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A Porta-Vise. I saw one in Popular Mechanics years ago. I'd like to get one.

A pair of those HF strip magnets could hold up prybar holder.

Yes, I do. I use the airless gun. Its loud but quick.

All Hondas have them, I've seen the pinch welds around them rusted away and the lift point are still solid.

The key word is surface area. A smaller softer block is going to crush a rusty pinch weld more than a long hard flat surface like a hoist pad. I see guys put rags over jack stands, I like what are trying to accomplice with that.

I had one of these, I found it too bulky and had too much back drag to be of any use. It was built like a regular 3/8s ratchet, there's no way I can apply 100ft/lbs to it. Traded it back on the tool truck for credit. Someone else in my shop bought back on the same day.

So a pin goes through the big end? What keeps the crank together?

I use mine to snug up wheels before hand tightening. I'd say it gets it pretty close to what a thin torque stick will do.

I finished my magnetic folding shelf, I used 7 of those HF strip magnets. It holds strong.

They lock into an impact driver collet, they have magnet to hold a nut or bolt in place. They make assembly quick.

About 6 months ago I took some old bread pans and bolted a pair of magnets to one side. They are very useful when working on a car on a lift. And they can hold a lot of weight too. A big time saver when I can toss a handful of lug nuts into them and not having to chase down a dropped one. The...

You could cut the box end off of a 27mm wrench and make a socket.

On ours you have to hold the on button for a few seconds to turn on. Like I said in an earlier post, the changing connection is kind of fragile, so if it isn't charging the screen turns off.

The nice thing about the Autel is it's od2 connector, it lets you get the codes from the car's computer to clone them. A real time saver if your cloning winter tires or wanting the codes but one of the sensors are dead.

I'd be much harder to make a rounded off rusty 9/16 head to 1/2 with a file.

Napa was having a deal on the Autel scanner that included 10-12(?) new sensors. It was a no brainer. Our shop actually got a second one because it saved us a lot in buying sensors. Just watch the power supply connection, it seems fragile.

One thing I bought from them that is still going strong is an oil plug socket set. I've been using it for 12 years in a professional shop and haven't broken one yet. Too bad they stopped carrying it. This kind of looks like the set except more sockets...

On large areas I use an airless paint sprayer.

I'd look for a used 1970s Sears jack. These are the green models made in Japan and seem to hold up pretty well.

I use my M12 bit driver to snug up car wheels for final tightening with a torque wrench. It gets them close to what I was using before, a 1/2 impact and an 80ft/lbs torque stick. It seems like a little less than a quarter turn till the torque wrench clicks off at 100ft/lbs.