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PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:24 pm 
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This thing is ideal for intake plugs 8)
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=98484

Picked up the 3/8 & 1/4in versions at Horrible Fright

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Terrific! I need one of those.

I need to find heat proof hands now to handle hot plugs without dropping them :D


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mightyauster wrote:
Terrific! I need one of those.

I need to find heat proof hands now to handle hot plugs without dropping them :D


Get a set of welders sleeves. They are basically just tubes of some sort of heat insulating material with elastic at both ends to keep them in place so you can rest your arms on top of hot engine parts without suffering the usual burns.... & Mechanics brand gloves are good for handling hot plugs :wink:

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Old boat racers trick on ALLISONS-
remove the bottom pal nut, nut, and stud from the log manifold @ the blower case mounting flange and replace with a cap screw. then a really long extension and socket with allen wrench tip can be used to separate the manifold from the blower housing, because getting that friggin' pal nut back on is one nasty thing to try to do. :wink:

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Harbor Freight where the "real" mechanics get their tools. So long Mac, and Snap On! Harbor Freight the only way to go.


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Horrible Freights 937 piece drill index is right on the money to 4 decimal places for about $19.95, unfortunately the bits are made of licorice and you'll use the entire set putting a trailer hitch on the pickup, but they will gladly refund your money, or keep the index as just that, great for carb jet sizes :D

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Obergrafeter wrote:
Harbor Freight where the "real" mechanics get their tools. So long Mac, and Snap On! Harbor Freight the only way to go.

Snap On is the Harley Davidson of tools: over priced & over rated. :wink:

Of course, you are free to use a $180 tool to do the job instead of a $20 tool... However, Snap On don't actually make a ratchet like this one...

& I've been making my living with tools since the mid 70's. Do I qualify as a *real* mechanic yet? At least I'm not *real gullible* 8)

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Yeah, and Harley riders are so easy to get to swell up like a toad in a frying pan
'what do you ride?'
'A 1200 Yamaha Touring dresser with 89000 mile on it, I'd guess you ride a Milwaukee middle buster'
'If it works, why mess with it?"
'the last real technical innovation on Harleys was 1956 when they went to overhead valves, so using that logic, how come you aren't driving a 1956 Studebaker?'
'Piece of Yap crap'
'great if unoriginal come back, but no, mine was built about 350 miles from Milwaukee in Ohio, and lets talk about the Harley factory installed Korean EFI module and the japanese Bridgestone tires, and by the way, how much are you getting paid by them to do free advertising for Harley?'
'What are you talking about?'
"your Harley shirt, boots, jacket, bandana, wallet--OH! You pay to do their advertising for them, what a bargain for them"
The only ones who are easier to swell up quicker are Texas Harley riders- :lol:

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Now that's funny! :lol:


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and lets talk about the Harley factory installed Korean EFI module and the japanese Bridgestone tires,


Mention the Harley plant in Brazil & they just about explode.... :wink:

Also they use Showa shocks & forks.... Showa is a subsidary of Honda..

This guy forgot attach the anchor chain...
http://katriders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=100233

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Yeah, and Harley riders are so easy to get to swell up like a toad in a frying pan
'what do you ride?'
'A 1200 Yamaha Touring dresser with 89000 mile on it, I'd guess you ride a Milwaukee middle buster'
'If it works, why mess with it?"
'the last real technical innovation on Harleys was 1956 when they went to overhead valves, so using that logic, how come you aren't driving a 1956 Studebaker?'
'Piece of Yap crap'
'great if unoriginal come back, but no, mine was built about 350 miles from Milwaukee in Ohio, and lets talk about the Harley factory installed Korean EFI module and the japanese Bridgestone tires, and by the way, how much are you getting paid by them to do free advertising for Harley?'
'What are you talking about?'
"your Harley shirt, boots, jacket, bandana, wallet--OH! You pay to do their advertising for them, what a bargain for them"
The only ones who are easier to swell up quicker are Texas Harley riders- :lol:


Ride a Harley, ride the best;
Ride a mile, walk the rest... :wink: :lol:

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