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Just seeing if anyone has any loosies before I order new ones Got some sets from a friend's father, but some sizes are missing, I just couldn't find them when organizing his tool collection. All Sunex 3/8" drive deep impact 6 point. 316d 1/2" 318d 9/16" 309md 9mm if you had old ones that are...

Worth putting any effort into? Found in thrift store, got it home and found the crispiest nastiest AA cell I've ever seen in it. Rigged a saucer full of vinegar to dip the battery holder area in, and pulled it out with needlenose pliers. Marked Made in Japan, couldn't see that sticker because...

Hi all, Putting a humidifier back in service for the winter. It's one of the freestanding ones with the wicks that you have to fill up every day as landlord has not installed one on the furnace. However despite the fact that I cleaned this thing with vinegar before putting it up for the...

Looks like this is an OTC 5200, and also has been discontinued. It was given to me by a friend who used it for his race car and then when it stopped working, he just bought another jack. https://www.otctools.com/sites/default/files/553737_e_0.pdf It appears that it was empty of oil; I bought...

Hi, I've got two 26" Craftsman stacks and between them I have three keys. Is there any way to order locks by key code? Sears says no. I would like to at least have each stack all the same code, but if I could get all six pieces the same code that would be great (hence my question, if you...

Are any of them any good? I have some points I need to use as I just bought a bottom chest (their price was as good as Craigslist, really!) and I also need a set of hole saws for a project I have. Would love to use my points on something I need rather than yet another pair of Knipex pliers or...

Hi all, long time no nothin'. Been a rough few years and I haven't even logged on here. Well I am trying to get resettled in a semi permanent place and I need two bottom cabs, one to set up my mechanic's tools and one for my girlfriend's. My top chest is a Craftsman and hers is her dad's old...

Hi all, My car is a 2009 BMW 335i (E92 body) and for a while now the windshield seal has been looking pretty bad. Well today on my way to work it started disintegrating; I hit 80 MPH and a section of it ripped loose and started slapping against the roof, scaring the hell out of me. I'm a...

...to put two 14s under a screw? Not talking about the "spec grade" receps with the little plates under the screw heads, I'm talking about just the old school loop the wire under the terminals thing. Reason I ask is WHF just moved into a new place, and I'm seeing this on pretty much any...

http://www.sears.com/craftsman-9-piece-full-polish-metric-combination-wrench/p-00949820000P?SID=IMxdCx-CoreTools-V2-activeusers This might be a good buy if you have a local store that you know has an old USA made set in stock. I don't see an option to order online, and I'm pretty sure I bought...

Hi all, WHF is moving into a new place and I am helping her. The kitchen is freshly remodeled and there was no shelf liner anywhere before this evening, I knocked through a couple rolls of 12" and got most of the high cabinets done. The low cabinets and drawers are an issue however. Some of...

Hi all, Just bought myself a new "toy" (which really isn't, as I needed it) - a Viair 450P 12V compressor. It's so much nicer (albeit much heavier!) than the HF cheapie it's replacing, but it's the real deal. One niggle: the Viair supplied pressure gauge is wildly inaccurate, it reads 4 PSI...

Hi all, long time no nothin'. Used to be fairly regular here but life has gotten in the way... About two years ago I started dating someone and we're still together; sadly in that time she has had some serious medical issues that have made life rather frantic. Also somewhere in that time...

Hi all, Long time no nothin' - I used to hang out here a lot as I was "between jobs" as they say and had time to work on filling out my tool collection. Was also filling in at my friend's shop when he was between mechanics; I hope I did a reasonably good impersonation of a professional. I've...

So I left my Simpson 260 7M open and sitting on top of my toolbox... apparently something was dropped on it and the glass is smashed. Don't know if meter is still OK or not. Who can fix? Will Simpson repair/recalibrate it for a reasonable sum? thanks!

Any ideas? What would you use? I'm at my girlfriend's place and she decided to clean the years of dust wildlife out of the ductwork. Unfortunately two of three return grilles have layers and layers of paint on them and they're being very stubborn; repeated applications of methylene chloride...

Went to Sears to warranty a handful of 1/2" drive sockets and pick up a 17mm while open stock was still USA... Got that done and somehow a knipex pliers wrench jumped onto the counter as I was checking out. Waiting for my life to change... Sent from my 0PJA2 using Tapatalk

Have two identical long 3/4" extensions; one is vintage script logo Williams and the other is S-K (with the dash, not the dot.) Which would you keep? I certainly don't need two of them. Leaning towards keeping the Williams because that's what most of my sockets are, but that's the only real...

Hi all, I've managed to source an inexpensive used SK (actually SK-Wayne) 47153 3/4" drive sliding T-bar for the mostly Williams set of 3/4" drive sockets that I recently purchased off Craigslist. Now I've used flex handles tons before but I haven't ever had a T-bar (but that's what the...

So I got what I thought was a screaming deal on a 3/4" CDI torque wrench on that auction site... opened it up today and it looks like new and has a recent calibration certificate. Difficulty: it showed up set on 600 ft-lbs. So I'm assuming that the calibration certificate is meaningless at...