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It might be easier to drive off of the balancer end of the crankshaft.

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Once you find the center point of the hole there are tables in The Machinery Handbook to help you layout the circle of holes. My copy is at my nephews shop or I could tell you the page/chapter.

You should put a couple feet of hose by the clip on. Otherwise, the weight of it can wreck the threads on the valve stem. Also, airing up with the tire flat on the ground eliminates that.

I have the sidekick one. I liked it when we remodeled 3 rooms I primed and painted with it. Perfect no, handy yes. I also used the kind that was battery operated and you carry it with a gallon of paint in it. I painted my dad’s shop. The bottom 8 feet are plywood. The shop is 35x45. I started...

I work with a lot of different shops. I see two approaches mainly. Cheap and dirty and don’t feel bad when it fails. Or high end toughbooks computers. I use my iPad and try to keep it clean.

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A golf ball epoxied onto a jig saw blade, then run your jig saw over your back. GENTLY

Sometimes I use virgin solvent with an air solvent gun for stuff to big for the solvent tank.

A couple of things to remember. Always store new grease tube with the arrow on the side pointing UP. Hang the grease gun up with the top up. If you are filling with an air pump, run a regular tube through first and leave the tube in. My dad and my nephew will run all 4 grease guns empty...

How about a chop stick or a piece of brake line with a gob of epoxy. You can make different sizes /lengths.

Thin wall tubing and some nutserts.

I worked at a highway department. We had a Cat skid loader. There were two sets of tires one was solid tires the other was rubber air filled tires. With rubber air filled tires we had a set of track. They were not the kind shown by you with the “log chain”. The ones we used were more like a...

At my last job my office had three concrete outside walls. I would run two space heaters and could get it like a sauna in there. But, I would still be cold. I bought a $50 heated floor mat and it changed my life. When your feet get cold it *****. look for a heated floor mat or heated pet mat...

Do you have compressed air available? I have seen guys use and an old air compressor tank. It is filled with oil and marked on a sight gauge on the side for each quart. Then you open a valve on the bottom forcing the oil into the car. It only takes a few psi like 5-10 to move oil. You can speed...