Recent content by Bob Paulin

In think you're going to find a problem with the way you have the two machines mounted on the stand. Depending on the length of the workpiece, as you shrink it, it will soon interfere with the stretcher as the radius decreases. That is why most "factory" stands have the two machines mounted so...

A safe, tightly packed with $100 bills.

For $300, I bought an old John Bean two-wheel alignment rack. Drive the car on..... Push a button..... And the air jacks bring the car up to working height. It's a LOT heavier duty than the Kwiklift, at about one-third the price. There are dozens of these "obsolete" alignment racks all...

YES!!!! It sort of looks like a small monkey wrench that grabs the inner diameter of the piston when you twist or screw the handle. I usually use air to disassemble, and the tool to reassemble. The tool gives you a little leverage to twist the piston as you install it - greatly reducing the...

I would suggest that one of the FIRST things you must have would be a willingness to communicate with the company.

Whatever you choose, make sure to communicate it in no uncertain terms to the concrete slab guy. Friend of mine was building a new 40' x 40' shop for his race car, and had his floor layed out perfectly level. Told the slab guy to pour it just as it was layed out. Came home from work only to...

Top of the OP states...... "I have two sets of vintage Snap-On roll cabs and top chests. They are located in Palm City, Florida on the east coast, between Fort Pierce and Palm Beach. "

FWIW.... I buy several cans of name-brand spray paint (Krylon, Dupli-Color, etc.) when it becomes available for 99 cents-per-can at my nearby liquidation/salvage store. It used to be that if the cans stayed around too long before use, the nozzles would clog - no matter how much I shook the...

AND...... ....it has been shown that once an engine reaches operating temperature, the valve and the seat - being different materials and surrounded by different masses - have expanded at different rates, so the lapped areas on the valve and the seat do not contact each other in the same areas...

And, you probably need to ream the tapered hole in your Ford spindle to match the taper on the MOPAR ball joint. IIRC, the taper on the OEM Ford spindle and ball joint is 2 inches-per-foot (approximately 10° ), while the taper on the new ball joint is 1-1/2 inches-per foot (approximately 7-1/2°...

I found the link for the counterfeit bolt head markings...... https://sbms.bnl.gov/sbmsearch/subjarea/72/2e03e011.pdf There's a LOT of other info available if you Google "counterfeit bolt*" B.P.

You want to be careful buying fasteners "by-the-pound." Many of the places that sell in that manner are selling Chinese stuff. China is NOT bound by ANY international agreements to ascertain that their fasteners actually meet any sort of minimums prior to stamping them with the radial markings...

Are you looking for the gold MTSC Mopar tools? I have a 1/4' drive Bonney set from the MTSC program in the '70s

Speedway Motors just bought AFCO....

I, too, use a Scotchbrite....with a little bit of Liquid Wrench penetrating oil - something an old machinist showed me. It seems the LW leaves a little oil in the pores of the metal, and I find it works well to avoid future rusting especially on bare metal. I sometimes use the wire wheel, but...