New tools for me!

[NaKoRuRu]

Sorry, this might seem like nothing to some people. But thought I would just share some pictures of the 3 new tools I just bought at Harbor Freight. Mad discounts too! All three of the tools I bought where on holiday sale.

New "Racing" (LoL) errr Low Profile Jack. I really like the color blue on this jack (almost a Jazz Blue? :p ha ha), it's really light weight and best of all only needs 3" of ground clearance. Perfect for my low Rabbit:tup:

I also got new Jack Stands, just your regular orange Jack Stands...

And last I bought a torque wrench. (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=239) I was gonna hold out a little bit on getting this, but it was on sale so I said F*** it. All for well under $120 including tax! Harbor Freight FTW!

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Now I can change my oil at home. Whew!:tup2:

[oc-audica]

dang i need all those to chance my oil pan!

nice come up =)

[huitzi]

i had that jack before, not really good ...... didnt lift my car enough

[SYNYSTAGLI]

i had that jack before, not really good ...... didnt lift my car enough

I had jacks like that, he can always support with the stands, lower the jack and add a peice of 4x4 to get that extra height. It always sucked doing that shit though...double work :D

[jwill'sMK4]

how muck was the jack?

[NaKoRuRu]

It says it lifts up to 14 and something inches... I would think thats enough to change a wheel or oil...

[ncttrnl]

Jack stands are key! Good call.

I have a little craftsman jack that probably gets as high as the one you have. Its plenty for the basic stuff.

If you need to do something like drop the transmission though... you're gonna be hurting.

Don't forget to set your torque wrench back down to a low setting when you are done. Most of the clicker style ones hold their calibration better if you let them sit at a low torque setting in between uses.

[Agent Orange]

Man I love Harbor Freight. Gotta have jack stands. But I will say I love my old skool hydraulic bottle jacks and trusty Hi-Lift jack.

Like he said tho, set that wrench low. You'll save yourself in the long run should you ever need the calibration to be spot on...

[NaKoRuRu]

Jack stands are key! Good call.

I have a little craftsman jack that probably gets as high as the one you have. Its plenty for the basic stuff.

If you need to do something like drop the transmission though... you're gonna be hurting.

Don't forget to set your torque wrench back down to a low setting when you are done. Most of the clicker style ones hold their calibration better if you let them sit at a low torque setting in between uses.

Thanks for the tip's ncttrnl... Yea I read the directions on the torque wrench and that's what it recommends to do. Leave it at 0 while in storage/between uses. So that's what I'm going to do. As soon as I get my package from PureMS I can put all this stuff to use :) ha ha. Transmission stuff I'll leave to the pros ;)

[Streamline]

Damn all three of those things for under $120? Where is this place, I need a good floor jack and tq wrench.

[NaKoRuRu]

Damn all three of those things for under $120? Where is this place, I need a good floor jack and tq wrench.

Harbor Freight (http://www.harborfreight.com)

Lots of locations around SoCal:tup:

[Dubbster]

another good torque wrench practice is to break it at least 3 times before you use it, it is supposed to keep the internals lubed up nice. Oh yeah, and never trust the bottom 10%. At least that is what they teach us when we go to the tools course in the Air Force( its a small part of technical training you go through in the Air force when you become an aircraft mechanic).