Recent content by Dave33

Just a quick update. I received the new lense, needle, and chrome ring that goes around the lense. I bought some stainless screws to replace the crusty old ones. I dissambled the unit completely, had it cleaned and bead blasted. Primed it today and am know looking for a paint that is close to...

Good news. I was able to contact Rimac and they have the bezel, lens, and a new face. Not cheap, about $100 but a good start. Ricky Joe, yes valve spring pressures are critcal especially in a race engine which I build occasionally for my son. This is a great tool for this.

I bought a vintage Rimac Valve Spring Tester that I think is a model 500 but not sure. It's had a rough life and in need of some TLC. I'm looking for anyone with information on where to buy replacement parts (if you can). Mainly, I need the bezel and a new plastic lens. The horizontal and...

Model number is 9001-02 but there is no listing for parts. The piston OD is 1.25" where the new ones are 1.10 so it's much beefier than anything out there now. I'm going to write it off and pick up a new one. DeWalt has a couple of nice one's.

The ID of the seat is 2.085" and the seat 1.20".

The OD of a replacement is quite a bit smaller and will drop all the way through my stool opening. I would have to have a bushing made to make it work.

Hi all, I have an older Craftsman mechanics stool with a worn out lift cylinder. The piston OD is 1.25" and the housing OD is 2.145". I'm have searched everywhere for a replacement but all of them are 1.1" piston and 2.0" OD housing. Does anyone have a source for what I need? It's a very nice...

Hi all and thank you for all the advise. Given the chance of damaging or weakening the pins I've decided to have a set made. It won't be cheap but they will be correct and strong. Thanks again for the help.

I'll try to find a place to have them made. To bad as I have a number of new stock pins that I can't use.

I'm looking for a recommendation for and end mill for enlarging the hole in a wrist pin. The reason for doing this is to lighten the pin by about 22 grams. The pins now have a 9/16" bore and I want to enlarge to 5/8". I'm looking for the correct end mill for doing this. I know I need a carbide...

Hello all. My name is Dave and I live in upstate NY just north of Albany. My interests are motor sports and pretty much anything with an engine. I own several VW's which always need work.