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I am 19 and work on cars every day. I have one more year of auto school and discount with snap-on. I'm looking for the set that will let me test the most cars and don't know if the snap-on set has as much as the matco, or if there is another brand I could get. Are they made by star? Thanks, Eric...

Good 'ole duct tape. I'm probably going to add another layer.oops wrong section....

My school gave me a sun machine 500. I was told the hard drive is bad by the instructor that taught me electrical. Where would I get a HDD for one of these and are these machines still usable on modern vehicles? It has many accessories, and I believe that it is also a oscilloscope? That would be...

I have the MG325 and 725. I think they are great guns, but the anvil portion is sealed "for life" with redline synthetic oil. The anvil on my 725 felt somewhat dry and clanky so I took the gun apart. I removed the old oil that had metal particles in it, cleaned the hammer and anvil...

It worked fairly well. I hope this helps somebody. it weighs about 300 lbs

I just noticed it was on sale. I have had one for awhile in a shop and it is holding up well. I recommend it if you ae looking for a box. its 17 or 18" deep though. peace

I found some coupons I had printed off the harbor freight website and headed over there tonight. I got 6 free items and bought 2 pick sets, a pliers set, and a punch set to not be a complete ***. cool stuff!

snap-on branded 40-250 ft lb split beam style. I believe they hold their calibration much longer than the micrometer style.

I have worked at a small indie shop for about a year. I am 19 and am going to a local community college for automotive. I have seen people come and go, and the shop is taking a turn downhill with the recent loss of a mechanic that taught me alot and I work very well with. They hired a new...

i need a new screwdriver blade for my big snapon flathead screwdriver:(

I made this yesterday for my 1970 c20 355 engine, it sounds great to me although unfinished. I wonder if it will work the same with a straight piece of pipe as with this bendy one. i need to do the other side and address ground clearance, but it sounds great.

I have a biddeford? electric blanket i was given a few years ago as a gift and one day it just stopped working. it has a digital controller and 4 connections to the blanket. the main heating wire had about 80 ohms of resistance but the hair thin wire that tags along on the outside of that has no...

What light do you prefer for working on cars? brands and power sources aside, what light do you prefer just on the light type?

bought this mac extension off the truck today after I saw it on my way out of napa (they didnt have the bulbs I was looking for) I bought only one because there is no mac driver coming to my work. I think this will be a useful addition to my toolbox:drool:

It gets the job done eh?:willy_nil What tools do you misuse most often and how? Do you misuse more expensive tools because you trust them and have come to expect them to stand up to it or only misuse crappy tools cause they were cheap and you dont care about em?

I bought a spark test pocket screwdriver months ago and an old mechanic said it should light up when you put it near a plug wire. It did not light up, then he put it in one of the spark plug boots while holding it as the engine was cranked over. then he and the screwdriver lit up!! I am curious...

I have an old pdi-usa flathead screwdriver thats about a foot long. i found it in the woods and have used it for awhile until i broke it yesterday. does anybody have info on these? I think im going to cut the broken part off and use it as a prybar

would moly be useable in air tools to reduce wear in cases of water in the air supply or something? I just bought a FAR72C and am thinking of putting a small amount of mos2 additive in it and in my harbor freight air guns. i wonder if it would mess up the air vanes