Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

38, shooting for 59 here today.

 

Good morning friends! Hope Weds. is good to you all

 

I think this is the 1st time ever Fargo is warmer than here. 30* currently with a high of 56* today.

 

How crowded is your Wal-Mart at 9:00 at night? I love our little town

 

I had a 99 Ranger very similar - regular cab, short box, same color, 4 cylinder, 5 speed, 2wd.

It was a great little commuter/run around/workhorse truck, really sad that real "mini trucks" aren't available anymore. Cheap, tough & reliable they were used for delivering everything from auto parts to pizzas and nicely satisfied the "mom has the family car & dad has his truck" demographic.

 

My MAC buddy who is retiring is in deal mode now. I stopped by to see him yesterday and left with another pile of goodness.


The 6 ton jack stands and pliers set we traded for a cart he wants me to build for his sander, like the 3 I recently made for his table saw and other wood tools.






These 1/4" and 3/8" stubby ratchets, $20 each.




This pile here he gave it to Cole, the long magnets are super strong. He gave me 2 of each of those, some for me as well.

That's a 1/2" drive metric socket set. He said the nut drivers are probably 30 years old, brand new. Some standard and some metric.




He had a box and told me I could get what I wanted out of it. The long handled hose removers were in there.




I have a MAC air wrench I bought from him in the 1990's for $225, nothing wrong with it and I didn't need another one, or two.



When he told me $50 each, I couldn't pass it up. Gave my other one to Cole when I got home.







$50 for these calipers, I wouldn't use them at work but at home they will be great.




I owe him some more money now, hopefully everything will be gone when I go back to pay him

 

It is like the auctioneers say "buy 'em when you find 'em". Nice haul!

 

Using the same logic...

I heard the UPS truck at 6:30 last night.



(Yet another) Autolite 4100 carburetor.



Since these weren't installed much past 1966 I buy them if they are cheap just to have the parts.



...and seeing as Mrs Green was napping on the couch I didn't want to wake her up to mention it...

 

I've spent more money on tools in the last month than I have in years. I told my wife I'll never be able to buy Mac tools this cheap again.

He's got some more stuff I'd like to have but it's more than I can justify after buying everything else.

One thing is a nice large tap and die set for $300, it list for $599

 

...well, you could put it on the taxes as a business expense.

 

Exactly!

 

That bump out at the bottom right looks like a nice place to set up for auto work. Bench, boxes, maybe a cabinet for detailing…. Rotate the car in you’re working on.

 

Parts is parts..

 

Agree, it might just save the day sometime.

It isn't like you can zip down to the local pick n pull and grab these anymore.

 

I had like 30 carbs under my bench at the shop. I would overhaul them and modify the problem areas. So they sat waiting. Quick swap and off they would go. Had to explain before I did it why they were getting charged overhaul hours and parts for a 30 min turn around. It was their choice.

 

Guess im old...does it seem useful? Yes!
Will i ever use this? Who knows..??

 

4340 material turned alright. Print specified "no tool marks" so I had to do a little sanding.

 

@Delta09