Yeah I call it an impact driver. Same thing. Use it on motorcycle case
screws and also on aircraft screws in some areas. Very handy.
Robin Giesbrecht
>From: Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>To: "mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: IML: Great Tool!
>Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 13:16:24 -0500
>
>Hi folks,
>
>I have a happy ending to report.
>
>As you recall from yesterday's episode, I was trying to figure out why
>the temp gauge in my '68 was registering so low, even when the engine
>was hot.
>
>Well, after reviewing everyone's advice and doing all the tests I could
>think of, my best guess was that the problem was with the temperature
>sending unit, not the gauge or the thermostat.
>
>Yesterday I finally found the right part. That is a whole nother
>story. To keep it brief, 4 of the autoparts stores in my area will not
>give you the right thing if you ask for a coolant temp sending unit for
>a '68 with a 440 and AC. I don't know why, but that's the way it is
>here-- they all show the wrong part in their books. Or maybe my car has
>a different unit (but then, my other '68 has the same unit, and so does
>Robert Soule's). Anyway, if anyone wants to know the right part # in
>the future, I have it. If you ask by the Borg Warner part #, they will
>give it to you. If you just ask for a "coolant temp sending unit," you
>will probably get a funky part.
>
>ANYWAY . . .
>
>After finding the correct part I had to remove the old one. Lemme tell
>you, that wasn't easy. I don't know what kind of reaction occurs
>between brass and cast iron over 35 years, but it's one helluva
>reaction. That #%%^@ was rusted tight in there and I could not get it
>out. I soaked it with PBR (or whatever it is-- rust penetrant) for 2
>days, I tried a deep socket with a long pry bar, I tried banging on it
>with a hammer (which had the effect of breaking it, but it didn't loosen
>it a millimeter) . . . I tried everything. My muscles were aching and I
>was contemplating borrowing some C4 from my neighbor who is in EOD in
>the Navy . . . and then I went to Sears.
>
>Bob Vila, I could kiss you! Sears makes a thing called a "Hand Impact
>Tool Kit." Now, for you grisled car veterans (or even if you're not so
>grisled), I'm sure you already know what this is. But for me it was BIG
>NEWS. I'd never heard of one before.
>
>Basically, what this thing is, is a little device that you strike with a
>hammer. It converts the energy of your strike into a twisting motion
>developing, according to the box, 200 ft. lbs. of torque. All I had to
>do was attach a 15/16" impact socket to the other end and whail away!
>(You have to get a special impact socket-- the regular sockets won't
>hold up, I guess).
>
>Well, 2 good licks with this thing and I'm removing that #%^% sending
>unit!
>
>Hooray, now I don't have to spend Memorial Day weekend cussing
>Chryslers!!!
>
>It also comes with different bits for removing tough screws. I'm
>telling you, folks, if you don't have one of these things in your tool
>kit, go out and GET ONE. They are great.
>
>Thanks!
>
>And now to see if my theory about the gauge was right . . .
>
>MM
>
>
>
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