I picked up a DeWalt 20V portable compressor recently. The literature claims it goes up to 160 psi. I took it to work yesterday and used it to air up the problem tire on my work truck (leaky valve). It did 120 psi no problems. Took awhile but I was able to dial in 120 and go finish my pretrip while the compressor did its thing.
~ John
A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult.
1949 Chevrolet 3804 In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum 1973 IH 1310 Dump 1963 Kaiser M38A1 2001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie" 2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley)
Sounds like a robust and very useful tool. I've been given several electric tire pumps over the past few years by well meaning kids (Xmas, B-day, etc.) and all failed within the first few uses just airing up a standard truck tire to 32 psi. Sounds like a worthwhile investment. Thanks!
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
We had our county wide yard sale this weekend. Lots of folks with lots of junk. I found a couple of things I just couldn't live with out. A vintage Craftsman tool box, still had the tray inside. I also picked up 2 vintage "C" clamps, both are pretty old.
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If you don't like driving yourTruck, you won't drive yourTruck..| Living life in the SLOW lane
JW51, Don't you mean "There's no such thing as "too many" TOOLS"?
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
34 Years. Now with a '61 261, 848 head, Rochester Monojet carb, SM420 4-speed, 4.10 rear, dual reservoir MC, Bendix up front, 235/85R16 tires, 12-volt w/alternator, electric wipers and a modern radio in the glove box.
I've always said it's a lousy project that doesn't require a new tool.
Wally -- THAT is the quote of the month!! I am *so* using that!
~ John
A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult.
1949 Chevrolet 3804 In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum 1973 IH 1310 Dump 1963 Kaiser M38A1 2001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie" 2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
I’m getting ready to pull the glass out of my cab so I can remove rust from under the rubber seals. I went to HF to buy a couple of suction cups for handling the glass and to my pleasant surprise, they were on sale for $2.99. Here is a link.
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1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc Brakes Project Journals Stovebolt Gallery Forum
Got a pair of bit sets from the new Mac distributor. One of them came with a mini driver. I also picked up an axle bearing extractor. Seemed to be a smart thing to do with all the axles I've been working on lately. Also picked up a hole punch set for home.
John, that sounds like a good addition to any road warrior's collection. Red Simpson said it well- - - - -"I'll just have a flat on an inside dual- - - - -that'll show him!"
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
Got a deal on a pair of air angle die grinders. Also picked up some exhaust tube spreaders. And, a specialty tool moving/aligning the arms on a 2 post in-ground lift. I'm not as limber as I used to be.
I've been investing in some heavy duty shop equipment- - - -a sheet metal brake, a 20 ton hydraulic pipe/tubing bender capable of bending roll bar tubing, a transmission jack, and an engine stand with a gear drive rotator to keep from having to manhandle a stovebolt block when I want to turn it sideways to install pistons, or upside down to torque rod and main bearings. I might be getting old and feeble, but old age and treachery can usually beat youth and exuberance! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
Carl, I got one of those for my Son-in-law last Christmas after he bought a Bobcat for snow removal. It apparently has a ton of zerks on it that need to be greased. It was the beefiest of the ones I looked at.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
Lincoln 215 MPI…. Been eyeing that, I think one will be in my shop this week, the welding shop is across from the muffler shop… They have a $400. Factory rebate right now making it $1600…. What hood are you using, vision is so critical, especially to tig…. Chuck
I probably already have a few, but I picked up a compound wire crimper with multiple jaws that can be changed out per type of terminal. Got it for all the non-insulated open barrel connector terminals I need to crimp.
I went and purchased a Noid Light set for $25 from Amazon. Turned out to very handy checking out the fuel injector leads on my daily driver. I could have used a volt meter, but this was quicker.
John
~ J Lucas 2006 GMC Envoy 4.2 I6 2023 Ram 2500/Cumins 6.7 I6 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Wife’s) 2002 Silverado 2500 Gas 6.0 1941 Chevy 1/2-Ton 1942 Chevy 1.5-Ton SWB In the Gallery My Flicker Photos!
