I LOVE air tools

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mustangman70

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Bought a 26 gallon 5hp compressor this weekend...WITH a 50 foot hose and a mini air gun


For 100 bucks And i will say this....i yanked the motor/trans and exhaust and driveshaft etc yesterday using air tools....never again will i work on cars with out them lol


Now i just hope that it is big enough to power my cut off tool.

 

enferno

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welcome to the 21st century

 

NasaGT

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Heck 20th century.

 

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mustangman70

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Fawk off lol

I had to wait til i was 20 to be able to afford these things

 

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Just picked up my compressor, spray gun and cut off tool a couple of days ago. Its like being 5 again and having this amazing new tool. very cool stuff

 

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mustangman70

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Indeed, i just wish my dad had gottenone years ago...the last time i did the motor and trans swap 2 years ago...along with anything else i have done....intake swaps itc have all been manual..

 

xoxbxfx

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you baby... I do 99% of my car work without air tools.. I really dont think they are much faster unless its something thats on really tight. Most wratchets are to big and bulky to get in the small spaces of these cars.

Real men to it by hand

 

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I did my complete suspension by hand. I'm only 20 so it was good exercise

 

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mustangman70

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Meh i like speed.... i dont get a trill out of taking 5-10 mins on one bolt sometimes when an air tool has it out in half a second

 

Shakin66

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I use them for disassembly but not normally for assembling purposes. Do your self a favor and get a 1/4" air ratchet if you havent already. Less chance for stripping bolts and allows you to finish each by hand. I use that almost as much as I do my Hitachi 3/8" cordless impact.

 

xoxbxfx

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dawtips said:

I did my complete suspension by hand. I'm only 20 so it was good exercise

Click to expand...

only good for spring compressors

 

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get yourself one of those mini sawzalls...

 

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mustangman70

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Hrrmm...mini ar sawzall sounds nifty lol

 

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After growing up on doing the work by hand, I still find that at other peoples shops I instinctively pick up the hand tools before the air ratchet/impact etc . . .

But yes, air tools are very nice when they can do the job.