>>>Steve Noe said:
> At 01:58 PM 9/19/97 -0400, you wrote:
> > ..... but I think that it would be useful for removing
> >things like spark plugs in tight quarters.
> SFM (speaking for myself), I would never run a spark plug
> in or out using a power tool,
I'll second that!
But air ratchets are wonderful tools. I first used one helping a friend drop
the engine into his MGB, and it made bolting down the radiator bulkhead just
fly. Just start all the nuts and wheeen! wheen! wheeen! they're all tight.
So I got one myself and use it whenever I have to do a lot of wrenching. It
really cuts down on the time to spin nuts down studs and the like. It made
setting up the rear suspension of my TR-6 a lot easier, since that involves
tightening and loosening (and removing and reinstalling) the trailing arm
brackets over and over with different shim packs until it's right. Wheeen!
it's on. Wheen! it's off.
Get one. But be careful what you use it on.
--berry
Berry Kercheval :: kerch@parc.xerox.com :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
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