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    Amazon hand tool recommendations

    I put together a junkyard toolbox years ago with Kobalt Taiwan 1/4 and 3/8 sockets and drive tools, some old Chinese screwdrivers, and not much else. I hate dragging my good stuff out to get possibly lost or stolen so I am entertaining the idea of filling that box out the rest of the way with...
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    The Tragedy Of The Brake Spring Pliers COO

    Oh the humanity......
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    WTB: valve spring compressor

    Don't have a particular style I have finalized on, but I would like the type that has the cylindrical attachments that allow compressing the springs down in to recessed areas (as in the ones with lifter buckets)
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    HF walnut vs. glass bead media

    Getting ready to buy an HF blast cabinet to do stuff like cylinder heads. What would experienced users here recommend for media? I don't want to damage any metal on anything I do. I've seen claims that walnut media won't damage the work but I imagine it probably gets consumed more quickly, eh?
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    Valve refacing: grinding vs. machining

    I was always under the impression that valve refacing was a grinding operation until I saw this Neway promo video: At about 19:15 they show a valve being faced on a lathe. I'm tempted to try this on my top quality HF 7X10 with some old junk valves.:scared: Anyone have any experience with...
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    Tool For Machining Crank Journals In Place?

    Has anyone heard of this? A fellow I used to work with (he has since retired) told me that back in the day, if you got a car in that needed a rod bearing but had scored the crank journal, you gave this one guy a jingle. He would come out and rig up a getup that would cut a fresh surface on the...
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    If You Could Go Back 20 Years.....

    ..what tools would you buy that aren't available anymore? I found myself wondering this the other day. Myself, probably would load up on Peterson VGs. And just for more fun, how about 30?
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    Auto tool kits still made?

    Here's a question: does anyone still supply tool kits (not just tire changing stuff but tools like wrenches, screwdrivers, etc.) with new cars anymore? The last time I had a car that had an actual tool kit was an old 75 Toyota Corolla. The kit had one of those tubular spark plug sockets that you...
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    20.6 mm socket

    I see some 20.6 mm sockets in Granco's catalog here, fourth page: http://grancoind.co/catalog/halfinchdrive.pdf A Google search led me back here to some discussions on this board where some folks suggested it was a metricified 13/16" socket for spark plugs. That seems strange to me since Granco...
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    Craftsman catalog pdf ca. 1987 and 1993

    Anything on the internet? I just want to look at how my original purchases looked in print. Pdf or other will work, please. All I can find only goes up to the seventies. thanks
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    Blue Point YA409 angle drill kit OEM?

    Anyone know who made this? http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?search=true&item_ID=634533&PartNo=YA409&group_id=675222&supersede=&store=snapon-store&tool=all
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    Blue Point cc14

    What is this for? Head is stamped as per thread title. Don't see anything on Google. Maybe I'm just not reading the head stamp right.
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    Tools needed for 77 Mercedes 300D engine removal?

    May be going to yank a motor at a U-pull-it yard tomorrow morning , what do I need? 8,10,13,15,17,19? 11? 21? swivels? Stuff for torque convertor nuts/bolts? front crank bolt size? Thanks guys.
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    new hard drive for shop computer?

    I have an old (2007) computer I plan on using in the shop for Mitchell Ondemand and other internet stuff. Problem is, it apparently needs a new hard drive. If you guys had a Gateway GT5465E desktop computer with a 320GB SATA II (?) hard drive, where would you go to get one and what is a good...
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    WTB Napa 3/4x7/8 flare nut wrench

    Stamped NDF556, prefer new or like new.
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