Part VI
Post Fiend
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: SpringHill,Fl
not everyone has access to an air hammer, Lisa
I have a kit with special air hammer wrenches, plus a kit you use a wrench and breaker bar.
plus I have an extra long air hammer chisel.
Oh, I also have a 15 inch crescent wrench from harbor freight!
I have a kit with special air hammer wrenches, plus a kit you use a wrench and breaker bar.
plus I have an extra long air hammer chisel.
Oh, I also have a 15 inch crescent wrench from harbor freight!
Lead Driver
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 9,359
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From: Hampstead, NC
Jim, when I changed the fan blade on my truck last year I went to Northern Tool and bought a 1 7/8" open ended wrench for the fan nut. It isn't a perfect fit but it is very close and it worked very well. I looked at all the local places and no one had the Ford fan wrench that was big enough to work on the 7.3. The 1 7/8" wrench was less than $20 too.
Smokin
Joined: Jun 2006
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I have access to my brother, who is drowning in tools and a 1,500 sq foot garage. lol
Post Fiend
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,191
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From: Blairsville,Ga
Jim, when I changed the fan blade on my truck last year I went to Northern Tool and bought a 1 7/8" open ended wrench for the fan nut. It isn't a perfect fit but it is very close and it worked very well. I looked at all the local places and no one had the Ford fan wrench that was big enough to work on the 7.3. The 1 7/8" wrench was less than $20 too.
Master of Strokes
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 6,808
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From: CA
Lead Driver
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 9,359
Likes: 1
From: Hampstead, NC
Has anyone used this?
Herculiner Truck Bed Liners
or this?
Truck Bed Liner Kit #265GK | Plasti-kote Automotive Touch Up Spray Paint
Or any other DIY roll on liner material?
I'm looking at doing something with my truck and don't want to pay the big bucks for commercial spray on stuff.
Just wondering about the durability and fading with these.
Herculiner Truck Bed Liners
or this?
Truck Bed Liner Kit #265GK | Plasti-kote Automotive Touch Up Spray Paint
Or any other DIY roll on liner material?
I'm looking at doing something with my truck and don't want to pay the big bucks for commercial spray on stuff.
Just wondering about the durability and fading with these.
Master of Strokes
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 6,808
Likes: 25
From: CA
Has anyone used this?
Herculiner Truck Bed Liners
or this?
Truck Bed Liner Kit #265GK | Plasti-kote Automotive Touch Up Spray Paint
Or any other DIY roll on liner material?
I'm looking at doing something with my truck and don't want to pay the big bucks for commercial spray on stuff.
Just wondering about the durability and fading with these.
Herculiner Truck Bed Liners
or this?
Truck Bed Liner Kit #265GK | Plasti-kote Automotive Touch Up Spray Paint
Or any other DIY roll on liner material?
I'm looking at doing something with my truck and don't want to pay the big bucks for commercial spray on stuff.
Just wondering about the durability and fading with these.
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i ain't rite
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
does it involve me jumping around like a madman, holding my right hand against my chest with a dirty rag slowly turning red, while uttering a string of curses that would make a longshoreman blush??
cause if it does, you hit the finger on the nail with a BFH!!
I got a visual on that one....cause if it does, you hit the finger on the nail with a BFH!!
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
it has both the large wrenchs that goes on the pulley bolt heads, and the smaller wrenchs for the fan clutch.
there are 6 different sizes of each.
it is a chinese kit, but for the limited times i have used it it works fine.
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
the bed has to be spotless clean and scuffed up for it to stick halfway decent.
it does not hold up very well to heavy use, and once it gets a tear or puncture in the liner material, it peels off pretty quick.
to do an 8 foot bed will cost around $150, and you have to do the prep and put the liner on yourself.
to rinoline the bed costs around $400, and you don't have to do anything but drop it off, and pick it up a few hours later.
we do the rinoliner now on all the trucks. it is easier, and holds up much better.
Smokin
Joined: Jun 2006
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Well, it involved you jumping around and cursing, but I didn't realize you hurt yourself that bad. I thought it was closer to a "close call" type of thing.
Hotshot
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Rochdale MA
Jim, when I changed the fan blade on my truck last year I went to Northern Tool and bought a 1 7/8" open ended wrench for the fan nut. It isn't a perfect fit but it is very close and it worked very well. I looked at all the local places and no one had the Ford fan wrench that was big enough to work on the 7.3. The 1 7/8" wrench was less than $20 too.
There is a HF a few towns over I might have to go by and grab a couple of wrenches there.
The 2 Autozones in this area are a joke neither of them has squat to rent. People rent the stuff then never return it, and they never replace it.
Post Fiend
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,191
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From: Blairsville,Ga
This is the tool I now need to build which I will probly never need again.The 48mm i can work around
FCT706, Wrench, Fan Clutch, Heavy Duty