RE: [OT] Tool Advice/ new oil pump

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

I am on my 3rd snap on cv tool.  They are junk in my
opinion.  I have a chep $6 one that I bought at a
local napa store, that has lasted much longer than the
snap on one.  I actually use the cheap one more than I
use the snap on one out of fear that I will round off
cv bolts.  I have had the cheap one since I have had a
vw (5yrs) and done maybe 15 cv's with it (my cars and
friends).  All IMHO  


--- Bill Collins <photo@intrex.net> wrote:
> I use Snap-On for a few critical tools, like the 12
> point for removing CVs and the allen that seems to
> show up everywhere on VWs (8mm, I think).  Craftsman
> works well for sockets, combination wrenches, etc.
> 
> Bill
> 
> ---------- Original Message
> ----------------------------------
> From: "Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>
> Reply-To: <aaron@makuta.com>
> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:01:49 -0500
> 
> >Even Craftsman can't always be trusted...try using
> their 3/8" drive allen
> >bits for anything that requires an appreciable
> amount of torque and just
> >watch the corners round off as they start spinning
> in the head of the screw.
> >I did it on my water pump pulley on my '84, and I
> bought a set of Blackhawk
> >bits to finish the job.  We use them here at work
> to pull molds and machines
> >apart, and they last, unlike the Craftsman.
> >
> >Blackhawk is actually a Stanley brand.  The set
> (4-8, 10mm) cost me $35, but
> >I'm sure that's a lot lower than Snap-On or Mac,
> and much better than
> >Craftsman, in my experience.
> >
> >Aaron
> >'82 Scirocco
> >'70 Beetle
> >'87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0
> >'81 Honda CX500
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf
> Of Jason Arms
> >> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 8:50 AM
> >> To: brett@netacc.net
> >> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >> Subject: Re: [OT] Tool Advice/ new oil pump
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Acctually in my opinion, Brett those other ka-ka
> brands that
> >> "proclaime to
> >> be as powerful or more" are infact big pieces of
> junk!  I
> >> bought one of
> >> those for cheap, and it completely died about a
> year later..
> >> You made a good
> >> move going with craftsman, although not as good
> as say snap
> >> on or mac,
> >> (rediculusly priced) but still much better than
> the
> >> bob-jim-jody-joe-bob
> >> brand guns that you can buy anywhere else.  I
> will never buy
> >> anything less
> >> than craftsman again because of that experience
> ;)  Ahhh,
> >> thats better..
> >>
> >> Scirocco content.. i got the oil pump that i will
> be needing
> >> to put into my
> >> scirocco come springtime reciently.. i cnat wait
> to tear my
> >> oil pan off!
> >> One question on that.. the shaft that comes outa
> the new oil
> >> pump wabbles a
> >> little.. is this normal?  It is a 1.8 16v oil
> pump by the way.
> >>
> >> Jason Arms (Essex, VT)
> >>
> >> '87 Scirocco 16v
> >> '88 Jetta GLI 16v (New winter car)
> >> '64 Sunroof Beetle (livin a new life)
> >> '84 Rabbit GTI RIP
> >> '84 Jetta GLI<----------------------(For Sale)
> With Parts-_
> >> '84 Jetta GLI (parts
> car)RIP<-----------------------------
> >> ICQ# 91932895
> >> AIM Username: xscirocco16vx
> >> My web page (work in progress!)
> >>
> http://www.crosswinds.net/~xscirocco16vx/index.htm
> >>
> >>
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