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Not long ago I took a Bauer cordless angle grinder in trade. I didn't really want it, the stuff I "traded" for it was just in my way but the guy wanted to give me something in trade. I used it for the first time the other day and boy this thing is a gutless piece of junk. At least compared to...

I have the Lisle rethreading tap and die kit and have misplaced my M8 X 1.25 die from it. Does anyone know of a place to source the one die?

My brothers B-day is coming up and one of the things he has asked for is a small tool kit to keep on his pontoon boat. This is for convenience and emergency. He is going to pay someone for any serious repairs. Are boats in the US these days mostly metric like cars, or mostly imperial? Or...

I am mostly thinking about non-metric tools. I mostly work on cars, and mostly either Euro, Japanese, or late model cars at that. So almost everything I use is metric. So in order to create more room in my toolbox and make it easier to find what I want I am thinking about taking all my...

I am working on a new/redone track toy. Actually been using it as such for a while but upgrading it. 2002 Honda Civic Si. The ******* child of the Honda family but it was my first real project car so I want to keep it until I wreck it. I want to get as much weight out of it as practical so I...

I have a 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 6.7L that I do not drive regularly. It doesn't sit for weeks at a time, but maybe only once a week on average. I recently replaced both the batteries in it and given the cost I would like for them to last as long as practical. I have read that keeping batteries on...

Was straightening up my shop the other day and putting stuff up and discovered that I am missing a 14mm 12 point impact socket out of my Tekton set. I am pretty sure I know where it went and I don't talk to that person anymore. Went on Tekton's website and apparently they don't sell these...

I have a friend that has a general automotive service shop. He is currently having a little trouble finding help and was shorthanded today. I make no claim top being a mechanic, but I can do basic stuff and he knows I am between jobs so he called and asked if I could help him out. I ended up...

I will be honest this thread is largely theoretical for me as I am not likely to change my current set up, but I am curious. Also not likely does not mean absolutely not. My shop is purely for hobby work, mostly automotive. I do some amateur racing and work on my own cars and have some...

I am in need of a new string trimmer and am considering a cordless one. I am already invested in the DeWalt 20V line of tools so would like to stay with that battery platform. I would consider the DeWalt 60v since those batteries are compatible, but that is a whole lot more expensive. The...

I go to the track regularly and up until recently I have been an official with the organization (NASA-SE) so they provided me with a hotel room. I got tired of trying to work and track at the same time so I have started instructing instead. Downside is that I no longer get a free hotel room...

So I have a liftmaster jack shaft style garage door opener that has failed on me. It was installed mid 2019 so not very old. Neither the remote that came with it, nor the one built in to my truck work, and the button doesn't either. I also replaced the button with a known good button and...

Trying to set up an oil pressure sensor and gauge on my track toy. I have some braided steel line that will work, but it has fixed male ends on both ends and I would rather not use a union. Any ideas are welcome.

So I am sure this has been asked before, but any search with tool(s) in it gets an almost infinite number of responses here so I am going to ask it again. A few days ago I stopped to help a person on the side of the interstate change a tire. Fortunately she had all the tools that her vehicle...

So hear me out. do y'all think we can get one of our vendors to make some 10mm sockets and/or wrenches intentionally labeled as 3/8"? That way the garage/shop gremlins will overlook them and we can always find our 10mm's?

Are there any good deep well rounded nut removal tools out there? I have a set of kind of old Craftsman sockets with the sharp spiral flutes on the inside that work fairly well on the rare occasion I need them but today I had a stuck nut on a stud that was too long for the Craftsman sockets to...

So for general automotive use what is the better option? From what I understand a good arbor press gives much better "feel" for pressing in parts where obviously a hydraulic press gives better ultimate ability as well as much lower price. I mostly do automotive maintenance in my shop but am...

So not the usual wrench or screwdriver or socket question, so maybe it doesn't belong here, but I am going to put it here anyway. I am looking for a wideband O2 sensor to use as a tuning tool. I need one now for my current project car (1987 Porsche 924S). I have had use for one previously...

I am normally a big proponent of Tekton tools because of their cost/benefit ratio for an amateur. But I have never used their ratchets much. The bulk of my sockets, extensions, wrenches, screwdrivers etc have over time been replaced by Tekton products and I have been very happy with them. But...

I am not a professional mechanic. A friend was in a bind so I was doing a front brake job on her new to her Hyundai. Unfortunately it had wheel locks on it and she didn't have the key. Fortunately it only had one lock on each wheel. Bought a socket from AutoZone (I think) that purported to...