My Tool Collection & DIY Adventures With Them


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Good lifting capacity this jack has.
But Beware,this bottle jack needs hard ground and flat surface,ie no incline,otherwise it can lift from one side/will topple over.Its due to narrow base area.
 
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yes doc il be using this at my home mainly for DIY maintenance only.Most works not needing the wheel coming of viz.under body washing or greasing prop shafts can be achieved without needing to lift vehicle .I just put it on the inclined ramp and comfortably sneak under the belly of TANTOR[cheers].Just that if i want to get to the breaks or clean the wheels properly i need them off
 
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whats the cost of each of them ? also please show interior of the metal tool box ? is it powder coated ?
19 inched Taparia one costs 1500/-
19 inched Venus metal tool box is 1100/-
19 inched Stanley one costs 1900/-
Yes Venus metal tool box is powder coated both from inside as well as outside.
 
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New tool update :
for long I had been wanting to buy a hydraulic jack .Bit the bullet and bought a bottle jack after suggestions from other members also.
Its a 12 ton bottle jack ! why 12 ton ? I first got a 4-ton jack which when i placed it under TANTOR( yeah I have named my T-fort [cheers]) looked like it would never even reach the jacking point on the frame even after full extension of the ram head .I returned it and got the next bigger sized which was 12 ton in the GROZ range .This fits under Tantor and does the job well.Sturdy and heavily built it should last a lifetime . View attachment 259567 View attachment 259568 View attachment 259569 View attachment 259570 View attachment 259571


Sharing photo of my 12 ton jack.Its similar to yours. I had already posted some pics on the 1st page .These are the recent pics.Total height is about 20 inches.


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Hello Friends,

Finally my car gets new engine oil and I felt smoothness right after driving. [:D]

I got the Motul 8100 X-Cess 5w40 yesterday (Amazon had stock in Bangalore so reached me quick). Today I thought to change the oil and drain bolt was easy to reach but the bolt was so tight that I couldn't twist a bit and I don't have breaker bar nor there is much space. May be ASC used impact wrench to tight it or due to heat it has seized. So I left it as is and went to nearby mall.

My brother saw new Bosch service center and forced me to ask them whether they change engine oil (Of course they will) and pricing. They seemed good, friendly and quoted Rs. 350. After an hour, I returned with new oil and filter. Without any delays, they started the work. First they jacked up the car and tried to remove the drain bolt but damn, after struggling for half an hour with many different tools they also couldn't remove it![frustration]

The garage had many non-repairable vehicles (Shop owner was angry because car owners were not taking the car out) and one GM Captiva was standing on repair pit. Shop owner called for several workers and pushed the SUV aside to make space for my car. The repair pit has lots of space and the drain bolt came out easily. The filter was also tight fit, they had several filter wrenches and also mine didn't help so they had to puncture it to remove. Fortunately drain bolt and washer was good. They have gently tightened the drain bolt and new oil filter. Hope they can be removed easily next time.

Next poured the new oil while checking the level on dipstick and approx 3.8l of oil went inside the engine block. However, when I returned home and checked dipstick again, the oil was slightly above the upper mark. I was not ok with it, so in the evening I went to medical shop and bought infusion set and syringe. Inserted the tube via dipstick pipe, pulled the oil using 5ml syringe and holding roller clamp inbetween so the oil doesn't return to sump. After removing 50ml of oil, it is now upto upper mark.

Thats it. This DIY was difficult then expected and really needed repair pit. Lets see what happens next time. [:)]

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Thanks...
Best Regards
Which car do you have? Why the drain bolt could not loosen?
 

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