RE: [OT] Tool Advice/ new oil pump

["Bill Collins" <photo@intrex.net>]

I use Snap-On for a few critical tools, like the 12 point for removing CVs and the allen that seems to show up everywhere on VWs (8mm, I think).  Craftsman works well for sockets, combination wrenches, etc.

Bill

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>
Reply-To: <aaron@makuta.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:01:49 -0500

>Even Craftsman can't always be trusted...try using their 3/8" drive allen
>bits for anything that requires an appreciable amount of torque and just
>watch the corners round off as they start spinning in the head of the screw.
>I did it on my water pump pulley on my '84, and I bought a set of Blackhawk
>bits to finish the job.  We use them here at work to pull molds and machines
>apart, and they last, unlike the Craftsman.
>
>Blackhawk is actually a Stanley brand.  The set (4-8, 10mm) cost me $35, but
>I'm sure that's a lot lower than Snap-On or Mac, and much better than
>Craftsman, in my experience.
>
>Aaron
>'82 Scirocco
>'70 Beetle
>'87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0
>'81 Honda CX500
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Jason Arms
>> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 8:50 AM
>> To: brett@netacc.net
>> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> Subject: Re: [OT] Tool Advice/ new oil pump
>>
>>
>>
>> Acctually in my opinion, Brett those other ka-ka brands that
>> "proclaime to
>> be as powerful or more" are infact big pieces of junk!  I
>> bought one of
>> those for cheap, and it completely died about a year later..
>> You made a good
>> move going with craftsman, although not as good as say snap
>> on or mac,
>> (rediculusly priced) but still much better than the
>> bob-jim-jody-joe-bob
>> brand guns that you can buy anywhere else.  I will never buy
>> anything less
>> than craftsman again because of that experience ;)  Ahhh,
>> thats better..
>>
>> Scirocco content.. i got the oil pump that i will be needing
>> to put into my
>> scirocco come springtime reciently.. i cnat wait to tear my
>> oil pan off!
>> One question on that.. the shaft that comes outa the new oil
>> pump wabbles a
>> little.. is this normal?  It is a 1.8 16v oil pump by the way.
>>
>> Jason Arms (Essex, VT)
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