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wingless' Wera 056490 Tool-Check Plus Metric Ratchet / Driver / Bits / Sockets / Holder Set My gorgeous new-to-me Marble Grey 1986 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa has a complete OEM tool kit, but this Wera tool kit was recommended on a Porsche forum, it looked good, so I added this to me arsenal. Small size, low weight, high quality and great utility were all favorable in this selection / decision. I would not hesitate to recommend this tool set to others. As would be expected this kit is also available in SAE size. This metric tool set is based on the standard ¼" six-sided hexagon bits. The main components of this tool set are: Highly Polished 3½" Long Chrome Plated Steel Fine Tooth Reversible Ratchet Wrench W/ Thumb Wheel w/ Dual Drive Entry Smooth Molded Grip 3" Long Magnetic Driver Molded Grip 1½" Long Magnetic Extension w/ Bit Ejector Easy Access Multiple Hinged Storage Case w/ In-Use Ratchet Wrench Holder for Added Leverage The set also includes these ¼" hexagon bits, all w/ excellent laser engraving: ¼" Hexagon to ¼" Square Adapter Seven Color Coded Six Point Standard Depth ¼" Drive Sockets w/ Circumference Speed Knurl, from 5.5mm to 13mm in Holder Clips Five Hexagon Allen Bits, from 3mm to 8mm One Flat Head Bit, 1mm x 5.5mm Six Phillips Bits, from #1 to #3 Five Gold Pozidrive Phillips Bits, from #1 to #3 Six Torx Bits, from T10 to T40 Five Secure Torx Bits, from T10 to T30

The price keeps increasing on new listings for identical tools.

That seller just posted an identical four piece screwdriver set for $10 more...

Thanks very much. That super expensive four piece screwdriver set was purchased. REALLY like that the parts are in new condition. This long Phillips blade bit was also purchased and will be used to provide a more complete listing for the sale of my partial handle / blade kit. All set now.

My recent purchase of an amazing old Porsche 911 Carrera Targa (vehicle topic to follow soon) included the original / old tool kit. That tool kit is complete, except the detachable screwdriver blade includes two identical flat head blades, but no Phillips head blades. There have been multiple attempts at locating the missing Phillips head blade part. Any assistance at tool identification, only marking: "GERMANY" on the handle, nothing on the blade, or locating a matching Phillips head blade would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Don't worry about experiencing 3rd world problems because of failure to live in the United States. The current plan is to utterly demolish everything good and worthwhile about the USofA to draw us down to below ROW conditions.

A vacuum sander, like my Festool RO150FEQ, w/ proper usage of the tool and proper paper selections, is the best option to avoid the paper being clogged.

Too bad that hole is sooo small. Yes, a jig saw w/ metal blades will permit that opening to be cut. It is possible to use a jig saw to make the inside 90° cut by starting a turn away from the corner, then cut up to / near the line, then keep repeating the process until that next edge has an opening bigger than a blade width.

This thread checking tool permits verification of fasteners with these thread sizes: SAE (Male and Female Threads) 6-32 (UNC) 8-32 (UNC) 10-24 (UNC) 10-32 (UNF) ¼-20 (UNC) ¼-28 (UNF) 5/16-18 (UNC) 5/16-24 (UNF) 3/8-16 (UNC) 3/8-24 (UNF) 7/16-14 (UNC) 7/16-20 (UNF) ½-13 (UNC) ½-20 (UNF) 9/16-12 (UNC) 9/16-18 (UNF) Metric (Male and Female Threads) M4X0.7 (Standard) M5X0.8 (Standard) M6X1.0 (Standard) M7X1.0 (Standard) M8X1.0 (Fine) M8X1.25 (Standard) M10X1.0 (Super Fine) M10X1.25 (Fine) M10X1.5 (Standard) M12X1.25 (Super Fine) M12X1.5 (Fine) M12X1.75 (Standard) Unthreaded Screw Outside Diameter Measurement #0 #1 #2 #3 #4 #6 #8 #10 #12 #14 Screw Length Measurement from Edge 0 to 6" (1/16" Graduations) 0 to 15 cm (1 mm Graduations)

