To: | ccrobins@ktc.com, mgs@autox.team.net |
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Subject: | Re: Rear axle help, please |
From: | REwald9535@aol.com |
Date: | Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:35:15 EST |
In a message dated 2/2/99 7:41:48 PM SA Eastern Standard Time, ccrobins@ktc.com writes: > I believe in quality tools most of the time but the emergency tool > kits that I carry in each vehicle are cheap stuff. That way, if I get > ripped off, I don't lose much. The Craftsman and SO tools stay at home. After a zillion dollars in Snap-On et al, Craftsman IS the cheap stuff <G> > > Ditto on the flare nut wrenches. They're worth evrery penney. It > sometimes takes a lot of force to break old flare fittings loose. > > For LBC content: The banjo bolts I got from Moss for my new B fuel > pump are chrome plated. They look nice but none of my wrenches fit > them! They are just enough oversize that the wrench that should fit > doesn't and the next size up (in 32nds) is loose. Couldn't even get a > metric to fit well. GRRRRRR..... Hard to get an adjustable wrench > in there....... More GRRRRRRR....... ;^) Here is a use for those cheap China or India wrenchs, go sort through the cheap stuff and I'll bet you can find a wrench that fits do to poor quality control. Either that or you can go get a British Standard Cresent wrench. Rick |
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