Recent content by durant7

I enjoy reading this forum. I suspect 80% of the members are far more skilled. But on a recent fuel line on a German car I got a bit irratated. With all my effort to organize, inventory, document my father's tools and mine, I was missing a needed tool. Had to go to the SAE to metric...

Epoxy curing. It is however the small pot metal tab that goes into the metal pawl. I guess I could some screw with a form factor like a thumb screw...tap and die and file to suit. Epoxy until that dies. May be 3 uses, maybe 300.

Read all the post re this but they are old and I could not reply to them. So, mine, given to be by my grooms some 40 years ago, has a broken internal "rib" on the back of the selector. Unclear if a new selector comes in kit. Seems they may or might and are non chromed. Seems I need a 43447...

I am a old fart newbie. Kinda got away from wrenching as cars these days are no longer DIY. I am working on filling in holes so I can start wrenching in style on my 1960 Bugeye. Or that is the rational. I needed a 1-5/16" socket and now the illness has spread. Went to my second flea market...

Roberts210, you wrote: " '80's (Japanese made) Green Craftsman. Get any of those rebuilt and you'll have a great jack..." I have one and was not able to locate a replacement seal. If there is some smart source for seals, I would love to know. Update: 214-12460 but the parts bag that was...