What did you do with tools today?

[goodfellow]

Nice work guys! Everyone of your projects look pretty cool.

I have to tackle a transmission fluid and filter on my 03 Dakota. Will tackle that tomorrow.

[Muddy]

Is that not your fathers old Oldsmobile?  (I always thought that was the worst marketing that helped kill a good car company)

Nah my dad was smarter then me to buy an Oldsmobile lol

[Hickory n Steel]

I used the 1×30 belt grinder to turn my little Channellock nippers into a flush nipper.

[goodfellow]

Is that not your fathers old Oldsmobile?  (I always thought that was the worst marketing that helped kill a good car company)

Nah my dad was smarter then me to buy an Oldsmobile lol

  Maybe, but I know a lot of "car guys" who will only buy early 2000's Ford Panther platforms or any GM platform with the 3800 V6 and 4T60 or 4T65 transmissions. "Dad" or "grandpa" cars like these are bullet proof and cheap to own. Easy to fix and parts are still plentiful.   

You're a mechanic and the last thing any of us that ever turned a wrench for a living  wanted to do, was to work on our own cars. Wife/girlfiend --OK, but a mechanic's own ride usually received little attention.

[Muddy]

Is that not your fathers old Oldsmobile?  (I always thought that was the worst marketing that helped kill a good car company)

Nah my dad was smarter then me to buy an Oldsmobile lol

  Maybe, but I know a lot of "car guys" who will only buy early 2000's Ford Panther platforms or any GM platform with the 3800 V6 and 4T60 or 4T65 transmissions. "Dad" or "grandpa" cars like these are bullet proof and cheap to own. Easy to fix and parts are still plentiful.   

You're a mechanic and the last thing any of us that ever turned a wrench for a living  wanted to do, was to work on our own cars. Wife/girlfiend --OK, but a mechanic's own ride usually received little attention.

Buying a OBD2 but pre over computerized car for a daily beater is the best thing a guy can do

[Hickory n Steel]

I did some work around the yard trimming most off the rose bush and the other plant next to it.
Then I had to work on my little electric chipper.
The blades were hosed and needed to be flipped around to the fresh edges, but the screws were frozen and starting to strip a bit.

I had to gently heat then wd40 the screws, tap on them a little,  then hammer a T40 bit into the 6mm hex and take em out with the 1/4 impact.