Carl, I got one of those for my Son-in-law last Christmas after he bought a Bobcat for snow removal. It apparently has a ton of zerks on it that need to be greased. It was the beefiest of the ones I looked at.
Kevin -- Your SIL will most likely be getting in the dirt with his skidsteer eventually. Another tool to have for those zerks is a grease fitting rejuvenator. In the excavating business, we found this tool to be a must-have. Besides ... they're kinda fun to use If you don't mind spraying yourself with diesel fuel or penetrating oil from time to time...
~ John
A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult.
1949 Chevrolet 3804 In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum 1973 IH 1310 Dump 1963 Kaiser M38A1 2001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie" 2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley)
Thanks for the recommendation, John. I'll pass it along to him.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
Picked up a 1/4" drive, flex head ratchet, but a long handle version. For my bellhousing to T5 adapter, I installed it with some 12 point 3/8" bolts at the upper two holes. I had to make a new adapter and instead of removing the clutch assembly, I was able to barely fit my hand in there to remove and install the two 12 points. But how to tighten them? I thought I needed the 1/4" drive but found my 3/8" drive, long handle flex head did just fine. In the future, I'll have multiple choices for install and removal. Discovered I needed more 12 point sockets, so I added a 1/4" drive set to the home box.
The USAF issued me a 3/8 drive Snap-On ratchet with an almost identical handle shape in the late 1960s- - - -the only difference was that it had a lever to switch directions instead of the square drive that can be inserted from either side. Jerry'
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
Yours was probably a model 71 Jerry. Pictures below swiped from an eBay add, but may be interesting for someone.
1st picture is of a "government #71". 2nd picture is the back of the same ratchet, showing the date code near the "on/off" selector. 3rd picture is the magic decoder ring for Snap On date codes.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
Tiger tool u-joint puller. Former co-worker let me try his to replace a joint on my '99 Tahoe, original joint with 352,000 mile on the clock so it was pretty stubborn. Works really slick.
Built by our Canadian friends!
Wish I had on during my working career, could have been a real $$$ maker on flat rate!
BC 1960 Chevy C10 driver 261 T5 4.10 dana 44 power loc 1949 GMC 250 project in waiting 1960 C60 pasture art Retired GM dealer tech. 1980 - 2022
I have one, they work great and I wouldn't let my co-workers borrow it. Every once in a while I would loan a tool and it came back broken or had stripped threads or something else wrong with it. And of course they wouldn't replace or repair it.
Had no issues replacing one of the original joints in my '99 Tahoe with 352,000 miles on the clock. Seems to there's always someone in the shop that could screw up an anvil.
BC 1960 Chevy C10 driver 261 T5 4.10 dana 44 power loc 1949 GMC 250 project in waiting 1960 C60 pasture art Retired GM dealer tech. 1980 - 2022
Maybe truck related .... sortta ... kinda .... as in if I get some projects done for miss Peggy, she'll let me get back to old truck stuff ...
Anyway ... went over to Huntsville Thursday and got a 1968 vintage Rockwell-Delta wood lathe in near new condition.
~ John
A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult.
1949 Chevrolet 3804 In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum 1973 IH 1310 Dump 1963 Kaiser M38A1 2001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie" 2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley)
Purchased a one man pressure brake bleeder. The type with a plate that straps on the top of the master cylinder. Comes with very small chains that easily break when tightened to seal the master cylinder. Replaced them with the chain cut off a horse lead and it now seals great. Easily took care of a chronic bleeding problem with my ‘57 Bel Air disc brake conversion. You pump it up like a garden sprayer , then go to the individual wheel cylinders. Super easy one man operation. Should work great on our old trucks.
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily) ‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence) “I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
Bill, if I could I would. I just googled pressure brake bleeder and several came up on the jungle website. Read the reviews and purchased the middle of the road model.
“Orion Motor Tech brake bleeder from Amazon.”
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily) ‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence) “I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
Thanks. I have a 70 Mustang disk/drum master cylinder (has built it residual valves) in my '52 GMC. I can't find a Orion Motor Tech bleeder for my master cylinder, but just sent their tech support group an email. We'll see.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
