Recent content by mark.dziamski

The shop I work in has snap on heritage boxes with the foam inserts for all the snap on tools. It's a full kit 13. We also have smaller boxes that we load on to the LSSVs and they are full of Armstrong tools. Before this shop most tool rooms are filled with just about every brand you can...

We upgrade cause not all of us have the good craftsman from the 70s and 80s. Some of us have the crapsman from the 00s and 10s. And they just done cut it in the brutal environment that we work in. There is a very noticable difference between my crapsman wrenches from 2012 and my snap on...

After my time in the military I got a job as a mechanic in the civilian world and needed to purchase a **** ton of tools quick. I spent a ton on craftsman and husky tools to get all the general hand tools. Since working I have upgraded most to snap on and moved all my store brand to my...

Very well said, this thread is the type of thread that keeps me on forum. Seeing 20 people post their brand new tools that are the same every week gets boring after awhile. I enjoy reading and at times take part in debates like this. Hearing about ones actual good/bad experience on different...

You're not by any chance a Seabee are you? I too did not go to any fancy school and training institution. All I have is A school and C school and 16 years or turning wrench. And to be honest a lot of our kit13s were mix matched socket and wrench sets, everything from Pittsburgh to craftsman...

Problem with learning from the old guys is the store bought tools were good back in their day and now their ****. I use my dads craftsman tools from the 80s and compared to todays craftsman they might as well have been snap on. Todays store brand tools are slightly over priced harbor freight...

Yep, those are the fan clutches I deal with. The 8 fasteners on the clutch ring. Almost always frozen solid. Last week I bust 2 of my own bits and 4 bits from the other guys in the shop and only 2 came out, and this was after applying heat to break down the locktite. Ended up drilling off...

Another issue I have ran into is the T27 always comes in 1/4" drive so I get no leverage Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Ratchet, screw gun, impact, still broken. I ordered a set of VIM on Amazon, if they don't work, I'll pick up a snap on gold but on Friday when the dealer comes. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

I haven't tried snap ons gold but broken many of their regular ones. Busted gear wrench, crapsman, Irwin's, Matcos, husky and many others. I'll try out the VIM and wiha, don't own any of their tools. Thanks for the tip. PS never bought a bit actually label star. I use torx and torx plus...

Hey all, I rebuild a lot of Horton Fan clutches into Kit Masters and always fight with the 8 T27 fasteners that hold the clutch disc. I've tried many different brands of torx bits and sockets. They always seem to break and I end up drilling them out. Anyone know of a torx brand that can...

Soon I'll add his little brother Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

It kinda looks like an adjustable spanner but not sure Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

I use them a lot on hydraulic cylinders. When I rebuild them a lot of times the threads on the ram I find are pretty roughed up Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

I wish I knew, no name or numbers or stamps of any kind. I got it for $10 at a tractor supply store Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk