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dewmanshu on 11-28-2010

11-29-2010 07:09 PM
by 1slow01Z71

8

7,723

Normal Threads

2011, bracket, comppressor, compressor, gmc, gmt, trucks, york

05 gmc york compressor brackets

justinjames05 on 10-11-2011

10-16-2011 02:36 AM
by Zach.

1

1,235

2 piece driveshaft crossmember

ronnie lueck on 10-28-2015

01-26-2017 10:57 AM
by thewrx

3

3,699

3D Printing

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GM1697 on 03-03-2016

08-08-2016 03:08 PM
by Silverseirra

49

8,245

3D scanner into software

TrickTurbo on 10-07-2016

10-27-2016 10:10 PM
by milesp07

6

1,742

3m, 80, bmf, brite, cast, disc, forum, grit, heads, iron, novakane, pads, performancetrucks, roloc, scotch, silverado, yse

3M Roloc Pads

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1slow01Z71 on 05-20-2012

05-22-2012 03:31 PM
by 5.0 Eater

19

5,450

4L60E and 4L80E Trans / Engine Stand Adaptor

Bill Reid on 03-28-2014

03-31-2014 11:19 PM
by Steve-O-08

2

4,253

2500, 70, aircondition6570lbsonlowside2005tahoe, degree, low, rpm, side

A/C service tools?

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thunder550 on 05-13-2013

05-25-2013 02:01 PM
by thunder550

21

4,864

arabia, buy, china, craftman, craftsman, hand, husky, made, make, making, pat, performance, saudi, stamp, tool, tools, usa

After 85 years of USA Made, Craftsman hand tools now Chinese

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BaD AZz Z28 on 01-13-2012

04-21-2012 02:47 PM
by 1FastBrick

54

16,503

2011, 2012, 60, air, built, compressor, forum, gal, general, hp, ingersoll, ir, painting, rand, silverado, t70

Air compressor

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Go5.3tt06 on 02-28-2012

05-07-2012 06:26 PM
by AndysC3

10

3,117

Air compressor upgrades

BlackGMC on 11-03-2013

11-03-2013 03:15 PM
by TXsilverado

5

3,138

Aluminum Fluxless Brazing Rods, ie Alumiweld, HTS-2000, Durafix, etc...

BigKID on 09-22-2015

09-22-2015 09:59 PM
by BigKID

0

1,385

Aluminum pipe suppliers?

ironcityboom on 08-11-2016

08-23-2016 05:17 PM
by milesp07

9

1,636

90mm, aluminum, angle, angles, body, drawing, intake, joining, pieces, silverado, technical, throttle, thugs, tubing, wilson

am I measuring the angle right? intake project

URLIFEWASOC on 02-07-2011

02-07-2011 05:39 PM
by URLIFEWASOC

4

1,105

Any advice on a tig welder?

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custm2500 on 05-03-2013

10-08-2013 06:43 PM
by Tig

11

3,009

bed, companies, fabrication, hoist, hoisting, northern, truck, va, virginia

Anybody in Northern Virginia want a hoist

dewmanshu on 08-17-2012

08-17-2012 09:24 PM
by dewmanshu

2

885

Anybody widen the front fender wells?

OSF on 08-08-2012

08-08-2012 06:59 PM
by OSF

0

773

Anyone ever use the spark plug gapping pliers?

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BlackGMC on 12-24-2013

01-05-2014 12:40 PM
by SamuelsonMotorsports

16

8,897

427, air, ar, attic, compressor, exhaust, garage, mounted, mounting, oil, put, set, shop, storing, truck, wall

Attic Mounted Air Compressor

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1slow01Z71 on 08-12-2012

10-14-2012 11:41 AM
by sleek silverado

18

15,582

accessories, auto, automotive, bu, cheap, place, race, review, supplies, tie, truck, waytek, wire, wiring, wurth, zip

Automotive Wiring Supplies

MikeGyver on 04-06-2011

04-10-2011 11:37 AM
by 1989k1500

4

1,875

54, balancer, crank, ford, install, installer, lm7, ls1, ls1ls6, ls6, lsx, performance, pulley, removal, tool

Balancer install tool

HRV-LS1 on 04-17-2012

04-18-2012 01:01 AM
by AKlowriderZ71

4

1,700

Balancer puller I designed. Quick / Easy

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TrickTurbo on 08-21-2015

08-26-2018 09:01 PM
by TrickTurbo

29

11,355

10, 99, bananza, band, bandsaw, cai, gonzales, homecraft, inch, left, louisiana, motor, mounts, sale, trucks, wood, z71

Band-Saw Bananza

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Wilde Racing on 12-23-2010

12-26-2010 04:03 PM
by Wilde Racing

18

4,134

10, bench, benchtop, build, frame, freight, harbor, hframe, hydraulic, longer, plans, press, presses, shop, ton, top

Benchtop Hydraulic Press??

BigKID on 08-07-2012

08-07-2012 02:57 PM
by BigKID

1

2,124

bolts, cajon, el, grade, hw, loctite, m8125x30mm

Best Place to Get Grade 8+ HW Online?

