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04-17-2012, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Leesburg,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary 428FE
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Tool Advice
Going to Sear's to use a gift card....any input on "gotta have" tools that one might not ordinarily have?
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04-17-2012, 10:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
SA
Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
Posts: 13,150
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Vernier calipers?
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04-17-2012, 10:14 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hillsboro,
OR
Cobra Make, Engine: Scratch built CSX style frame, Carbon fiber body, 393 Stroker, T-bird IRS, T5
Posts: 1,623
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Ratcheting box end wrenches. Once you have them you'll wonder how you got by without them for so long....
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04-17-2012, 10:36 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: California,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
Posts: 6,592
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I agree with Three Peaks, although they are somewhat shorter the convienence is remarkable, especially in tight places. Not a Craftman item but I use my racheting Snap on Screwdriver relentlesly. Best small tool I ever got.
PS: The Full sized Polished End wrenches are very nice, and they have a set of "Ignition Wrenches" in a small plastic pouch that are indispensible if working on distributors.
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04-17-2012, 10:52 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Leesburg,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary 428FE
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Those ratcheting box end wrenches with the pivoting head look smart. Sometimes it's not possible to use a socket or flat wrench.
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04-18-2012, 04:27 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Holderness, NH, US of A,
NH
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4772 old iron FE
Posts: 5,499
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04-18-2012, 06:16 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lehigh Valley, PA,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: Look-a-like cobra POS
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Opt for the Sears professional vs the Gearwrench. Much better product IMHO.
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04-18-2012, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Broken Arrow. OK ( South Tulsa), USA,
OK
Cobra Make, Engine: 66 COBRA FE 427 /4SP. (HCS Coupe w/ 408 Stroker and TKO 600 -sold)
Posts: 5,595
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Here are a couple other things that have came in pretty handy:
4" C-Clamp (I use it on brake calipers)
pencil soldering iron and some silver solder
Nut Drivers 1/4"-1/2" and 7mm-13mm Love em
Torx wrenches/allen head sockets(the long ones on a 3/8" drive)
3" crescent and 3" vise grip
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04-18-2012, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Perrysburg,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #298 427 FI
Posts: 497
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bret a ewing
Opt for the Sears professional vs the Gearwrench. Much better product IMHO.
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Blasphemy!!,  love my gearwrench stuff, IMHO better and at a better price. But to the original question wratcheting wrenches are the way to go, others would be a rethreading set, brake bleeding tool. If you have enough a cordless impact gun is fantastic. |
04-18-2012, 04:39 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
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I would never use an impact gun on anything. Even if I go to a tire shop, I will pay them extra to not use one.
Maybe it's just me.
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04-18-2012, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Colorado Springs,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft, supercharged Coyote
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverback51
I would never use an impact gun on anything. Even if I go to a tire shop, I will pay them extra to not use one.
Maybe it's just me.
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It's just you. I use one all the time, for all kinds of things. Work smarter, not harder.
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04-18-2012, 05:46 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobcowan
It's just you. I use one all the time, for all kinds of things. Work smarter, not harder.
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Well what do you expect from an ape? 
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04-19-2012, 02:04 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Near Emerald,
Qld
Cobra Make, Engine: Evans kit, 6 litre, 6 speed, Jag F/R,
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A test light and a multi meter.
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Missed my Cobra budget by thaaaat much.
Ya get that on big jobs.
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04-19-2012, 10:38 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Granite Bay,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF GT40P-2265/393W, KMP318 (PROJECT!!!!!)/CSX478
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If you don't have them...ratcheting wrenches.
Period. No question. No need to look further.
End of discussion.
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04-19-2012, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lehigh Valley, PA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Look-a-like cobra POS
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Agreed, the Craftsman Professional wrenches whether std or ratchet have a slimmer head for tight areas, get what you pay for IMHO.
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04-20-2012, 03:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Leesburg,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary 428FE
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I picked up a standard set of I think 8 ratcheting wrenches that bend to 90 degrees. I also got a 4 drawer wheeled bottom toolbox to help organize and clean up all my different toolboxes.
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04-20-2012, 07:49 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
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In case you did not know it, pictures are required so the rest of us can drool over them.
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04-20-2012, 10:48 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Leesburg,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary 428FE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverback51
In case you did not know it, pictures are required so the rest of us can drool over them.
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I will when I get home, but I assume most of you have far superior garages and toolboxes to mine. |
04-21-2012, 05:14 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kansas City,
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Cobra Make, Engine: jbl
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x2 on the ratcheting wrenches, don't know why i waited so long. did buy a set at oreilly's and was using it for sometime when i needed a 7/16" wrench, reached for a ratchet and they didn't make one for that set!!! couldn't believe it and didn't check to see if it was a full set.
torque wrench is nice also.
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04-21-2012, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Leesburg,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary 428FE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vector1
x2 on the ratcheting wrenches, don't know why i waited so long. did buy a set at oreilly's and was using it for sometime when i needed a 7/16" wrench, reached for a ratchet and they didn't make one for that set!!! couldn't believe it and didn't check to see if it was a full set.
torque wrench is nice also.
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I do have nice torque wrench. May be a bit big for Cobra applications, but I'm sure I'll get by. |
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