Tommy079

Don't forget to take that "crappy" craftsman ratchet back to sears for a one for one swap. No receipt necessary.

Glad to hear you got it off. So why'd you pick the X pipe, just out of curiosity. Catted or O/R?

I think I've decided on a catted H pipe...for exhaust tone.

TOMMY01GT

price...plain and simple.

Guy locally had it, stainless Bassani X pipe, o/r, 100 bucks....like brand new.

Gonna be a loud SOB....

TOMMY01GT

I am so over crapsman tools. I ran a small engine shop for 3 years, I had couple tool chests loaded with tools already but I picked up a couple craftsman kits so it would be more organized...and I broke wrenches, ratchets, split sockets, broke handles on screwdrivers...and the stuff aint cheap.

so now I just get stuff from harbor freight...I have to admit, ive only broken one tool i got from there, it was a 1" socket...I only had 5 feet of pipe on the breaker bar..lol Id alrwdy busted a craftsman when I went to the HF socket...and it finally broke too.

TheNameless

replace your driver side studs before the new mid pipe is fully on most likely it wont seal up 100%, I was driving around for about a month with a leak then i saw i needed new studs because the stock onces have a huge gap on them and wouldnt make a good seal

TOMMY01GT

It's on...with 3 studs for the moment...

Its f'n loud as all hell, it's kinda painfull if you are directly behind it on a rev to 4,000....

Its got a deep throaty idle though, just ungodly loud...

Im so happy.

My problem is the X pipe is hitting the shifter...cant get it past D...time for some modifications.

sn95_331_GT_ yellow

to buy its not too bad but to replace it... its free

and HF isnt too bad but you wont see me in there loading my toolbox with their stuff...

and no, i dont have Strap On, MAC, or Matco in my box either except for a few specialty tools i needed at that stealerships i worked at

TOMMY01GT

Ive got, at the moment, having inherited tools from my grandfather, who was an enginerr at Warner & Swayze in Lansing, Mi, and my father, who worked on choppers during Vietnam....3 completely full 3 tier tool boxes, 1 is proto and snap on, 2 are craftsman..and then I have a smaller box I used for my small engine stuff, al craftsman, and honestly I got sick of running to sears every 2 weeks with a couple busted ratchets, wrenches, drivers, etc...I just saw it as a bad business relationship for me to be spending what I did for them, and get such poor service.

so I took a few hundred dollars to harbor freight, which is about 15 minutes from me, and I got ratchets, sockets, impact wrench, 1/4", 3/8" air ratchets, 3/8" butterfly impact, a few sets of drivers, pry bars, drill, saw, grinders, etc...literally filled up the back seat of my quad cab ram with tools...and Ive only broken a couple things in 6 years....and I beat the heck out of them.

The few things I have broken, I ride up the road and they swap em out for new ones....yeah, HF has the exact same warranty as sears, for 1/4 the cost.

I dont care what my tools say on them...but I rely on them to be there for me and HF tools have done that and more.

TOMMY01GT

Give ya an example, about a month ago I was putting new tensioner and idler pulleys on the 01 and the ratchet I had holding the tensioner back as I was rolling the belt on the pulleys...slipped.

It was fully engaged in the right position, but it slipped. I could have gotten hurt...I blamed it on a fluke. Im pretty sure thats the same ratchet that crapped out on me today.

The ratchet Im using now is a really cool design, it has a telescoping handle, and has a 1/4" drive and 3/8" dive head, and a full rubber grip.

I was bowed up on it today and yesterday and it held up great. payed 9.99 in the store.

Here it is. http://www.harborfreight.com/3-8-eig...het-98802.html