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Boot stripe tape which is used on fiberglass boats to accent the waterline MAY work, i never tried to write on it and it's kinda glossy. many colors available at west marine etc.

I made a couple half a century ago using 1/8 NPT x1/4 compression fittings and 1/4 copper tubing. blowing out air filters was easy if the tubing was bent just so and the compression nut was loosened so that the tubing would spin like a helicopter. Made these when taking a break from making...

nice job, many years ago i used to hack tubing ferrules from compression fittings onto lines by tightening the fittings down then removing and cutting off the compression nut.

get some link belt of the proper width, adjutable length, they work well on my atlas shaper, drill press, and many other machine tools. available from many sources, Amazon, Mcmaster, etc

If you have Gearwrench taps they won't work in the Lisle tap sockets. the square drive on the tap is much smaller than the tap shank so the shank hits before the square portion engages. I also found them to dull more quickly than a quality tap, at least when using dark cutting oil.

Sometimes use with easy outs, especially the very large sizes. in restricted areas the 8 point sockets require less room than the Lisle tap drivers.

Google ignition wrench set and buy matching metric and sae sizes. Dirt cheap.

Back in the early seventies i went to a 2 week course at an OMC ( Johnson Evinrude ) training center. we were advised to use a non hardening thread sealer similar to Permatex #2 on all lower unit fastenings such as stainless bolts into aluminum housings. later in life I became maintenence...

This has happened to me a couple of times with different lifts during my 50 year career in auto/truck repair. both times the cause was jogging the lift to inch it up, i believe there was not enough time for contacts to cool. it is good practice to have an emergency disconnect at lift control...

I have been using a KD driver off and on for 50 years or so, i got good quality 5/16 shank bits from Mcmaster 5 or so years ago.

what i did many times was a piece of line with a loop to catch hood latch or other part on hood and tie to roof rack, rear door , rear bumber, etc i would do this many times even if the car had a good prop to have better access.

Use t pins from sewing section for backprobing wire connectors I keep them punched through the lid of a film spool container. Need an insulated t pin, stick it through an old plastic hydraulic shipping cap. While in sewing aisle, grab a couple of seam rippers, they are great for opening up...

Unless you use it in ride around with a driver mode. Then you may need a 12v source. That is a great scope if all functions still work.

After a few minutes thought, don’t worry about a 12v source, should work fine on 6v.

Hi, while I am not a true auto o’scope jockey, I did use one professionally on a daily basis back in the 1990-2005 years. I never tried using it on a positive ground system. In my opinion you would just connect the battery leads to pos and neg according to the scope , not according to...