1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Thats pretty neat. Never heard of one until you brought it up.

It'd be nice if someone could invent an impact socket that works at 90 degrees instead of 45.

 

It doesnt get alot of use, but its good to have just in case.

 

Now that I've spent some time with my DeWALT impact I slightly regret getting the big one. Most of the time I've wanted to use it, it hasn't fit in the space I need it.

 

Battery for the Durango finally came in today. Old one almost celebrated its 11th birthday, dated April of 2011.

Replacement wasn't as hard as I was expecting since it's under the passenger seat. Positive cable has a interesting wedge on it to prevent it from shifting and hitting any metal. Should've vacuumed but it was 15° and I was working in the driveway so it'll wait.

 

Got your monies worth out of that one!
Break out the vacuum for the next replacement, in 2033.

 

Well if you need to remove a wheel bearing or crankshaft bolt, you won't be underpowered. My old style m18 Milwaukee (450 ft lbs) combined with an m18 stubby i plan to buy ( yeah, I know I returned the m12 stubby haha) should work for almost anything.

 

I've been expecting it for awhile, to just a few days ago it threw a bunch of codes trying to remote start. Put a meter on it and it dropped to 7v during cranking , other than that it ran perfectly fine.

In all likelihood we'll be buying something new in 23 and this'll be the daughters car until it won't pass inspection.

 

I'm eyeballing an 87 Elite in the same color. They want 750 for it.

 

It probably doesnt work in every situation, but i used a pipe manifold as a cheater bar (on a breaker bar, ratchet for illistration). If anyone wants to be a hundredaire, market wrench cheater bars with a bent handle. No busted knuckles doing brakes on the honda.

 

i liked it. Had about 10k miles when grandpa got rid of it in the early 2000s. They’ve got a funky sort of wax operated choke, like a thermostat.

 

At least when you break the rachet, you can get a new one for free. That shit happens more often than you think.

 

I’ve got about half a dozen.

lots of trophies.

 

After holding and staring at the isolators, I'm going to go a different route that should solve the issue and have a solid bolt points at every corner of the plates.

$38 Isolate It: Sorbothane Vibration Isolation Bushing 70 Duro (.25" ID - 1" OD - .6" Deep) - 12 Pack

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006GBL85I?ie=UTF8

$28 Isolate It: Sorbothane Vibration Isolation Washer 70 Duro (.45" ID - 1" OD - .19" Deep) - 12 Pack

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006GBIVY4?ie=UTF8

I was going to pull the third member this morning, but kids and wife's brakes got in the way. So, now I'll be doing it this afternoon on one of the hottests days of the year (winter anyway)

And, I still feel bad about posting like an idiot last night @des2mtn

 

i was thinking hd lockwashers. Thats what i used on grandpas taco when he ordered without me and ended up with 4x4 plates that needed a little wallerin’.

 

Nah, you're not an idiot at all. I can't stand the people around here with bright fogs turned on in the wrong conditions. Just screams "look at me"

 

That's what I was trying to say and failed pretty bad. Went full dic on anyone with running lights. Crap. Occasionally I step in it. Thanks brother.

 

It seems to come down to lock it down or allow for some movement. I'm leery of lock it down with M8 bolts and because I've read some found the problem to be over torque. My plan is to go least modding first. It could just be proper washers are needed or grease or spacers or...lol

 

Giving the thermal blanket and downdraft a run on the smoker. I've been told there's a foosball game happening but I'm just working through a freezer full of pig.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.alifeinsport.com/amp/don-t-widen-the-plate

 

"it'll buff out"
for those not watching football
https://youtu.be/msWpkaCnWHY

 

Great read.

 

I’ll tell you what i tell anyone that’ll listen. ‘I try not to disappoint.’

 

Was watching golf and took a break and watched. Wife enjoyed as much if not more....Thanks for sharing !

 

Welp, we have a furnace again on the main floor of the house. If this HVAC dude even thinks about billing me for his visit to diagnose, he's not gonna like the campaign I'm going to push on him. Took me 10 mins and a $25 part, but dude tried to tell me we should drop $12k on new units, "units are dying".

I keep a length of copper pipe in the shop for just this reason. It's a little more svelte with similar rigidity.

Funny you mention, I was just snapping shots of my Dewalt (not heavily used, batteries are just old/dead) to throw on NextDoor or something. Just couldn't decide what to charge.

 

I know what I got. ;-)

 

Ha!

Yeah, I'll be shocked if I can get $50 for it.

I'm tempted to crack open one of the battery packs and re-pack it with fresh batts. But I think I'm just gonna let it go and use the funds to get a new one.

I wish someone out there sold a right-angle butterfly style driver with a standard driver in one kit. I'd buy it.

 

DeWalt makes an adapter to run the 20v batteries on the 18v tools. Only complaint is you can't leave the batteries connected or they'll drain overnight, but it's far cheaper than new tools.

https://www.dewalt.com/products/acc...chargers/batteries/18v-to-20v-adapter/dca1820

 

I bought it based on your suggestion over here.

The way it fits into the driver is janky as hell, pic below, without the battery. It's virtually impossible to remove the adapter to fit in the case without prying off with screwdrivers on both sides. I think I'm out about $60-70 on the charger and adapter, I'd be spending the same on batteries if I continue down this path, which I won't.

OTOH, a new new 20v unit with two batteries is about 20% more than what I'd be invested if I bought the batteries and I'd have a spare charger. I should've dug deeper before taking the plunge on the adapters, was a really piss-poor judgment call on my part trying to make old tools work with new tech.





Comparison of stock battery with the 20v battery adapter - I don't think the driver would sit stable once you plugged the battery into the tiny 20v adapter:

 

Yeah it's by no means a perfect solution. The spring latches do loosen up over time and use but they are a bitch to remove at first. I have the 5ah batteries and the tools are pretty stable with those.

 

Agree. I gave away my 18v stuff. No better option