Mr. Sandog on 03-13-2012

03-13-2012 06:38 PM
by Mr. Sandog

2

914

2007, 48, 53, billet, bracket, brackets, coil, coils, flat, gm, lay, ls1tech, mount, pack, silverado, triple

Billet 4.8 Coil Bracket mounts!

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OSF on 07-25-2012

08-23-2012 10:24 PM
by OSF

50

8,583

black and decker extractors

slow.8 on 09-08-2011

09-08-2011 09:27 PM
by slow.8

5

889

Bleeding Brakes yourself ?s.

Stampede4ever on 02-15-2014

02-17-2014 04:14 AM
by Jeebalow

3

2,251

Bolt Extractors?

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1slow01Z71 on 07-26-2012

08-02-2012 10:07 PM
by slammedsilvy

18

2,130

brown, forum, line, metalworks, performance, torque, truck, trucksnet, wrench

Brownline TQ Wrench

1slow01Z71 on 08-16-2012

08-16-2012 09:58 PM
by BlackGMC

3

875

Building motor stand 5.3 of a 99

CaliSilverado on 08-10-2012

08-31-2012 10:54 PM
by CaliSilverado

4

1,513

Bye bye Van Norman mill, hello!!.... CNC???????

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Wilde Racing on 01-07-2014

03-02-2014 09:46 PM
by LSter

14

5,322

C Notchin' in VA/NC

Infamous01 on 06-14-2015

08-12-2015 09:45 AM
by Tyson1972

3

2,202

08denali, 1500, 2004, 4l80e, autocad, cad, courses, file, gmc, hd, nx3, powered, sierra, silverado, solid, training, truck, vbulletin, works

CAD users

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jus1975 on 10-06-2011

07-25-2012 07:40 PM
by oakley6575

11

2,991

buy, cam, fabricate, install, jpr, ls1, ls1cam, swap, tool

Cam installation tools?

OBXMarine on 02-16-2004

02-16-2004 09:01 PM
by ActionJackson

7

1,266

2001, buy, cam, engine, houston, lkjjhg, rcsb

Cam swap tools in Houston area?

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VicRed on 12-01-2004

12-02-2004 06:53 PM
by VicRed

14

1,825

anti, ball, device, drill, hitch, motorcycle, mybb, powered, receiver, receivers, receptacle, tap, trailer, vbulletin, wobble

Can I Swiss cheese my hitch receiver?

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1 2)

Spoolin on 10-22-2012

11-02-2012 01:30 AM
by Mangled03gmc

17

5,160

Chain Binder Question

ROADBLOCK on 02-24-2014

02-28-2014 05:29 PM
by LSter

5

1,167

Challenger lift opinion

Preston129 on 05-15-2013

06-27-2013 03:15 PM
by trevorh1

2

1,909

2s, authentic, chinese, clone, clones, gm, good, laptop, oens, real, tech, thing, tis, trucks, work

Chinese Tech 2s

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1 2 3 4)

1slow01Z71 on 08-26-2012

07-01-2017 05:25 PM
by D1SCSS

36

22,962

Commercial truck parts

Tenishac on 03-25-2022

03-25-2022 08:07 AM
by shakenfake

1

1,230

11519291, 2003, bolt, bolts, chevy, converter, pn, silverado, tighten, torq, torque, truck

Converter install tools/supplies...

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marc_w on 08-18-2004

11-08-2004 08:25 AM
by marc_w

24

2,775

Cool Trick to hold FP

Hivelocit on 12-02-2014

12-03-2014 06:10 AM
by Hivelocit

2

2,205

cool, depot, fabrication, feet, foot, home, mfgs, net, pictures, sticky, tie, ties, tool, trucks, zip

Cool zip tie accesory

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1 2 3)

BlackGMC on 03-30-2011

07-09-2011 08:31 AM
by bigboy576103

22

4,197

cooler fitting help

lowoh8 on 08-03-2013

08-04-2013 01:03 AM
by lowoh8

4

2,204

12, 19v, cheapest, freight, harbor, impact, w7150

Cordless impact/driver/etc recommendations.

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charcoal03silvy on 06-20-2013

05-27-2016 03:02 PM
by matte99

32

10,279

Craftsman variable speed bench grinder won't adjust speed

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1 2)

Atomic on 01-03-2014

01-11-2014 09:18 PM
by oakley6575

10

2,893

Crankshaft balancer removal tool

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1 2)

Vortec350ss on 01-13-2014

02-03-2014 08:46 PM
by AUTOT3K

11

4,126

2010, column, custom, fabricated, ford, gear, lever, performance, shift, shifter, shifters, truck

Custom column shifter

dknoerzer on 02-22-2012

02-22-2012 11:19 PM
by robert85

2

1,565

Custom machined catch can! (pics inside)

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1 2)

jroctpb on 04-09-2014

05-29-2014 09:59 PM
by jroctpb

19

6,369

box, cart, forum, forums, lowered, mods, powered, silverado, tool, toolbox, truck, vbulletin

Damn tools not staying in the toolbox

1slow01Z71 on 07-23-2012

07-23-2012 10:52 PM
by 2000chevysilverado

3

1,424

10, chop, cop, cut, dual, dualpurposesaw, duel, metal, miter, mitre, purpose, regular, tool, users, wood

Dual Purpose Saw: Miter and Chop

xsports33 on 03-10-2011

03-10-2011 09:54 PM
by BlackGMC

1

1,184

contacts, discussion, emachineshop, experience, forum

emachineshop.com

Superado on 04-11-2012

04-13-2012 02:06 PM
by Superado

2

1,321

engine swap tools?