My 2022 Porsche Macan is vacuumed, washed and dried after usage, prior to being covered until the next usage. My thought was about speeding / improving the process so I purchased this Griot's Garage Brilliant Finish Foaming Sprayer, item 51140. So far I've been VERY happy w/ all the Griot's Garage items I've purchased, including this Brilliant Finish Foaming Sprayer. This appears well-made, w/ a nice pistol grip hose nozzle. The nozzle body is cast zinc w/ a black plastic overmold. The nozzle overmold has deep slotted ribs w/ finger contours to help the grip. It has a standard brass valve w/ knurled threaded max adjustment knob w/ a standard zinc wire loop hold open bail. There is a molded plastic hanging loop. The inlet includes a domed stainless filter screen. The pistol grip nozzle inlet and outlet both have standard 3/4-11.5NH Garden Hose Threads (GHT). The outlet has a plastic pull collar quick connect coupler. This coupler permits easy connect / disconnect to the reservoir / foaming nozzle assembly. The coupler fit permits gravity to automatically maintain the cup on the bottom during operation. The cup capacity is about 5½ cups / 44 oz, specified at 32 oz, but that molded tick mark leaves the cup w/ plenty of additional capacity. My usage is to put about 3-4 oz of liquid car soap into the cup, then slowly fill w/ water (to limit internal cup foaming). The cup is retained to the foaming nozzle w/ molded coarse threads, about two full turns from attached to removed. The plastic foaming nozzle does an excellent job of quickly covering the entire vehicle in soapy foam. The cup capacity is ideal for covering an entire SUV, four wheels and wheel wells in soapy foam. REALLY like this device having the garden hose operation, NOT requiring me to break out / return my pressure washer required for other similar devices. Zero hesitation w/ me recommending this product.

Back when the US was THE global superpower, we could have asserted dominance and dominion to relegate the metric system (and metric fasteners) to the dust heap of history. That ship has sailed. Now the Chinese are in charge and are ONLY interested in making / taking every single dollar and don't care about this issue. Now we (and everyone else) are forced to deal w/ both SAE and metric hardware, w/ many fasteners having almost identical outside diameter and thread pitch a tread checker tool is essential for many projects. We have all used this tool in hardware shops and I FINALLY decided to get my own and to mount it onto the door jamb of my workshop storage room, next to my hardware / fastener storage. This is attached using three ¼"x2" hanger bolts, w/ washers and hand tightened nuts, permitting easy removal for remote usage.

Uncertain about the inquiry. This image shows the locking knob at the handle end of the tool, CW to lock, CCW to unlock.

Thanks, it was, but has since been replaced w/ a larger (longer) trailer, to permit carrying more horses. The gooseneck trailer trails and backs VERY well. The ONLY potential issue is w/ the short bed truck, like mine, whacking the cab during extreme jackknife backing turns. Care is required.

The lug nut torque on my F-250 is specified at 165 ft-lbs, with is greater than the 150 ft-lbs maximum on my largest torque wrench, so I needed a different / additional tool to permit me to properly replace those wheels. I selected / purchased this Lexivon LX-184 250 ft-lbs torque wrench. The maximum setting of 250 ft-lbs on this torque wrench makes this a great tool for these higher torque applications. This is a very nice tool. It is easy to use, to set and then lock at the required torque setting. It is great that they include a calibration certificate. It is great that they include a storage case. It comes w/ a one year warranty that is then changed to a two year warranty when the tool is registered on their website.

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My new Porsche Macan has LOTS of rubber seals on all the opening / closing panels. Based on a recommendation I decided to purchase and teat these w/ the Sonax rubber protectant. This Sonax 03401000 Rubber Protectant has been ordered, received and used on all the vehicle seals. Note they also have Sonax 03401000 Rubber Treatment that I did not purchase or use on my vehicle. The very small bottle has a unique / interesting applicator top. It has a foam disc w/ a central plunger valve. My initial concern was about possible seal damage from that plastic plunger, until I pushed it w/ my finger. It has a VERY light actuation force, so I don't think it can / will damage my seals. All the seals on the roof, doors (both door side and vehicle side), hatchback and engine compartment have been treated. My experience is that fingers, toothbrush and small rag are all useful for application. One image shows untreated and treated rubber on the roof seals. IMO, this looks like a very good product.

