Rusty's not very quiet cuda progress

I can't see all those tool porn pics, it ends after the steering wheel puller.

Gina was at a sale last week where a guy had buckets full of all sizes of sockets $1 each. I just told her I didn't need any more tools or she would've worked a per bucket price and bought them all. I doubt they'd go too cheap because they're heavy, so scrap weight.

She did get a good deal on a Ryobi battery powered mower though.
 
Not sure which is the puller, but I'll put up the 2 drawers again & see if you get the pics?
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I can lay out the stuff & get better pics, which drawer should I start with?
 
RUSTY Cuda said:
see if you get the pics
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It was something with the site, maybe I tried too soon and it was doing some post-processing

That air hammer bit at the bottom that's got a curve to it is close to one I've been looking for off and on for years. Usually right about the time I need it, like just the other day.

The one I remember is kind of shaped like that, so it goes inside a pipe joint between the outside and inside pipes, but the one I remember had a cutting part that would then split the inside pipe. We would use it to save mufflers when a tailpipe would rust out - just cut the pipe flush with the muffler fitting, add a vice grip so you don't drive it back inside the muffler, and split that piece of cut off pipe right out of it.

FWIW something else I've often looked for is a breaker-bar-ratchet adapter. It kind of looked like these things but instead of turning it by hand it had a female socket to plug a breaker bar in to convert it into a ratchet. I had one from Snap-On back in the alignment rack days.

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I'll get some shots of the hammer bits & post up.
I do have some different looking socket pieces, they are in another area of the box, I'll scout around.
 
Mann, He's working me too hard, we emptied the entire big box & did manage to carry the top outside.
Then with a floor jack & some slow rolling we got it down off my flood ramps.

about half of what we did today, we cleaned the drawers put down new padding & I can't believe it, but he loaded it all up again, he's bringing some more muscle but rolling that up a ramp into the trailer can't be easy.20240726_170531.jpg
 
Bob, I think I have the rachet thingie, but it's not the bigger one I think it's 3/8 drive?
Also took a pic of the chisels but my darn phone won't connect to the puter again, I'll post up when I figure out what went wrong!
 
See if this works, emailed them to myself & then downloaded, but they still won't open on my puter, see if they show up here?

My Lord it worked, but what should have taken 5 mins. took about an hour! 20240727_151537.jpg20240727_151522.jpgThis baby has to be 50+ years old, I don't think I ever used it. I can send the bit you need if it's there or the whole kit & kaboodle!

MADE IN USA, don't see much of that anymore! 20240727_151554.jpgSo after cleaning out the whole side of the garage & cleaning behind it well somewhat, I shortened my flood ramp so I could get the snow blower against the wall, so I can pull straight in with the "Cuda I don't have to move it right to open the door. Still looks nasty but I can get to most of what I use a lot easier! 20240727_151917 (1).jpg
 
In the first photo of the bits, the one in the middle is close to what I'm talking about but it looks like the cutter is for the outside pipe. It's cutting the inside one that's the trick.

That adapter thing is a smaller version of what I had. Not much use for a 3/8" breaker bar though. If I need that, I grab a 1/2" ratchet :D
 
I've been waiting for anyone else that might be interested to chime in about this. Lord knows you've sent me a ton of stuff already and have said there's still more not yet sent. If nobody else says anything, I'd take a lot of that stuff off your hands.
 
OK, I'll start posting better pics so people can see each tool, Lord knows my kids won't use them & they will just be a hassle when I kick the bucket!
 
If nobody else wants them, here's an idea of what I can use. I can't bear to let tools get tossed.

Everything in this photo with a hinge, meaning all the pliers and snips. I could also make use of the tubing bender and the spanner tool (the caliper/compass-lookin' dude with the pins on the end). No use for the flaring tool, oil-filter wrench, grinding wheel or brake-related stuff at the lower left.

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In this photo, all the locking pliers (Vise Grips) regardless of style, the panel clamps in the upper left, the drill-press/mill vise in the upper right, whatever that threaded rod with all the nuts on it is (I think it'll fix my control-arm-bushing installer), and any C-clamps. I've no use for the pullers, allen wrenches, screwdrivers or scraper.

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In the next photo, I'd take the red air tools (air hammer, ratchet, and impact), the discs in the upper left, both files along the right edge, and the 3-jaw puller. I can also use any of the air-hammer bits Bob doesn't want. I don't need the pickle forks but don't throw them out, either. No use for the oil-filter wrench, and the rest I can't tell what it is. What's in the box on the left that says "air powered"?

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I probably don't need to post the pictures to say I'll take Lisle 45500 harmonic-balancer puller, and the S-K locking adapters rather than let you tie them to the train tracks. 😁 Also, if Bob doesn't want the ratchet adapter, I'll take that too.

The stuff is gonna weigh a ton to ship, probably requiring multiple boxes. I'll be more than happy to cover shipping as well as anything extra you want to charge for this stuff. You need to fill the 'Cuda with fuel and go for ice cream, neither of which is cheap anymore. Make some money on me.
 
