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04-10-05, 08:59 PM
Well, I decided last night was time to put the engine in. Snap on tools decided else wise. Apparently someone had crossthreaded a spark plug when i left it back in Stafford. I found it, and decided to rethread it. I wasnt putting any elbow in it and the sum bitch broke in there. And now it's going to the machine shop to be machined out. another stupid set back. Im selling all my snapon tools now.
Take a gander
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04-10-05, 09:08 PM
that sucks man, what a piss-off I wont buy snap-on lol. sorry to hear that man good luck with everything!
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04-10-05, 09:12 PM
Really man most tech used snap on or mac tools only ( the shop I worked at). Sorrry to hear about it good luck.
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04-10-05, 09:30 PM
That's why I buy Craftsman.
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04-10-05, 09:46 PM
this is the second time an overpriced snap on crap tool has taken a dump on me, and this time it was extremely important. No more I tell you!
-1995 Black Mustang GT:468rwhp 401rwtq- Sold
www.myspace.com/aznstanger3v
Go there or feel my wrath, bitches
-2006 Mustang GT-
-K&N CAI
-BBK Twin 62mm TB
-Steeda UDP
-DiabloSport Predator
-MAC Axleback
-4.10
-B&M ShortThrow Shifter
-DynoTune 100hp Shot of the giggle stuff
-Slew of aesthetic mods
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04-10-05, 10:14 PM
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04-10-05, 10:21 PM
that sucks man...
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04-10-05, 10:32 PM
do snap-on tools have warrentys like craftsmans?
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04-10-05, 10:38 PM
Sorry to hear that. The BMW dealer I worked at before I came to school swore by snap on. I think they are great pieces, overpriced, but for its quality. Sorry to hear that happen to you.
Jeremy
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04-10-05, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by donjohn
do snap-on tools have warrentys like craftsmans?
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They have a lifetime warranty on their tools, but not my $1300 heads. now i gotta pay for freaking machining and this sucks  this is another set back. I definently got 
-1995 Black Mustang GT:468rwhp 401rwtq- Sold
www.myspace.com/aznstanger3v
Go there or feel my wrath, bitches
-2006 Mustang GT-
-K&N CAI
-BBK Twin 62mm TB
-Steeda UDP
-DiabloSport Predator
-MAC Axleback
-4.10
-B&M ShortThrow Shifter
-DynoTune 100hp Shot of the giggle stuff
-Slew of aesthetic mods
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04-10-05, 11:06 PM
Why didn't you just pull the head and try to drill a drill bit in to it, then reverse the drill and thread it back out. Something like that so you wouldn't have to pay a machine shop. Then just retap it again.
Jeremy
AFR/FTI/Edelbrock 1994 Black on Black GT
FOR SALE:
MMR Coil Overs street/track set up 12" 175lb
$160 shipped
Eibach Sportline Springs 2" front 1.8" rear
$200 shipped
Lots of stock parts as well from h.c.i swap
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04-10-05, 11:07 PM
matco or craftsman for me. snap on is way overpriced for their ****. matco is way better imo.
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04-10-05, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DARK-5.0
Why didn't you just pull the head and try to drill a drill bit in to it, then reverse the drill and thread it back out. Something like that so you wouldn't have to pay a machine shop. Then just retap it again.
Jeremy
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tried it for 3 hours. it definently wasnt having it.
-1995 Black Mustang GT:468rwhp 401rwtq- Sold
www.myspace.com/aznstanger3v
Go there or feel my wrath, bitches
-2006 Mustang GT-
-K&N CAI
-BBK Twin 62mm TB
-Steeda UDP
-DiabloSport Predator
-MAC Axleback
-4.10
-B&M ShortThrow Shifter
-DynoTune 100hp Shot of the giggle stuff
-Slew of aesthetic mods
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04-11-05, 09:16 AM
My Dad has been in this business longer than most of us have been alive....
With that said, he WILL NOT buy a tool other than one made by Snap-On. He has the majority of his tools with him now that he's gone to a place where you have to use your own tools and he bought some cheapy-like junk for the house by MAC, Craftsman, etc. When I was screwing with my car about two weeks ago, I had to use these "other" tools, and let me tell you that these tools 100% SUCK. Seriously.
The rachets are complete garbage. The sockets are lightweight and cheap feeling. Fitment was garbage.
If I ever had to buy my own tools, I wouldn't buy anything but Snap-On.
I think that your case was a fluke...
Joe
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04-11-05, 10:17 AM
That sucks, sorry to hear that, I have snap on tools, I've had no complaints, and the shop I worked at used snap on also. but yeah, I would be pissed to if that happened
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04-11-05, 10:59 AM
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My Dad has been in this business longer than most of us have been alive....
With that said, he WILL NOT buy a tool other than one made by Snap-On. He has the majority of his tools with him now that he's gone to a place where you have to use your own tools and he bought some cheapy-like junk for the house by MAC, Craftsman, etc. When I was screwing with my car about two weeks ago, I had to use these "other" tools, and let me tell you that these tools 100% SUCK. Seriously.
The rachets are complete garbage. The sockets are lightweight and cheap feeling. Fitment was garbage.
If I ever had to buy my own tools, I wouldn't buy anything but Snap-On.
I think that your case was a fluke...
Joe
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My fiance's father ownes a snap-on franchise, he takes alot of other tools on trade (that are not snap-on) and from seeing the trade-in's they do not hold up as well. No tool is "un-breakable". User error is 99% of a tools failure cause.
on that tool was it the one that you inserted and then you tighten up to get more and more of the "teeth" to eat into the plug grooves? like a compression fitting? Your not supposed to put max force on it at first your supposed to go over it several times to cut a new set of threads. We used this tool on the Fiance's 454 3/4 before we went to the outer banks last summer and wanted to get a tune up done. We chased all the plugs as some were being a PITA and not going in smooth. It is realy trick in that it pulls out the metal as you go from inside to out not from outside to in (in being the combustion chamb.).
Sucks either way. your out a tool and out a set of head gaskets and intake gaskets + mach.
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04-11-05, 11:42 AM
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No tool is "un-breakable". User error is 99% of a tools failure cause.
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Us fat guys that can put a lot of weight behind a tool have learned this the hard way a few times.
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04-11-05, 11:49 AM
I have heard from mechanics, that the small width of a snap on wrench along the handle makes it almost a painfull wrench to use day in and day out. MAC seems to be a good product as well as Matco and even craftman for that matter.
I have all sorts, and even some made in china, which I am glad since i had to modify the hell out of it to reach behind the power steering pulley to remove a bolt!
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04-11-05, 01:11 PM
I'll continue using my Snap-On, Mac, and Matco tools. If something breaks it's as easy as walking on the truck and saying hey this broke.
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04-11-05, 01:27 PM
Craftsman works for me.
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