Recent content by tlinmd

Hi guys and gals, It's been a while since I've needed help finding something, but I'm absolutely striking out on this one... I've looked over McMaster and MSC's offerings but neither seems to have a metric SCREW MACHINE length index (1 - 13mm x 0.5mm) What I've done so far is hot glue in wood...

I know this thread is a few months old, but I just HAD to chime in here. THIS is exactly what I did, with my 20-year old Weld Pak 100, and it sits on the same Harbor Freight cart as yours. Looks identical to your setup. Great minds... Just got done welding replacement exhaust brackets for my...

Now that's an idea that didn't occur to me. Buy some really large cheap Chinese sockets and use them as seal drivers. Thank you! -tlinmd

Good morning all, Does anyone know of a cup-style seal installer set (i.e. the installers / drivers are cup-shaped) on the market? All the ones I can find (and already own) are solid cylinders of steel or aluminum. I need this for installing bearing and shaft seals where there is a rubber lip...

Electrical short? Maybe you left a metal tool near the battery and it slid onto the battery's positive terminal? Sparks will definitely fly if that happens! Just my $0.02

...and so torque them to 90 ft-lbs I did. Just as everyone said, no issues. I was just being overly cautious, as usual :rolleyes2. I did do this in stages (55,70,90), like fflintstone suggested. Here is a picture of my daily driver up on it this evening, getting its winter tires swapped out...

To those of you who own an XPR-10 or -10A, or have installed one, Did you really torque the hold-down nuts on the concrete anchor studs to 90 ft-lbs? I have them torqued to 55 ft-lbs, and I'm worried that if I tighten to 90, I might pull them out. They are anchored at the recommended 3-3/4 to...

Thank you gentlemen, porcelain tile it will be. I will post back with what I did...let me order and install the lift first. tlinmd

Good morning all, I have been scanning these pages for a few days and cannot find the exact answer I'm looking for: What is the most durable floor covering there is? I will be installing a two-post lift in my 600 sq. ft. garage, but will also be using two floor jacks and the occasional...

The E-8 socket worked fine just now in removing and replacing the camshaft position sensor on my E320. But once the package was opened, I could clearly see the attention to detail was absolutely not what it is on my Wiha bits. 95% of my torx and hex bits are Wiha. I go and buy ONE Lisle set...

... instead, go two aisles down where the Lisle tools are, and pick up the US-made Lisle set for 1/3 the cost of the Chinese Craftsman set. As I did today because I needed an e-torx socket to work on my MB. Hope this saves someone some dough. tlinmd

Placed my order. Wright 3/8 ratchet, PEC 4" & 6" double squares and small Wiss scissors....$63 shipped.

...and what do I see when I disassemble this ratchet? Dry as dust inside, with no traces of even old lubricant. Wear on the pawl and ring, obviously, but not terrible. I'm going to lubricate this with Amsoil MP "red" grease. Should improve 100%. Thanks again, guys. I needed a pointer on...

4x4gearhead, you were right! I did look a little more closely, and lo and behold, there was the spiral circlip holding the head together. stonesfan68, that thread was exactly what I needed to disassemble this ratchet. Thank you to you both. Your help was greatly appreciated! tlinmd

I'm in. I just got some 1/4 in. ratchets and a tape measure for myself and a thread snipper for the wife, but now I have my sights on the 3/8 in. ratchets and the blem Products Engineering squares. I'll have to sneak this order in as the wife already has plans for the 4th. Getting her stuff...