-pointers are often less common in tool shops, for wrenches it's the other way...

It suddenly struck me the other day that it's hard to find regular wrenches with 6-point box ends. They pretty much always have 12-point ends. And that got me wondering, do professional mechanics make a point of sourcing wrenches with 6-point box ends and only use 12-point ones on 6-sided...

Can anybody recommend any Roloc pad equivalents that will fit a Dremel? I've just pulled the rear diff cover on my Escape, and cleaning all traces of the old RTV off the upper mating surface on the diff housing would have been so much quicker and easier if I could have got a Roloc pad in there...

I have a no-name 3-ton trolley jack (doubtless Chinese-made) that I've been using for the past 7 years or so. The only issue I have with it is that the release mechanism isn't reliably smooth when you've got weight on it. It's the standard twist-the-pump-handle release, but sometimes it will...

Cool, thanks. Looks like IR is probably the way to go again. Any opinions on the "Milwaukee trumps IR" debate, which I didn't even know was a thing until I started looking at 3/8 impacts?

Hi guys, I have an IR W7150 cordless 1/2" impact, and I absolutely ****** love it. I have yet to find a bolt or nut it won't break free in a few seconds, even the biggest and crustiest suspension fasteners. The only downsides are its size and weight. I'm pondering getting a 3/8" cordless to...