Home Made Tools

[LAMBCRUSHER]

I am not finding any threads involving them here- search is not as useful as it used to be...Lets have any and all home made tools pics and threads linked here, please?...I am thinking of turning a bar clamp into a valve spring compressor...has anyone done a wood lathe based valve face grinder?

 

[sggoat]

here's one I just made--a hose release tool-poke the pointy end underneath the hose between it and the hose connection--run it around the connection to break loose the sticky the clamp made--works great!

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

HANDY, I like it.

 

[KLF]

Craftsman makes a tool that is perfect for removing hoses... $2.47 each, not worth making your own.

Sears.com

 

[ozcrusier]

One from the past looks hand forged to me. 20 ton high lift the old guy I brought it from said be carefully it love chomping fingers.

 

[71FJnick]

Made this so I could lift the axle with a single jack point. It goes without saying that jack stands are required before doing any work, but it works work to lift both tires off the ground and get a set of stands in there

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[Weber Sarge]

Need to seriously weld some cradle pieces onto that thing as well as a plate and pin to fit the jack - that's a great way to drop the truck on yourself and damage either the drive shaft/axle housing and steering parts . No offense and I understand the idea , but it needs to have a means not to slip off so easily .
Sarge

 

[71FJnick]

I agree completely, the axle piece actually has a pretty good saddle on it and there is a bolt that attaches to the jack pad (thru hole). I do want to add some angle to create a saddle for the diff to keep it from sliding. And as mentioned, no crawling under the truck without Jack stands!


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[craptabulous]

Craftsman makes a tool that is perfect for removing hoses... $2.47 each, not worth making your own.

Sears.com

thats actually for removing cotter keys , but works for hoses .

 

[Rubiconcruiser]

Actuall is a railroad track jack with some material added to it. Many hours behind one of these. Darn tough to break

 

[cwh]

06 dodge diesel power steering hose removal/install tool. Use with about 2' of extensions, and 3 hands if you've got em.

 

[cwh]

Super high tech bung wrench.

 

[cwh]

Couldn't find a 54mm socket anywhere, so this got built quick and (very) dirty.

 

[Hack]

Homemade spanner wrench for holding the yoke on a Dana 20 transfer case so the nut can be torqued:



And yes, it is heavy. Don't let it fall on your foot....

 

[1911]

My homemade F-series crankshaft immobilizer (to take off or torque on the big crankshaft pulley bolt).

 

[sggoat]

Craftsman makes a tool that is perfect for removing hoses... $2.47 each, not worth making your own.

Sears.com

Sears is almost 30 miles from me--at 10 MPG, I'd spend $12 or more just to get there-This thing cost me 20 minutes of work time to make--no contest-

 

[sggoat]

I am not finding any threads involving them here- search is not as useful as it used to be...Lets have any and all home made tools pics and threads linked here, please?...I am thinking of turning a bar clamp into a valve spring compressor...has anyone done a wood lathe based valve face grinder?

Seems like this would be easy to do--you could convert the tool holder to hold the facing burr---someone has to have done this?

 

[rusty_tlc]

Not exactly a tool but I keep a set of studs around to use as guides when I replace the oil pan on a F series engine. I thread 4 of them into the engine then position the pan and hold it with nuts. Then I use a few bolts to pull the pan up, remove the studs and finish installing the bolts.

 

[120mm]

The first fabricated tool I ever saw was using old head bolts with the heads cut off and a slot cut in the top as guides to get the engine head back on straight.

I like to make three of them, and put them on the last three bolts in the tightening pattern. Then when I install the rest of the bolts, I can remove them with a large slotted screwdriver and install the remaining three bolts, in sequence.

I like to use 2x6 with regular door hinges to build impromptu sheet metal brake of the size required. Also, threaded rod makes excellent clamps.

My dad could out-cobble anyone, though. He once took the front end of an old Ford truck and welded plates onto the stub axles and used cables and turnbuckles to mount a set of wheels to a small building in order to pull it down the road behind a tractor.

 

[rustybucket]

Couldn't find a 54mm socket anywhere, so this got built quick and (very) dirty.

I would have never thought about this. Sockets of that size cost 30 dollars and up in Vancouver.