Recent content by Twisted Sid

Will be fun when someone forgets to grab it from under the tire and it gets loaded and flung like a javelin or sent up into the car when the lift is lowered

Growler means something totally different in the UK

I have an odd bolt at work that has a nut that gets torqued to 300lbs. Sometimes this bolt will spin before the torque wrench clicks and it can be difficult to hold with a wrench so, I modified a Capri 32mm stubby socket to use with my breaker bar or ratchet.

I'd use one when out in the desert for a repair where no stands are available but not at home for maintenance stuff

Last year at SEMA, HF announced the new Icon gen2 boxes that are supposed to be released this fall sometime. If you hold out a little bit, you might get a deal on a gen 1 or get the upgraded gen2

Icon 32oz dead blow ball peen hammer got sunday. Capri 15/16" and Amazon "brand" Firstinfo 1 1/8" torque adapters got delivered yesterday.

I feel like I need one of these

Except when you pressurize it and have a leak, you're not then working on a 200° engine or waiting for it to cool down enough to work on it

It beats laying on the dirt/mud/rocks/nuts/bolts/spilled oil/broken glass that cover the gound. I've found that trunk floor carpet work best.

The title of this thread with that sticker figure drawing is a good match

Pipe insulation

Got a link?

How did they miscalculate? As far as I've ever heard or read, it wasnt the craftsman line that brought down sears. It was the fundamentally fucked up and greedy CEO Eddie Lampert that did them in.