Another tool question .... TORQUE WRENCH?????
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Re:Another tool question .... TORQUE WRENCH?????
You can buy a leakdown tester at any decent auto tool store or look online. They tend to run about $50-300.. I built mine for about $20 including the $15 compression tester.
Start with your comp tester.. this is my cheapo one
Get an air regulator. I got this one at..can ya guess? Harbor freight. It was like $2.99 on sale for ½ price. Add a brass T and some air line fittings (all available at HF for about $5 total. I happened to have these laying around though) the brass piece with the small rubber hose should actually be a male air fitting just like the one on top. I just had that one there to test my homemade mbc and didn't feel like taking it out for the pic
I'm sure you can figure it out, but here is the parts list
air regulator - anything will do really. could just use a valve here too, but it's better to have the guage.
2 male air line fittings
¼ brass T
female air line coupler
teflon tape
Here is what it looks like with the compression tester parts connected.
voila! ghetto leak down tester..
Start with your comp tester.. this is my cheapo one
Get an air regulator. I got this one at..can ya guess? Harbor freight. It was like $2.99 on sale for ½ price. Add a brass T and some air line fittings (all available at HF for about $5 total. I happened to have these laying around though) the brass piece with the small rubber hose should actually be a male air fitting just like the one on top. I just had that one there to test my homemade mbc and didn't feel like taking it out for the pic
I'm sure you can figure it out, but here is the parts list
air regulator - anything will do really. could just use a valve here too, but it's better to have the guage.
2 male air line fittings
¼ brass T
female air line coupler
teflon tape
Here is what it looks like with the compression tester parts connected.
voila! ghetto leak down tester..
#25
Re:Another tool question .... TORQUE WRENCH?????
Well i have that Craftsman torque wrench, the only thing is that over time, the numbers have like gone crazy, and if i look at it from the bottom it shows a diffe3rent, then if i look at the top angle it shows another! hahah Oh well i guess ill be borrowing one for my Engine build!!! Or i got this big *** 3 foot one for like axle nuts! haha i can do the head bolts with that!
#27
Re:Another tool question .... TORQUE WRENCH?????
Originally Posted by rob42386
Well i have that Craftsman torque wrench, the only thing is that over time, the numbers have like gone crazy, and if i look at it from the bottom it shows a diffe3rent, then if i look at the top angle it shows another! hahah Oh well i guess ill be borrowing one for my Engine build!!! Or i got this big *** 3 foot one for like axle nuts! haha i can do the head bolts with that!
#28
Re:Another tool question .... TORQUE WRENCH?????
Originally Posted by hybrdcivic95
is the harbor friehgt torque wrench a click type though?
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