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Most mechanics had no need for metric tools before the 80's, and very few manufacturers built cars that needed specialty tools. I repaired boats and they used strictly SAE sizes and many still used points until the mid 80's. I was able to keep all my test equipment in the lower draw of my box...

mid 80's ('86?)

I started with a KRA box then traded it in on a KR550/555 combo, most older guys I knew or worked with got by with KRA boxes and never upgraded, having a fancy box wasn't important and Snap On didn't push the bigger boxes and offer way too easy financing. My 550 box was a repo only a few months...

About 25 or 30 years ago I had about half a roll of 1 or 1/0 AWG tinned battery cable left over from a job, I figured it was a good time to make a longer set of cables (already had a 8' pair of 1ga.) and took what was left of the roll and made a 26' pair of cables with the best clamps I could...

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I guess you can find anything on youtube

Once you learn to use a Bic lighter, anything can be used as a bottle opener

I always made them,1/8 pipe and a tight fitting rod to use as a piston, you can screw it into the part after removing the zerk fitting or use it with a good tip to clean the fitting. Volvo uses pins on their outdrives that are removed by pumping grease into a fitting they are usually seized and...

Ordered a 60 volt string trimmer from HD last week, it arrived Tuesday and I saw that the box had been opened and taped shut. The charger and battery were missing so I called their 800 number spoke to a real person whose first language was English and we discussed my options, since there's no HD...

I never took any oil from anyone else because I never knew what was in it any and anything but oil didn't burn very well and would soot up or clog the nozzle.

the 12 volt blankets work really well, we've had one for a long time that my girlfriend keeps in her car but should probably buy another for my car when she's a passenger. We do a lot of sitting in the car waiting for the ferry and your not allowed to run your car in the vehicle waiting area so...

Make a set of blades from Lexan

Here they moved the old one across the street to reuse as the new library.