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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Dodge 6 pack. Plymouth 6 barrel. Same 340cid or 440cid. Hemi & Max Wedge had two fours... Lots of cars had two fours in the '60's.... Pontiac, Chevy (three dueces on 427 corvette), FoMoCo & Mopar all sported the "trip dueces"... Buick, FoMoCo, MoPar, Chevy (409), Pontiac also used two...
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Washed red ElectraGlide. Adjusted final drive belt... Applied a bit of touch up paint (nail polish) to nicks .... Checked tautness of two bolts on shifter mechanism... Replaced roll pins on bike jack..(scissors variety) Picked up truck from muffler shop.... May go riding this evening
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Miss K, Actually? There is an omission in the diagram. Position #4.... "Burn the vehicle to the ground"....selection.... Old man what used to service Brit bikes down to Pgh...had one of these on the shelf. Would oft say, "Gonna cost ya big money to get this smoke ....back in yer scooter."....
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    That is one sharp looking Merc! Looks like it hauls..............the mail!
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Replaced the Sirius XM antenna on the ElectraGlide yesterday. Old one? Had radio displaying the "Check Antenna" /chk-ant message. Since it has 23' of lead.......stretched it out onto the driveway. Worked fine? (they say a couple/three years they go bad?? Guess with the water/vibration on a...
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    Show your new tool arrivals

    Sir? I have this nostril hair....been a bit of a bother.... Great score!!
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    How did Snap On become the standard?

    What I was trying (poorly?) to point out ... (not good with metric...but I'll try) Say your 19mm (3/4") wrench size (1/2" bolt here...13mm??? bolt there)...nut in "standard" is 19mm (3/4") tall... Many/most wrenches/sockets will do just fine .... for most work. Some (HD in particular)...
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    How did Snap On become the standard?

    Have had a set of these DBE and the DOE for years. They are my "go to" wrenches.. Say from 3/8" to 1-1/4" in the DBE and 7/16" to 15/16" in the DOE...
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    How did Snap On become the standard?

    Come visit. Bring wallet..
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    How did Snap On become the standard?

    To repeat.. If one is satisfied with rounding/destroying/marring fasteners? If one is satisfied with using a hammer/chisel to remove a destroyed fastener... Then? By all means go get the bargain basement tools. If one has fasteners that may cost $25@? Then one just might prefer not to...
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    Show your new tool arrivals

    You need them............
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    How did Snap On become the standard?

    One item not mentioned... On high quality stuff...The Snap On wrenches/sockets are much, much less likely to round or "mar" the fastener...than many other brands... Such as the "thin line" bolt heads or nuts found on HD which are mostly chromed... Or the angle wrenches/torque adapters to deal...
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