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01-14-2022, 08:36 AM #16
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01-14-2022, 08:55 AM #17
The Lockheed l1011 had tri wing fasteners , not sure if they are the same as the standard but the wings did not meet in the middle and the tightening face is shorter than the removal side so the thinking was it should always come out since you can get more removal torque than Installation torque...wrong lol. Some companies still use them. I am starting to see a lot of outside torx head bolts these days and not just small ones, I think they are trying to make everything where you get frustrated and take it to the dealer or throw it in the trash and buy new.
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01-14-2022, 01:55 PM #185000 RPM
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I had to find a special the other day. Five Flute Torx+
Why???!!!
Could only find it in one of those bit kits.
So now I own 2 kits for one stupid bit
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01-14-2022, 06:40 PM #19The Historic Photo Master
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...anyone know where to buy a left-handed screwdriver?. all mine are right-handed...
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01-14-2022, 06:59 PM #20
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01-15-2022, 12:16 AM #21Screaming And Flying!
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The world compromised on spark plugs and tyre rim sizes so I guess socket accessories will last too
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01-15-2022, 12:24 AM #22
6.35 mm .. LMAO, hard to believe they actually went out of their way to "adapt" to our sizes.
If ya ever switch over to the dark side .. A 3.0L Murk comes apart with >>
7/8 th's socket (flywheel)
3/8 th's 12 point (rod bolts)
Everything else is 1/2" or 5/16" .. err .. 13 or 8 mm ..
Ifin ya go "porkchop" .. ya might gotta borrow Gator's, Wentworth stuff .. or wait for them to give the fasteners an all-new system of measurement. No cause for alarm, can't buy manuals or parts .. so who needs tools ..
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01-15-2022, 12:39 AM #23
So Check this out...I have a set of 30+ year old Craftsman box end wrenches in both standard and metric that were made in JAPAN!!! They are very nice with perfect engraving, etc. I have some of the same wrenches that were made in USA that are honestly just not quite as nice. I had not seen craftsman made in Japan.
1990 Shadow bass boat w/ 2.4 200 Merc. Totally resto'd boat and love it!
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01-15-2022, 07:01 AM #24
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01-15-2022, 07:55 AM #25
Chaz.. Me Not goin to the merky 3.0 i no likey the factory rev limiter my tools still work on the 9k tractor motor. I like shrimp n porkchops for din din but will never own one of those.
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01-16-2022, 05:26 AM #26Screaming And Flying!
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My boat sank in 1967.......sorry been round that long........Got a magnet an fissed them all up.......an nuuddda time......Drunk and missed the dock......Clammer rakes got Em' up.... same tools FOEREVER........Went to help a stranded boater....... they stole my tools......Lucky......My JSM.....tool was not in the box..........Flywheel puller.............. I still have the 1967 Craftsaman...socketbox.....My Dad gave them to me for Christmas........
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01-16-2022, 10:07 AM #27
I started doing mechanical work in the early 60's on old Johnson pressure tank motors. Learned early on that "snug" was good into aluminum. But then in 1969 my first car was a '65 VW. Had to buy those weird Metric wrenches and sockets. Interestingly, my 1/2" drive ratchet handle was a Craftsman replacement given my Dad after he destroyed his but had already bought a new one. I bet this particular tool is number three in my ownership with the Craftsman warranty.
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01-16-2022, 05:24 PM #28
More than likely ... not.
Cuz that would be one of them $10.00 specialty sockets ..
Ohh wait, my bad .. $40.00 dollar sockets ..
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I remember them Craftsman tools "made in Japan". Lots better than them tools made out of solder that came under the seat of Jap street bikes ..
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3.0L Murk .. a not so well done OMC copy .. kind of like them Jap bike tool kits.
Stock .. They don't breathe well enough to need a limiter ..
I gotz parts to do a pair or 3642 cc powerheads. The Pan~man says go Mega-3 , The G-man is a dealer for Fuel-Tech and I kind of like the Hall-Tech stuff ..
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Hand tools .. I have to replace them every few years. I can't tell you how many people came up to me at the track with a hand full and asked .. Are these yours ? I found them in my trunk, under the hood, in the seat .. etc. i use~ta get mad, then I just figured it was better to amortize it into the cost of doing business ... and keep rollin ..
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Power ol boy,
What size tap is needed for threading a fresh 14 x 1.25 spark plug hole ???
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01-17-2022, 08:12 AM #29Screaming And Flying!
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01-17-2022, 10:04 AM #30
Which produce a "slopabout" thread engagement ...
Plug manufactures know their plugs are going to be used in many different length's as well as used in both , aluminum and iron heads. And removed / installed .. hot and cold, so they purposely make them undersize. (measure for yourself)
Hardware stores sell you a D7 (read the tap) which produces a nice wallered out hole right from go ..
Chaz = thinkin, a 14x1.25D1 is the correct "plug tap"
https://www.mscdirect.com/basicsof/taps
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