"Shook me all night long"

With 2 cars in my family past warranty I finally figured it is time to
start doing more routine stuff on them myself and save bocu dinero.

Of course some of the money that is to be saved in the future had to
be spent on proper tools so that all the work is done in style.

Nottin' looks worse than stomping on a stock lug nut wrench to remove
to the wheels and spending 30 minutes cranking manual jack (per wheel
that is).

So proper tools at a good price ... hmmmm ... Harbor Freight comes to
mind !

At this point I own the following HF tools: mini-mill, X3 mill, mini-
lathe, 9x20 lathe, MIG welder, 9 gallon compressor and countless
countless other tools - all made in PROC. Had 0 issues (flame ON ON
ON).

Did some research, went to a local store and picked up:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=91039
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2623

Man, do these things work, look and feel just right. The alum jack is
simply beautiful and it comes with LEDs in the rubber padded jack
point. The idea is to shine the light when needed so you can better
see the underside of the car.

The wrench has about 6 different torque positions, feels so right and
has 0 issues taking lugs off. Purrs very nicely, barely uses any air
at all and my el-cheapo HF compressor
( http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95386
)
has no issues driving it. Of course make sure you thread the nuts back
on by hand, for a turn or 2, before applying the Earthquake as it
will cross thread them w/o any hesitation (so I read on the
Internets

Well, it keeps getting better:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93339
was something like $15. Simply stunning looking, lifetime wty (at that
price I'd buy a new one when and if this one wears out)

Torque wrench

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...Itemnumber=807

I made sure it clicks and adjusts. Right in the store I carefully
mounted the end tip in a vise (they normally have a few bolted down in
the display area) and tested it. The first 2 didn't seem to work, the
3rd one was the charm and came home with me. I have no problems with
it .

Now, folx will ask why is it I don't have a proper air compressor.
Simple - the one I have works just fine (it IS a bit on loud side),
but most importantly is it small and fits _under_ the bench. The
upright will require more space and that is very precious commodity in
me shop .