Heym on 02-12-2006

01-28-2015 06:10 AM
by custm2500

5

3,580

Esab welder

procelll on 05-10-2017

05-10-2017 10:07 PM
by procelll

0

1,053

exhaust pipe 2 1/4"

Chevymanty on 07-05-2017

07-06-2017 06:56 PM
by madmann26

3

1,748

carbon, cost, difference, fan, fender, fenders, fiber, fiberglass, glass, hood, shroud, thick, thickness, verses, weight

Fiberglass versus carbon fiber question

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1 2)

deion82 on 07-08-2011

08-20-2011 05:20 PM
by fastnblu

11

7,005

1000, 103, bank, bay, big, box, boxes, boy, cornwell, inch, mac, performance, tech, tool, toolbox, triple

FINALLY a big boy toolbox!

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1 2 3)

1slow01Z71 on 05-21-2011

07-31-2011 07:23 PM
by bulldogSS

29

11,155

Finally got my hutch

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1 2)

rob.los83 on 01-31-2019

02-03-2019 12:00 PM
by rob.los83

10

2,296

box, drawer, flare, general, northern, organaizer, organizer, organizers, socket, stock, tool, toolbox, toolboxdrawerorganizers, tray, wrench

Finally got my toolbox stocked and cleaned

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1 2 3)

1slow01Z71 on 08-12-2012

04-08-2013 04:39 PM
by spent21

28

11,594

Fitting a trans that too big.

adriver on 01-08-2019

05-09-2020 11:51 AM
by _zebra

8

2,560

Getting dents out of pipe.

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1 2)

wheeliE-maxx on 08-07-2012

12-11-2012 10:48 AM
by Chevy Cowboy

11

3,155

102, 110, body, chevy, external, feed, feeder, hobart, jeep, jk, silverado, stick, suitcase, throttle, welder, wire, wirefeed

Good stick welder? (jk...wire feed instead)

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1 2)

thunder550 on 12-10-2012

12-13-2012 10:46 PM
by BlackGMC

16

2,838

Good Value TQ Wrench

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1 2 3)

WhiteChevy3 on 12-20-2012

02-24-2013 12:01 PM
by 1FastBrick

20

6,874

blue, craftsmen, deep, didnt, grip, griptite, ls6, lug, nuts, remove, review, rounded, socket, sockets, springs, stripped, super, tite, what, work

Grip Tite Super Sockets

budhayes3 on 02-19-2011

02-27-2011 06:40 AM
by silver-mod-o

7

4,837

aluminum, brite, cleaning, conduit, head, heads, headswap, lights, projector, scotch, swap, swapp, tbss, tool, tools

Head Swap cleaning tools

1slow01Z71 on 02-04-2011

02-05-2011 10:53 AM
by silver-mod-o

9

2,312

1500, 2002, bleeder, bleeding, brake, built, clutch, duty, gmc, heavy, home, homemade, industrial, pneumatic, power, sierra, triumph

Heavy Duty Pneumatic Brake/Clutch Bleeder

camcamaro1991 on 02-24-2012

02-24-2012 10:29 PM
by camcamaro1991

0

1,456

Help me pick a toolbox for my small shed.

Resolute_welding on 06-18-2019

06-14-2020 07:25 AM
by wretched73

3

3,991

HELP! I dont know if this is fixable or if im screwed.

jeff26 on 01-02-2013

01-05-2013 07:16 PM
by jeff26

9

2,103

hobart 190?

TXsilverado on 04-22-2014

04-25-2014 02:27 AM
by sprayed99

7

2,365

Homemade Dyno

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1 2)

marketmerlin on 01-12-2015

11-28-2015 06:52 PM
by schino

13

6,048

316, difficuly, how, learn, long, picking, rod, stainless, tig, weld, welding

How difficult to learn how to TIG weld?

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1 2)

BlackGMC on 09-01-2012

01-26-2014 09:45 PM
by lsxperformance

19

5,515

How does everyone bend over the into the engine compartment to work on things?

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jclark10 on 02-16-2022

02-23-2022 10:31 AM
by arthursc2

24

2,510

I Brake for fuel cells.....Pics

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Wilde Racing on 12-07-2008

07-14-2009 12:54 AM
by Wilde Racing

42

5,571

brown, craftsman, digital, good, line, patriots, performance, snap, tool, torque, troque, whats, whatys, wrench, wrenches

I need a new torque wrench, whats a good one?

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1 2 3)

BlackGMC on 01-18-2012

02-18-2012 04:54 PM
by silver-mod-o

26

5,881

I need a Press, but will a 6 ton, bench top do everything?

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1 2)

adriver on 03-20-2021

05-01-2021 03:36 PM
by 1FastBrick

15

1,340