Home made garage tools - post them up

[Acrotom]

Matt,

Not sure if you have already built this or not....

The thurst bearing used in this spring compressor is part # D-1. (shortest bearing part number I have ever seen...)

The end of the threaded rod is just ground down to a smalller diameter to fit inside the thrust bearing. The nut under the thrust bearing is just there to provide a decent flat spot for the bearing to ride on.

The thrust bearing is attached to the end of the threaded rod with a 1/4" allen head bolt and a washer. The washer has to be ground down to fit inside the thrust bearing.

From some of your posts, it appears that your fab skills are much better than mine, so I'm sure you won't have any problems building one of these.

Hope this helps,

Tom

[TeeShock]

This doesn't exactly qualift but I needed a clutch alignment tool last night on the fly. This tubing was a modular metal rack leg from container store that fit snug in the splines. I just had to chamfer the edge to match the pitch of the crank's center.

[NoClassic]

You cant use a traditional outside springs compressor on the Jaguar IFS setups so I made a copy of the factory tool.

[Matt]

Nice valve spring compressor. I think I will have to make one

[turbostang]

That's badass Tom!! Good work!

I have some new stuf coming up soon, but it won't happen till the next turbo kit arrives..

[Acrotom]

I made this valve spring compressor.

The frame is 1" square tube, the threaded part is 5/8" - 11 threaded rod. A thrust bearing is mounted on the end of the threaded rod to prevent scoring of the valve face.

Total cost was about $25.

[Txstang1]

Good thread, now I know who to hit up when I need tools.

[turbostang]

Stumbled across this site - There are more than just automotive tools on it, Thought I would share.
http://www.homemadetools.net/

Good post, I just got a good idea from one of theirs.

I don't want to detract from DFWMustangs but the mother of all home made tools thread can be found on The HAMB.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=235784

..another good one!

[Darren M]

I don't want to detract from DFWMustangs but the mother of all home made tools thread can be found on The HAMB.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=235784

[71chevellejohn]

Stumbled across this site - There are more than just automotive tools on it, Thought I would share.

http://www.homemadetools.net/

[sosoe]

the idea was stolen for the OP or fabricator who came up with it - very common in fab especially among weldors.

for instance, im going to steal the idea of the plate for re-tapping stud holes, its genius - no more messed up first and second row threads for me, or having to use a drill press

[assetuncon]

What's with the "stolen" stuff?

the idea was stolen for the OP or fabricator who came up with it - very common in fab especially among weldors.

for instance, im going to steal the idea of the plate for re-tapping stud holes, its genius - no more messed up first and second row threads for me, or having to use a drill press

[Matt]

Made a stand to hold material cage material while i set everything else up.

[jw33]

Brilliant!!! I built an "injector cleaner" for our Lemons car last year and it worked pretty well. I used some short/large diameter threaded pipe with barbed nipples, rubber fuel line, and a stock 2.3 lower intake manifold/injector harness. I filled up the steel pipe with B12, pressurized the chamber to 50 psi with my air compressor, and pulsed the injectors with a 9V battery. At first the injectors were not spraying too great, but after a few minutes they were all shooting probably better than brand new...

[turbostang]

DIY parts washer system

I couldn't pass this one up.

This is an old junk drill that's attached to a SBC oil pump down in a bucket. There's a return tube that goes up to the basin this is all sitting under. plug the drill in and the fluid flows.

No, it's not optimal, YES, it is ghetto - but with some old 'junk' laying around and a few spare minutes.. you get stuff like this