wingless' Fiskars 1902477 16 Foot Power Lever Extendable Pole Saw and Pruner My long term ownership (~20 years) of a 16' pole pruner was REALLY starting to suck. The twist friction grip tube lock wouldn't fully grab and the cutting action was getting pretty poor. My old pole pruner was fine for routing maintenance, removing an elevated palm seed pod or palm front, but when confronted w/ a serious task the only thing that was working hard was me. My really nice southern Florida AirBnB has a very cute peanut-shaped exterior 10K gallon swimming pool on a postage stamp sized property. I have already removed / changed all my plants so they don't dump dead vegetation into the pool. But, the really tall trees on my neighbors properties overhang the fence and dump leaves continuously onto my patio and into my pool. I would clean the pool at each guest swap, but by the next day the pool would be full of leaves. When the recent guests immediately inquired about when is the pool guy coming I decided enough is enough. My 20 year old pole pruner was used (w/ massive amounts of sweat added) to cut all the branches overhanging the fence adjacent to the pool. That helped but it was still a problem. This Fiskars pole pruner was for sale at Costco, so I finally decided to get one. Of course the two closest stores were sold out and the item was being discontinued, but the next store had 70 (a city where EVERYONE hires a yard crew), so I purchased mine. WOW! This is sooo much better. The pole has two extension sections instead of one, so it stores much easier being shorter. The aluminum pole is oval so there is very little flex. The extension has detent holes about every two feet, so there is absolutely zero slippage! Of course the Fiskars blades have an AMAZING cut! There is the large coarse tooth saw blade, perfect for sawing through thick branches. That saw blade has a J hook at the end w/ a heavy duty knife edge, also great for cutting. There is also a power lever cord actuated pruner that chops through smaller stuff. This tool was used to quickly and effectively remove the neighbor's branches overhanging my fence. My expectation is that the pool leaf problem will be MUCH easier to control. An added plus, I managed to perform all this trimming w/o electrocuting myself. After Right Side Cleaned w/ 20 Year Old Pole Pruner After Remainder Cleared to Fence w/ Fiskars 1902477 Pole Pruner

My recent purchase of a Safety Seal KAB30 Tire Repair Plug Kit (Click to expand) that is carried under the cargo floor of my new Macan led me to conclude that I should swap the hand-held razor blades w/ a utility knife. My selection to include w/ this carried tire plug kit was this Fiskars 770210 18mm Snap-Off Utility Knife. This has very nice features: Large dual direction blade extension / retraction thumb lever Bi-color multi-material body grip materials covering metal body Detent action rotary blade lock wheel Toggle blade change release switch Blade snap tool w/ integrated storage Tool tether hole Painted metal end caps The tool does not have spare blade storage. The tool includes a single 18mm Fiskars CarbonMax blade. The tool has a lifetime warranty.

Just finished the assembly by tightening the ball. My first step was to coat the stainless threads w/ Permatex Anti-Seize Lubricant. This is one of my favorite lubricants. It remains in-place and prevents corrosion. Sure stainless "won't rust" but will develop rust stains in areas devoid of oxygen, so hopefully this will keep the part nice. Used my 1½" 3/4" drive socket and my adjustable wrench to tighten the ball nut. It is really nice the ball has flats for a wrench. That is waaay better than balls w/o those flats.

My Reese 2” square drop ball carrier with 2” ball has been used by me on many different vehicles for almost 40 years. This has been disassembled, sanded, painted and reassembled about a half dozen times over the years. It has been a reliable workhorse and will outlast me. Everyone that pulls a trailer knows that tongue weight is important. Frequently that parameter is a guess. Recently I decided that instead of guessing I would measure the tongue weight. There are two devices that looked ideal for this measurement for my usage. One is the Sherline Products Trailer Tongue Weight Scale. This is available w/ 1,000 lbs, 2,000 lbs and 5,000 lbs full scale gauges. This is very well built and permits discrete measurements for tongue weight. The scale is specified for vertical storage, not on the side. The other device is the one I selected. That is the Weigh Safe Fixed Height Ball Mount. This is a 2” square solid aluminum bar ball carrier w/ integrated gauge that continuously reads / displays tongue weight. This has a 2” drop w/ a 1” diameter ball hole. It reads / displays tongue weight, from 0 to 1,500 lbs, in the drop orientation and it tolerates the raise orientation, but will not read / display tongue weight when used in the raise orientation. The ball carrier does not have a storage orientation restriction. It is rated for 10,000 lbs and for 1,500 lbs tongue weight. It has a standard 5/8” clevis pin hole. The gauge and face are recessed slightly, providing physical damage protection. There is an engraved month and year date code on the bottom. The part finish is beautiful, a very fine, satin brushed finish. The Weigh Safe design is VERY CLEVER. There is a “button” on the top rear, where it fits into the vehicle hitch receiver. When the ball is loaded by the trailer tongue that button is compressed. Compressing that button pushes internal fluid that is then shown as tongue weight on the scale. The Weigh Safe Ball Mount has two VERY important physical requirements that I’ve been unable to locate documented anywhere else. One is that the center of the clevis pin hole to the wide part of the ball carrier is 2.7”. If the vehicle has the center of that clevis pin hole deeper, then this part won’t work. The other important dimension is that the upper “button” is 2.2” from the clevis pin hole. If the vehicle receiver tube doesn’t go past that dimension then this part won’t work. One interesting feature is that the clevis pin hole is NOT round, but instead is a small slot. My speculation is that this shape permits the ball carrier to rock slightly, so the measurement may be performed. My kit also included purchase of their 2” stainless ball w/ 1” shank. That ball is also made very well.

