The Right Tools

Throughout the project, there have been challenges.  Most of all of the problems I have faced, have had to do with lack of special tools.  I have had a basic set of tools to use, but there have been many other tools I would have liked to have had.  I especially wanted to have an impact drill.  This would be really helpful in removing bolts that are really tight.  These tools have a lot of torque and can assist when a regular drill doesn't work.  Most of these are made to be used with an air compressor, but I want one that is electric so that it is more easily portable.  The best one I was able to find is from Craftsmen.  For auto use, you need a 3/8" size driver not a 1/4" 

When I ran into trouble along the way of dismantling this engine I was lucky enough to be able to  borrow tools from Nate who is my good friend and professional mechanic.  With his tools, what had seemed like an impossible task previously, now was easy.

The best thing I borrowed was a breaker bar, it is a long ratchet that gives you extra leverage and makes easy to remove hard seized bolts.  This was a manual way to remove the bolts that I would have liked to have had the impact drill for.  Breaker bars are readily available at auto supply stores or home hardware stores.  They cost about a quarter to ten percent of what a good electric impact drill does.

This was the breaker bar I used.