OK, Mark took the 45500, but I have a set with more parts in it I'll get a pick of that up.
Brake tools I will keep for now, only job I would do myself on the 'Cuda, doubt I'll ever have too (new parts are in with a few miles on them.
I also have a GOOD set of tubing benders from my A/C days, I'll get you a pick of that too!
The red box is an air scrapper in the new picks, along with some more odd stuff.
They rebuilt carbs maybe for that?

More eye candy!

Not sure what this is, but turn the knob up top & the slotted socket turns

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Only thing I think I recognize is the nut splitter? Well the feelers are obvious. 20240728_135547.jpg 20240728_135525.jpg
Here be all the pliers, I didn't bother with the snips, but you can have them I have a bucket full of my work ones. 20240728_132801.jpgBrake thingie at the bottom I'll keep for now!
That puller & all the air tools I will let go, keeping my cut off, grinder & orbital. 20240728_133408.jpgmore pullers20240728_133619.jpg????????????????????20240728_133903.jpg20240728_133931.jpgExtra rachets, bottom is an old craftsman I think20240728_134330.jpg & assorted angle wrenches, bottom is metric & above it looks like a socket drive on one end.


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Enough for today.

Oh yea, that threaded rod with all the nuts & washers is my homemade balancer installer!
 
I definitely want the pliers, but yeah--keep those brake pliers. Those things are truly miracle workers when you need 'em (I have a set). I also don't need that little spanner directly above the brake pliers, because I don't know what it fits but I know I ain't got it! 😆 I'll take all the Vise-Grips you don't want and that green machinist's vise if it's going away too.

I have no idea what this thing is, but I feel like I should. Also, I'll bet it wasn't inexpensive. Any markings like make/model number on it? I'm curious.

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Left to right, we have: Oxygen sensor socket, possibly an oddball oil-filter socket (or something HVAC related), oil filter wrench (when you tighten, the jaws close around the filter) and a 4WD or full-floater axle nut socket. I tried to figure out what that octagon socket fit and came up empty. Nothing here worth shipping in my world.

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I didn't see it with the other air tools, but is this dude still available? I'm not familiar with Rodac, but the "Made in U.S.A." is promising. I have a Campbell-Hausfeld (Wal-Mart) air hammer and it's garbage. Plus, the bit retainer is broken. I won't spend the money to get a new one for it.

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In this next photo, you have old rear-brake caliper tool, used to turn the pistons back in on GM/Ford rear disc brakes. The piston doesn't push straight in on those (or many newer vehicles) since the parking brake ratchets the caliper piston closed to lock the rear brakes. There are about 10 variations of that tool now, because (of course) everyone had to design a slightly-different way to do the exact-same thing.
The rusty dude below it is a Saginaw lock-plate removal tool for older GM (all) and Mopar (tilt only) steering columns. It's a lifesaver when you need it, but I don't think you've got anything on which it works anymore. Saginaw columns on Mopars went away around '89 on cars, somewhere in the '90s for trucks and B-vans which is also when GM finally stopped using that design as well. If you've ever seen a movie where they steal a car by slide-hammering the ignition lock out, that trick was literally for Saginaw columns.
The tool on the upper right looks like a valve-stem installer.
In the larger version of this picture, the flexible screwdriver doodads look like carb adjustment tools for non-automotive applications (motorcycle, small engine, etc.).

I don't need any of that stuff--I already have a lock-plate tool and stem installer--but at least it identifies it.

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I can definitely put these two fellas to work:

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Again, if nobody else wants 'em, I'll take those bendy wrenches as well, except the bottom two. I've no idea what the second from bottom is, and I've got nothing metric on which to use the bottom one.

If anyone steps in and says they want something I've noted, give it to them. You've done more than enough for me already.
 
On the last 2 you posted what is the top one?

K, guys look around speak up in short order or forever hold your piece!

I will start packing boxes in a few days, gonna try & keep them under 30 lbs, that compressor almost took my back out! (only 50 lbs) I'm old & decrepit!
 
RUSTY Cuda said:
On the last 2 you posted what is the top one?
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It's a reamer, a more-precise tool for sizing holes in metal. Sometimes a drill bit just ain't precise enough.

RUSTY Cuda said:
I will start packing boxes in a few days, gonna try & keep them under 30 lbs, that compressor almost took my back out! (only 50 lbs) I'm old & decrepit!
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Yeah, take it easy. I know all about back issues of late.

These boxes will get heavy fast so check often. USPS Priority Flat-Rate might be your best option, since weight isn't a concern. "If it fits, it ships." I bought from one eBay metal vendor that sent me a single, book-size USPS flat-rate box that weighed well over 20lb. It was obvious in their listings that they enjoyed exploiting the hell out of the "no weight limit" loophole. 😁
 
The Doc said:
"In the larger version of this picture, the flexible screwdriver doodads look like carb adjustment tools for non-automotive applications (motorcycle, small engine, etc.)."

The flexiblee "allen" tipped ones were for adjusting the points on the old GM distributors. The procedure was to tighten, (clockwise) until a missfire, then back off 180 deg. Better than using a dwell meter.
 
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