Which tool would you buy?

[greg.rocco at gmail.com (Greg Pallett)]

Well - FWIW I've ordered the snap-on tool.
In general I like to spend the money once to buy the right/best tool.
Granted, I could have bought 3 of the cheap sears ones for the same price,
but that defeats the purpose of saving money.  And if I did buy the cheaper
one, it would probably work fine for a while but I'd probably be pretty
pissed when it broke or stripped out and ground whatever project to a halt.
Also I guess I like that the snap-on just hooks to a ratchet - one less
mechanical connection than the sears tool, one less part to slip or drop.

Thanks for the advice.  Wish I had been able to pick one up localy, but
there just didn't sem to be any shops in my normal range of 'running
errands' that carried it.

Yesterday, while I was going from Home Depot to Sears I did see a snap-on
truck going the other way and had momentary thoughts of hanging a U-turn and
following the guy  :)

Naturally, I'll keep y'all updated when the tool comes in and I finally take
the starter out of the 82 oroject motor .

GP


On 11/2/07, Brian Spinney <vw_85roccoZ400@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Greg,
>
> Yeah I don't get to be on the computer much with the new job description,
> but I saw this and figured I would lean my opinion on the situation.
>
> I've got the axle tool from my local parts store, and yes it was fairly
> cheap and gets the job done, however I been threw 2 of them.  I have done
> quite a few transmission in and out.
>
> The last time the key stripped out, the parts store had non in stock, so
> my
> friend gave me a snap on one which I still have to this day and the tool
> has
> held up much better. I've got well over the # of usage out of it...  It
> also
> seems that the snap on tool has even gotten a few pretty will stripped
> axle
> bolts loose without wrecking the tool.
>
> But for something you hope to not use alot...  I always buy cheap. That's
> just my 0.02 cents
>
> -Brian
> 85 Scirocco 8vT       01 Jetta 20vT       84 Rabbit GTI
> 86 Bronze Scirocco 8v
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Pallett" <greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 3:30 PM
> Subject: Which tool would you buy?
>
>
> > One of the fun things I'm allowing myself to do with this new project 82
> > is
> > not to worry about having all the correct tools on hand.  If I don't
> have
> > what I need, I'll get it. (good thing time isn't a huge factor at the
> > moment!)
> >
> > THe starter bolts are 8mm 12pt.  I don't have that one, and haven't
> found
> > it
> > at Home Depot, Advance Auto, Pep Boys, Sears, or my local hardware
> store.
> > So I'm shopping around online.
> >
> > There's this version for 22 bux, snap-on
> >
> http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=2480&group_ID=282&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog
> >
> > Or something comprable from Craftsman, 6 bux
> >
> http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00994124000P?vName=Tools&keyword=8mm
> > But you have to use an additional socket or wrench with it.  Deal
> breaker?
> >
> >
> > So advise me, o great Scirocco List!
> >
> > GP
> >
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