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slow-1 · 11-18-2014, 10:30 PM

If you are coming this week you wont need snake shot or bug spray...it is getting down to 18 degrees tonight...what ever happened to Global Warming?

RUN GMC · 11-23-2014, 11:25 AM

Around 2005 or so Car Craft or Hot Rod came up with a junkyard tool box set up using a Craftsman 3 draw tool box and a hand truck and a list of necessary tools.....been looking for the article to link it here but no such luck....another thing a portable sawsall is great ideal because the battery from it with jumper wires from it can provide power to operate seats and other things in the junkyard for testing..............

Unionwelder · 11-23-2014, 12:20 PM

I always carry my Cordless grinder to the pick and pull. Easier to cut a rusted bolt than fight it for 10 mins. But don't go hacking on parts you don't need, someone else might need it in the future.

michael bustamante · 11-23-2014, 12:57 PM

If youre needing a rear end take 1/2" breaker bar. Pb blast and a cheater along with a 1 1/16" socket.
A cordless impact too for stubborn small bolts

motorcritter · 11-23-2014, 05:55 PM

I use an old Norton fork tube, doubles as a cheater bar and extended drift tool. BFH, without fail. I picked up a set of cheap 3/8" drive metric and SAE sockets, deep and regular, a couple HF ratchets (lifetime warranty!). A set of metric and SAE 1/2" impact sockets, with an old Craftsman ratchet and an HF breaker bar. I usually assess what I'm going for, and pack accordingly. Those ratcheting combo wrenches are excellent, but useless when there's no clearance for them. Shop rags and a tube of Goop handcleaner, two pair of mechanic's gloves, water, and safety glasses. Most pick'n'pulls don't allow jacks, and some restrict power tools, but a cheap 12V drill is more useful as a circuit and component tester, and it usually is allowed. I tried to take a gel-cell motorcycle battery in one- didn't make it. The power drill, no problem. A couple minutes work with wire cutters (you do have them in the box, right?) and BINGO- electrical tester tool! Just my experience with the process.

18436572GMC · 11-24-2014, 06:22 AM

hopes, dreams, and cash.
Too cold in nc for snakes
Depending where you are going to be check out Richards auto salvage in Denton NC. Lots of good trucks last time I was there. Reasonable prices too

11-18-2014, 10:30 PM	#26
slow-1 Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Central NC Posts: 830	Re: What should I have in my junkyard visit tool bag? If you are coming this week you wont need snake shot or bug spray...it is getting down to 18 degrees tonight...what ever happened to Global Warming? __________________ 1972 Cheyene C-10 "Ole Green" My Grandfathers truck (early 70's to 1983) My first vehicle (1983) Original 350 (3 rebuilds) 700R4 from Bowtie Overdrives

11-23-2014, 11:25 AM	#27
RUN GMC Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: North AL Posts: 363	Re: What should I have in my junkyard visit tool bag? Around 2005 or so Car Craft or Hot Rod came up with a junkyard tool box set up using a Craftsman 3 draw tool box and a hand truck and a list of necessary tools.....been looking for the article to link it here but no such luck....another thing a portable sawsall is great ideal because the battery from it with jumper wires from it can provide power to operate seats and other things in the junkyard for testing.............. __________________ http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...baae5d9a7e.jpg

11-23-2014, 12:20 PM	#28
Unionwelder Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Central Texas Posts: 83	Re: What should I have in my junkyard visit tool bag? I always carry my Cordless grinder to the pick and pull. Easier to cut a rusted bolt than fight it for 10 mins. But don't go hacking on parts you don't need, someone else might need it in the future. __________________ -Sterling GIG EM' AGGIES!!!! WHOOOOOOP!!!!! "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're Right." -Henry Ford 1972 chevy lwb 1934 ford p/u

11-23-2014, 12:57 PM	#29
michael bustamante Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 7,841	Re: What should I have in my junkyard visit tool bag? If youre needing a rear end take 1/2" breaker bar. Pb blast and a cheater along with a 1 1/16" socket. A cordless impact too for stubborn small bolts __________________ 1967custom

11-23-2014, 05:55 PM	#30
motorcritter Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 350	Re: What should I have in my junkyard visit tool bag? I use an old Norton fork tube, doubles as a cheater bar and extended drift tool. BFH, without fail. I picked up a set of cheap 3/8" drive metric and SAE sockets, deep and regular, a couple HF ratchets (lifetime warranty!). A set of metric and SAE 1/2" impact sockets, with an old Craftsman ratchet and an HF breaker bar. I usually assess what I'm going for, and pack accordingly. Those ratcheting combo wrenches are excellent, but useless when there's no clearance for them. Shop rags and a tube of Goop handcleaner, two pair of mechanic's gloves, water, and safety glasses. Most pick'n'pulls don't allow jacks, and some restrict power tools, but a cheap 12V drill is more useful as a circuit and component tester, and it usually is allowed. I tried to take a gel-cell motorcycle battery in one- didn't make it. The power drill, no problem. A couple minutes work with wire cutters (you do have them in the box, right?) and BINGO- electrical tester tool! Just my experience with the process. __________________ If 'that which does not kill me, makes me stronger', then I should be Superman by now!

11-24-2014, 06:22 AM	#31
18436572GMC Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: iredell county, nc Posts: 77	Re: What should I have in my junkyard visit tool bag? hopes, dreams, and cash. Too cold in nc for snakes Depending where you are going to be check out Richards auto salvage in Denton NC. Lots of good trucks last time I was there. Reasonable prices too __________________ Real trucks have a clutch. Please inform automakers. 1972 GMC, K25, 383 stroker, SM465, NP205, Eaton HO-72



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