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So what are your plans to celebrate the big day ? :p

Putting a hood and a coupla' hinges on a Benz today. The fenders are fine, they are staying on. The problem is, the 12mm bolts on the front if the hinge are partially under the fender. ( the bolt in the rear of the photo) Too funkey to get a wrench in there. A standard shallow socket is...

So the area rep stopped by the shop today to let us know a new MAC guy has been assigned to our area. I have not been on a MAC truck for more than twenty years. I own ONE mac tool and I got that from e-bay. I am excited about this but I have no idea why.

I do collision repair. I am wondering if anyone here has any bright ideas or knows of a way to quickly clean the paint and e-coat out of the holes in a plug weld on a new sheet metal panel. I can easily clean the top surface. No big deal, but getting the second sheet metal clean enough for...

I am putting a back end on a Mercedes. Plowed in the back. It gets two new hinges. The hinges bolt up under the package shelf with a bolt going through the center. Well where the bolt goes through is an adjuster. I don't know if these type adjusters have a name or not, I know I see them on...

I found it stuck to the bottom of a customers car. Its magnetic. The hoop is too big to hold a Mag-Light. Nothing on there appears to be broken. I fully understand this might not be a tool, but I have no clue what it could be. Anyone have an educated guess?

I broke one of my Grip-On clamps. *gasp* :eek: The rivet broke and God and only God knows where that sucker flew off to. :( A regular pop rivet will not work. It needs to be virtually flush because when the thing is clamped the hole there goes inside of the handle. I am not...

My old one just corroded into nothing. I got it from Trac-Auto back in the late 80's. I recon I am due. I do collision repair so the extent of my work with cooling systems is generally R&R or R&I radiator. Sometimes systems are pretty dry when I get them so significant refilling is not out...

I know what it is used for. Meaning I know what I used it for. It might well have other uses, but I used it for this particular application maybe a dozen or so times in the early to mid 90's. It is a 3/8 drive socket....

I have a huge Snap-On box damn near full. I have been doing collision repair for over twenty years. I have quite the collection. I have one and only one child. A daughter, who most certainly will not be entering the automotive field. So I was wondering about my tool collection after I am...

I really should be in the market for one of these. I have seen prices from fifty bucks to $400.00 and more. I mean the ones like this AP What kind do you have and do you like it ?

Every torx set I have has a T-27. I have never used any of them. Does any one know where a T-27 might be used ? :dunno:

I dont know where this is going to get more traffic, here or elsewhere. Its not even winter yet and my shop is already uncomfortable. It has heat, but the peak of the ceiling is a good thirty feet up. At least. Big concrete slab for a floor. Gaping holes in all four bay doors. Owner and...

Seriously I dont know what it is for or how to use it or why to use it. Any one know ?

So I broke the tip on my Snap-On screw driver today Monday. ( unheard of ) I know my Snap-On man drives past my shop on Tuesday ( Friday is our normal day ) so I sent him a text asking him to stop by on Tuesday so I can swap out the tool. Literally, less than five minuets later he was standing...

My M.O. on here is this. As soon as I get here I click on "User C.P. " so I can see whats up with threads I am already active on. Well a coupla weeks ago I noticed a dramatic reduction in the threads I am following. Come to find out, the board some how had me logged in earlier in the day. I...

It wasnt too long ago on here I learned about a 3/8 drive ratchet in a 1/4 inch drive body. I thought it was super cool and useful. They have a Wright on Amazon so I put it on my wish list. About a week or so later I found out Snap-On has one too, so I ordered it. I got it a week later. I...

I am taking recommendations for blades for my Matco air saw. Cutting metal and plastic. Links appreciated. Thank you.

I have a hot glue gun ( blue point ) that I use to fix the occasional broken tab, or floppy weather strip. My glue sticks are just about done. Does any one here have a recommendation for a really strong glue stick ? The ones that came with my gun are okay at best, I would like to step up to...

You walk up to your tool box to get a tool and then you stand in front of your tool box for five minuets staring at it trying to remember what you walked over there to get. Just to walk back to your project to review where you are in the repair process and figure out what you needed in the first...