Lately I've added using the concentrator nozzles blowing dust out of tight locations as part of my interior cleaning process. The best response to this additional step is WOW! The steps I follow is to vacuum, brush the carpet for uniform nap w/ my Libman 15 Small Scrub Brush, then blow away any dust from tight locations. If required I might need to spot vacuum any dislodged specs. The only thing is the concentrator nozzle will fly off the blowing hose like a projectile, so I hold it in-place during usage.

Welcome to the forum. Thanks very much. Yes, this is a small house and the prior water heater existence required the clothes dryer to block a door, now everything fits nicely in that laundry room w/o that water heater consuming floor space. Modified those initial post plans for a second bath / third bedroom. The tankless water heater has been problem free (knocking on wood) for years. I'm now adding a small one in my workshop so my sink can have hot water for hand washing.

The lift points and jack stand points are spaced closely together on my 2022 Porsche Macan, so I determined additional automotive tools were required to permit me to safely raise then support my new vehicle on jack stands. The tools I purchased were four of these VKRP Enterpises ratcheting jack stands, plus four of these Rennstand 18M-P13 jack pad adapters. These 18M-P13 jack pad adapters fit into the exposed plastic rocker panel jack points. The vehicle also has nearby welded steel "frame" support points, hidden behind small removable covers. If I were instead to go w/ that support point, then these Rennstand 18M-P08 jack pad adapters would instead be used. Unfortunately the VKRP Enterprises ratcheting jack stands have been discontinued. They work well and have a reasonable cost. Fortunately there is an equivalent tool, this Rennstand 18M-RS3 jack stand, unfortunately at a higher cost. The VKRP Enterprises ratcheting jack stand comes w/ three lifting plate adapters. There are two metal plates secured by pins / holes. One is a rectangular plate w/ upturned corners. The other has round parallel rods, for lifting on a vehicle vertical edge lip. The third is a round flat rubber disc, for lifting on a flat surface. My attempt at using my Rennstand jack pad adapters w/ my VKRP jack stands caused me to discover the Rennstand pins are ½" diameter, while the VKRP holes were slightly smaller at 12mm, so I just drilled out the holes to ½" so all parts would fit. Another thing that was discovered quickly is that my Hein Warner HW93657 4 Ton Hydraulic Floor Jack was waaay too large to work with these ratcheting jack stands. the front wheels were too wide to permit jack removal between the jack stand legs. My solution was to also purchase this Daytona 2 Ton Low-Profile Aluminum Floor Jack. I quickly discovered that this light weight jack is MUCH more handy than my massively heavy truck jack and is used much more frequently (instead of Hein Warner) than I initially expected. IMO the new vehicle design WRT to lifting points and jack stand points is a great big miss. My VERY strong preference is for a single / central lifting point at the front and at the rear, to quickly raise one end of the vehicle, then set it safely onto jack stands. A secondary preference had been lift points at each corner spaced sufficiently far enough away from the jack stand points to permit raising each corner, then setting it safely onto jack stands. The problem, as w/ my Macan, is when the placement of the lift point is too close to the jack stand point. Evidently I'm too much of a dinosaur and now these ratcheting jack stands are a required tool to permit safely supporting a newly designed vehicle w/ dangling wheels. Hein Werner Jack too Large w/ Jack Stands Lifting an Audi Q3 w/ Large Metal Plate and Smaller Parallel Rod Metal Plate Porsche Macan Jack Points Daytona 2 Ton Low Profile Jack, VKRP Enterprises Jack Stands w/ Jack Pads Lifting w/ Daytona Jack and VKRP Enterprises Jack Stand Jack Stands Supporting Vehicle Macan Plastic Jack Pocket and Welded Steel "Frame" Support Rennstand 18M-P13 Jack Pads VKRP Industries and Rennstand Jack Pads

Thanks for the info. IMO, those dual unit tapes are horrible because frequently the side w/ metric is required for usage on a given measurement and is unavailable because of the millimeter scale.

Wouldn't be popular in America. We love / need our fractional inch tape measures. I gave my daughter my cheapo Harbor Freight spare tape measure because it included text fractional markings on the blade, which she found handy (and I didn't even notice existed). A laser engraved stainless tape measure sounds nice.