Re: An excellent tool source (was"PS pump check valves removal problem")

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <36576AA6.71D5A772@worldnet.att.net> ikessel@worldnet.att.net writes:

> there are places that make all hardware stores look like flea markets.
> If you are an engineer of if you somehow otherwise have access to the
> excellent (perhaps the best there is) industrial supply named
> McMaster-Carr (908) 329-3200:

As regular listers will know, I use Hayways of Kettering.

> The 17mm, 1/2" drive Allen, that I bought from them for undoing those
> stubborn oil plugs, could kill an elephant if you trough it hard enough.

Several listers are now using the FACOM D.107-17 3/8" driver for this -
it swallows part of the 3/8" drive inside the head and it's less than
an inch long.

> I also have their rather unique tool, which I have never seen _anywhere_
> else: a small reversible ratcheting adapter of unbelievable toughness.
> It is a metal cylinder , about 50x50mm, with a male 1/2" square drive x
> 1/2" female square drive, which converts my 22" breaker bar into a
> gigantic ratchet.

All of the majors do them, though not all list them.  Snap-On GS77 at
$38, for instance.

I'd have to add another recent discovery - FACOM 287B.8 is an 8mm stud
remover that will grip a stud with only around 4mm protruding.  Slips
over the stud and grips with three chuck-like teeth.

And to round off what has become a FACOM advertisement - J.236 is a bit
holder for 8mm and 10mm triple square bits that's only 16mm in diameter.
It's _much_ easier to get into place than a 1/2" drive holder.

One plug for Stahlwille - their 10mm and 12mm Crowfoot flare nut sockets
help me get a metering head off a car in less than five miutes.

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 Phil Payne
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