One nice thing about driving an old
beater is being able to do my own repairs. While a piss poor mechanic, my
hourly rate is unbeatable.
Today’s job was a minor oil leak from the
valve cover gasket. Took me about an hour. The gasket looked to be in good shape
so just spread some sealant and put it back together.
Now it is off to the pawn shop to buy a
couple of 10 mm sockets to replace the one that rolled somewhere and I can’t
find it. Man can’t have too many 10 mm and 12 mm sockets.
11 comments:
Or 7/16" and 1/2" if you're of an SAE mindset.....
Never thought of going to a pawn shop for sockets......
If you need an entire set of sockets some of the stuff at Harbor Freight is decent quality, something I thought "i'd never say....
Many pawn shops have buckets of sockets and wrenches. Once in awhile some good quality. Over the years I've had good luck with pawn shop tools. As long as you aren't making a living with them, Harbor Freight tools are ok. I have a wrench set and socket set from there behind the seat of my truck.
I've always looked at tools from HF as being "one-use" tools, and if they last longer than that, you're bucks-up!
Some of their stuff has gotten pretty good, some is "OK", and some is still shoddy.
And if you lose an entire set of sockets, you won't cry/scream/throw stuff like you would (or like I used to...)if they were Snap-On or Craftsman....
It's nice to have the LONG 10 and 12 mm sockets. But you can't have too many.
What I lost was a long. I need a long to tighten the positive post battery cable among other tasks. The clutch has over 100k on it. No slippage now but I expect a problem in the near future. I will need long sockets on the bell housing.
Yep, 10s & 12s... short, medium, long, small and large driver sizes... sigh... I've lost one ON my damn workbench... sigh
I often thank the Almighty for pawn shops and, oddly, keep finding vintage axes in their "tool bins." And sockets.
But some say the small axe is less effective than, say, a 1796 Light Cavalry Saber or a razor sharp 1898 Kukri. Well, that's another argument again.
Old NFO
My father was terrible for losing tools. Every Spring after snow melt I would find tools and return them to the shop.
LSP
I'm more of a hammer user. A small sledge has rode in the passenger foot well of every vehicle for the last thirty or so years.
His sledgehammer comes in handy when his sister needs to get a receiver hitch & ball unstuck from an old camper tongue. Thanks again for the assistance, Brudder!!!
Sisty
Never know what I'll find at your house except dogs in dire need of petting. But, you are welcome!
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