Changed spark plugs in the Tundra. Did cabin air filters and air filters on Chevy Trax, Jeep Compass, and Ford Focus. Cam Position Solenoid Gaskets on the Chevy Trax.
Did some minor repair to my dad’s old Craftsman 12 drawer top box. The bottom drawer has been dragging every time I open it because the body of the tool box was bent up causing the drawer to snag .
So after about ten years of this , I got out my grand dad’s old body work tools and found the...
I recently went through all my sockets, ratchets, etc . I built up the main box, built up a metric roadside emergency box, organized the work box. Anything that was a duplicate tool got boxed up and taken to work to be distributed amongst the other tradesman . I have some sentimental tools but...
Plumbed up this contraption. I had an old Kobalt 30 gallon electric air compressor that quit on me years ago, my dad had bought me a better 30 gallon so I plumbed them together. I also had an old hydro jetter hose reel that I put an air hose on and put a regulator on the output side. Granted...
Replaced the oil pan in my daughter’s Chevy Trax. Gave me an excuse to head over to Harbor Freight and buy E Torx sockets. Thank goodness my wife saw the oil spot in the driveway and didn’t end up replacing an engine instead!
I recently found a snap on flathead screwdriver at a four way stop on the way to work.
But I’ve also found a Japanese bayonet along the road , a snap on 3/8 drive impact swivel, snap on 1/4 drive ratchet still attached to snap on socket, Klein linesman pliers , etc.
Does a bayonet count as a tool? Many years ago I was walking in a creek bed while my friends fished( I’m not much of a fisherman) . I saw what I thought was a survey stake in the water and I kicked it . Turned out to be a Japanese Bayonet. Bent blade and missing the catch on handle but still a...