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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 4085912" data-attributes="member: 45785">If you do this kind of work more than once in a lifetime, you need the proper tools. Not saying you have to buy them new, or from Snap-On, just haunt the pawn shops and get what you need to work on the stuff you work on. It may save your back when you get older, or at least let continue working on stuff you need/want to work on when you aren't young anymore. Probably told this story here before. Shortly after we arrived here from Germany, I bought a 1977 Plymouyh Volare station wagon. Shortly after, it welded a bearing to the passenger side front spindle. Got a couple of quotes to have the work done. $1000. Priced all the parts and tools to do it myself. $800. Laid it all out for my wife. She asked if I would still  e able to use the tools after the car was fixed. Jack, jack stands, air compressor and air tools, etc. I assured her that I would, and she blessed the project. That was about 25 or 26 years ago. Lost most of the air tools about 7 or 8 years ago, when myy rental storage was ripped off, but still have the jack, jack stands, and compressor. Used it yesterday to air up the tires on my hand truck before moving the new fridge in the house. I don't have a 1" impact, either, but I don't need one. If I needed one I'd have one! I do have several 1/2" impacts and smaller. Pawn shops and coworkers who needed folding green more than tools... Yeah, you can use a 4' pipe wrench. It's safer with the right tools!  If you don't do this all the time, harbor freight has a pistol grip 1" impact gun for about $170,  and a couple D-handled options for under $300. Northern TOOL wants $800 or so for Ingersoll-Rand, or $450ish for their Klutch brand.Can't speak for you, but my back is too FUBAR for me to do the monster pipewrench thing any more. <img src="/images/smilies/new/hell_no1.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hellno:" title="Hell No1    :hellno:" data-shortname=":hellno:" /></blockquote>

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