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Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: enjenjo on March 04, 2013, 09:50:33 PM

Title: home made tools
Post by: enjenjo on March 04, 2013, 09:50:33 PM
I was a tool making fool this week. I made some seal drivers, and a rear end cradle for my floor jack. I spent $8on PVC pipe and fittings, everything else was out of the junk pile.
Title: home made tools
Post by: butch27 on March 04, 2013, 10:15:54 PM
Gonna make me one of those rear end cradle mounts.
Title: home made tools
Post by: 1800guy on March 04, 2013, 10:19:08 PM
Great job on the rear-end jack adaptor.  I've been using the tranny jack, and it is always in the way.  Time to buy my welder buddy lunch again :lol:
Title: home made tools
Post by: taxpyer on March 04, 2013, 10:54:12 PM
I'm afraid I just have to have a rear end cradle. Thanks :D
Title: home made tools
Post by: kb426 on March 05, 2013, 06:43:03 PM
Your junk pile must be bigger than mine. :D
Title: home made tools
Post by: purplepickup on March 05, 2013, 07:30:47 PM
Quote from: "kb426"Your junk pile must be bigger than mine. :D
In enjenjo's case it's pileS.  :wink:
Title: home made tools
Post by: papastoyss on March 06, 2013, 05:07:52 PM
PVC pipe works great for seal drivers. I made a set for the cam drive belt & front crank seals on a 4 cyl Honda engine from PVC & they worked great.
Title: home made tools
Post by: enjenjo on March 06, 2013, 08:41:00 PM
I used both of them this week and they worked great. It sure makes life easier. The rear axle cradle works good too, I installed a rear end in about 15 minutes today, and it did not fall off the jack once.
Title: home made tools
Post by: Crosley.In.AZ on March 06, 2013, 10:34:02 PM
Not home made... but here is a set of large snap ring pliers we just bought for use on the 6L80 GM transmittins
Title: home made tools
Post by: wvcab on March 08, 2013, 12:07:03 AM
Quote from: "Crosley"Not home made... but here is a set of large snap ring pliers we just bought for use on the 6L80 GM transmittins

where does one find these?
Title: home made tools
Post by: Crosley.In.AZ on March 09, 2013, 06:15:38 PM
Quote from: "wvcab"
Quote from: "Crosley"Not home made... but here is a set of large snap ring pliers we just bought for use on the 6L80 GM transmittins

where does one find these?

MAnufactured by Adapt-A-Case , the pliers are sold thru distributors.  It appears Adapt a case does not sell direct to consumer
Title: home made tools
Post by: rog on March 16, 2013, 06:43:13 PM
Hi Frank, do you have a closer pic of the axle stand?  I reckon it's a thing of beauty, Great idea  :D  Definately worth copying  :lol:  :lol:
Title: home made tools
Post by: enjenjo on March 16, 2013, 08:10:49 PM
Quote from: "rog"Hi Frank, do you have a closer pic of the axle stand?  I reckon it's a thing of beauty, Great idea  :D  Definately worth copying  :lol:  :lol:

I'll get one for you. It's lent out to my grandson right now, installing it's third rear end.
Title: home made tools
Post by: 34ford on March 16, 2013, 08:55:55 PM
Quote from: "rog"Hi Frank, do you have a closer pic of the axle stand?  I reckon it's a thing of beauty, Great idea  :D  Definately worth copying  :lol:  :lol:


If you click on franks picture it will open up a new window with a bigger picture and then if you click on that picture it will get bigger and you will have to scroll up and down and right and left to see the stand.

At least that is what it does on my puter when I click on it.

bc
Title: home made tools
Post by: rog on March 18, 2013, 03:46:33 AM
Thanks for that 34ford, worked perfectly   :D

Great idea Frank, definately worth copying looks like u channel, 1/4 plate, 1/2 bar stock & some rhs?
Title: home made tools
Post by: enjenjo on March 18, 2013, 08:10:11 AM
Quote from: "rog"Thanks for that 34ford, worked perfectly   :D

Great idea Frank, definately worth copying looks like u channel, 1/4 plate, 1/2 bar stock & some rhs?



pretty much covers it. They were all off cuts from the band saw.
Title: home made tools
Post by: rog on March 20, 2013, 02:36:24 AM
Lucky i work at a truck trailer builders! i can buy all of it new for 50c a kilo. should be about $4 for the whole thing  :D  Although i dont have a spare "cup" for the jack, so will have to make an adapter too.