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Was digging thru my tool box and found some old tools I hadn't used in decades due to obsolescence and thought it might be an interesting subject to entertain. I'll start with a tool that I personally used many many times over the years but hasn't seen the light of day in at least 2 decades. This isn't tool biased, just anything you've used in the past that has no place in today's world.
Name that obsolete item. *Hint* It was made by MAC tools.
And you probably over paid for that tool because of the Mac name, when you could have gone to any parts store and bought it for far less money.
When I bought it, early 80's, parts stores didn't know what it was much less have it in stock. Come to think about it, auto parts stores didn't stock tools of any kind back then except sockets, wrenches, screwdrivers and the like.
Over paid for a tool a professional needs to feed his income. Yeah I'll agree with ya there. Every tool in my box that has supported myself, my wife, both my kids and 2 houses over the past 40 years was a complete wallet fück.
You do what you have to do in order to survive the fücking life gives you. So if I paid $12 too much for a tool no one else had at the time I needed it, well sh|t I got screwed.
Now, did you have anything to actually add to this threads topic? Or did you just come in here to rag on me for things you have no clue about?
This is not the one I have but I do have one , A couple of months ago I was trying to explain it to my 40 year old nephew .
I remember using one of those what seems like 10 lifetimes ago. I remember my dad making me turn the can upside down so the top didn't get damaged, never understood why until I saw Pickers on tv. The amount of $$ they get for old oil cans is insane.
I have a castle socket that was used to remove the 4x4 hubs on the pre 1997 F-150's. By the manual, these hubs needed to be removed, cleaned and repacked every 30K miles and I was very diligent about that maintenance as I liked to go mudding every weekend. Last time I used the tool was in 2009.
I have a castle socket that was used to remove the 4x4 hubs on the pre 1997 F-150's. By the manual, these hubs needed to be removed, cleaned and repacked every 30K miles and I was very diligent about that maintenance as I liked to go mudding every weekend. Last time I used the tool was in 2009.
I remember that buddy has an 78 F150 ( still sitting behind his garage ) that we used too rebuild the hubs . Bet it`s in his garage still .
I have a castle socket that was used to remove the 4x4 hubs on the pre 1997 F-150's. By the manual, these hubs needed to be removed, cleaned and repacked every 30K miles and I was very diligent about that maintenance as I liked to go mudding every weekend. Last time I used the tool was in 2009.
I've got two of those type sockets, different sizes, haven't used them since at least 2004 when I left the dealer. Along with a pair of Chrysler car and truck upper ball joint sockets. Those screw into the control arm.
This is not the one I have but I do have one , A couple of months ago I was trying to explain it to my 40 year old nephew .
When I drove a truck back in the early 1970's, I carried one of those in the tool box. However, some stations still had the glass bottles with the cone spout on top that predated cans. The glass jar would be full of green engine oil. No multiweight stuff there.
I'll need to dig out some of my older tools and take pictures. I have some I inherited from my Grandfather that are easily 100 years old. I've got brake tools I bought new over 50 years ago and they still work fine. Sometimes better than the newer versions.
As for cost, I've got one puller I bought around 1980-85 that cost close to $100 back then from OTC. The name often means a lifetime warranty. If your tool breaks, you're down until you replace it. If it's a specialty tool, when you need it, you NEED it.
i have an old "smudge pot" pressure brake bleeder that is AT LEAST 70 years old.
still works perfectly.
and 4 ingersoll rand air impact guns of about the same age that still get used regularly.
my combination wrench assortment are mostly from 50's too.
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