Recent content by imc188222

I'm looking for a good used hydraulic shop press to buy. Something in the 30-75 ton range. Coming up empty on marketplace and craigslist. I'm located in western massachusetts and am willing to drive 6+ hrs one way for the right deal.

Thanks, that was fast! That link is a gold mine. I also got a kick it of those comments. I'm a mechanic, 5th generation farmer and several of my friends have two cylinder John Deere tractors. -Isaac

I bought this OTC set at a garage sale over the summer and haven't been able to identify it. I have my ideas and I can tell what a couple of the tools do (for instance one of them is a small slide hammer) but don't know the original application. If you have any ideas please post them. -Isaac...

Wow, three days apart, that's amazing. Thanks guys, I knew you would come thru. Now I'm left wondering if the guy has the rest of it somewhere. I'll have to go back and find out! -Isaac

I found this at a garage sale and being a Snap-On fan I had to buy it. I haven't been able to identify it and am hoping someone here knows what it's for or has an old catalog that it's in. Sorry for the poor quality pictures, my phone doesn't take very good pictures since the last time I dropped...

Wow, what a beauty, beautiful condition too. Beyond giving it a good home for you, I can't help you. Haha -Isaac

I found these pliers in the barn, they were covered with crud to the point where I couldn't really tell the shape. Here is what they look like after cleaning them up some. They appear to say "Creutzburg" on them. I'm not coming up with anything on Google, does anyone here know what they are...

Nope, I'd never spend $200 on a pair of pants. And here I thought I was a big spender buying Duluth fire hose flex pants when they are on sale. -Isaac

Thanks for the chance to win! -Isaac

I ended up going with a 145-174mfd 250v capacitor. It starts just right in my opinion, quickly but not so fast that it's violent. Here it is on its way back together in primer.

Don't go to all that trouble, I was thinking it was sitting on a bench and as easy as tipping it on its back and looking at the cap. I think I have enough info now to make a more educated guess. Good point about a grinder not having much starting load. Now that I think about it more that...

Stuart, Thanks for those links. I have a new 320-400mfd start cap in stock which lines up perfectly with the chart in the first link. I will just use that unless exmaxima1 comes back with something significantly different. I think I might even give the old girl a coat of gloss dark machinery...

Well what do ya know, there is a centrifugal switch in there! It is very high quality compared to some of the ones I've seen and has the friction dealt with so the drag is pretty much imperceptible. Thanks for making me question my memory! Exmaxima1, any chance you can easily check the value...

Awesome, I don't have those! -Isaac

Thanks for the help guys. I probably should have put in the first post that I have worked on quite a few grinders/motors and have the basics down. I put new bearings in this grinder a few years ago but never finished it by getting a new cap. You guys have me questioning my memory on whether or...