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I agree with last two posters. Compressed air works well for me on hard to find leaks. Takes a good sized compressor.

I have two of those 13hp Honda North Star compressor setups though mine are 27 cfm. ( 20+ yrs old). Northern tool sells everything you need. The throttle unloader and start unloader.

There was a hand lift pump in operation in lake city, KS. until the early sixties. Regular only. Very very small town.

Looking at some house fire insurance data (totally unofficial and probably highly unreliable), lithium battery fires burned down less than 1 house per day last year. Lightning burned down 16+ per day, statistically speaking.

I buy it by the gallon and use a squirt bottle. Yes, you can rig a straw into a common squirt bottle.

Dawn is used to flush cooling systems in diesel truck engines that have been contaminated diesel fuel. I’ve also seen Dawn added to railroad tanker cars of magnesium chloride before spraying roads for dust control. Great surfactant. use it on dry spots in your yard to loosen up soil.

You can hold a small piece of dry ice on fitting for a moment. Will loosen effortlessly. Recommen gloves and insulated pliers.

We poured Babbitt in my Dad’s truck shop in the fifties. Countryside was full of GM Babbitt eating farm trucks. It’s been a long time, but I don’t remember it as that bad and I was a teenager. No 10 hour days of scraping that’s for sure. I remember an attachment that went on the Sioux valve...

Never could understand why anyone would would finish a garage/shop wall and lose all that storage space.

My brother and I roughnecked on a Noble drilling rig around Enid, OK. in the late 50’s. Same fellow I suppose.

18 cfm sounds low to me. I had two 25 cfm tied together when I had my truck shop. My service truck has a 27 cfm gas compressor and I never thought it was enough.

If you’re painting swing sets, lawnmowers, bicycles, and ect., you don’t need it.

There are readily available formulas for computing torque by adding extensions (cheaters) to torque wrenches. I’ve been using them for years, but for field work I use a beam torque wrench, non flexible cheater, and add 15-20%... gets very close to doing all the math.

On Dana 44’s, I grease up a 1/8” bit, drill two or four holes in seal, then screw in two or four as large of screws as possible. Then pry or pull on screws.

I’ve modified some trailer hitches in past that had square tube hitches by simply using the tube in a tube method, just like a receiver hitch. You can lengthen, shorten, or completely remove ball end of hitch. Always ran anti rattle clips on pins and ran two pins.

Gasoline dissolves RTV

This tool is amazing for repairing end thread damage. Great for wheel studs. 8-32 to 3/4” thread in one tool. I gave $5 for my first one. Immediately bought two more for service trucks. Think they’re still under $10.

I use HF for diagnosis, top offs, vacuum evacuation, and loan out. I don’t trust them for vacuum leak testing.

I use a 7 1/4 “ circular saw with metal cut off blades. Buy the blades at Lowe’s. Believe they’re 1/8” or 3/32” thick. Slices right through. Fence with 2” x1/4” flat and clamps. I tried the backward metal wood saw blade ONCE. Loud, slow, and the whole panel got hot.

I have four compressors. Two gas, two electric. 28 cfm down to 11 cfm. Oldest I’ve had for 45 years, newest about 22 years. All have been used hard, but still operate perfectly. Haven’t changed oil yet in any of them and see no need to.