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From: Vic Smith on 15 Jun 2010 16:43 http://www.mactools.com/product/tabid/120/p-320028-sf160.aspx My kid has one (he's a pro mech) and I've used it with him a few times on various cars. It just works good for filling coolant systems with hardly a drop spilled. It's a "must have" for him. The cap goes on the rad, then drop the funnel in the tube and pour away until the funnel is half full. The coolant sits there until it gets sucked down, burping. Basically hands off, so you go on to other things. In the case of my Lumina we did Saturday he opened the 2 burp screws. I saw the funnel level go down about a pint when he did that. The stick plugs the hole when you're done, then move the funnel to the overflow tank to drain the rest there, or back into the jug. He paid 60 bucks for his from his Mac guy some years ago, but it's the older model. I would never pay 60 bucks for it, but I don't fill cooling systems much. But for those willing to dish out the 35 bucks it cost now, you might want to indulge yourself. Or just use a 99 cent funnel. That's what I'd do. And if there's no funnel around, I just splash a little more coolant here and there. I mean 35 bucks is 35 bucks. --Vic
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 15 Jun 2010 22:13 On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:43:24 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: > http://www.mactools.com/product/tabid/120/p-320028-sf160.aspx > > My kid has one (he's a pro mech) and I've used it with him a few times on > various cars. > It just works good for filling coolant systems with hardly a drop spilled. > It's a "must have" for him. > The cap goes on the rad, then drop the funnel in the tube and pour away > until the funnel is half full. > The coolant sits there until it gets sucked down, burping. Basically hands > off, so you go on to other things. In the case of my Lumina we did > Saturday he opened the 2 burp screws. I saw the funnel level go down about > a pint when he did that. The stick plugs the hole when you're done, then > move the funnel to the overflow tank to drain the rest there, or back into > the jug. He paid 60 bucks for his from his Mac guy some years ago, but > it's the older model. > I would never pay 60 bucks for it, but I don't fill cooling systems much. > But for those willing to dish out the 35 bucks it cost now, you might want > to indulge yourself. > Or just use a 99 cent funnel. That's what I'd do. And if there's no > funnel around, I just splash a little more coolant here and there. > I mean 35 bucks is 35 bucks. > > --Vic When I was working at CarQuest we were selling a Lisle version for about $20.
From: Vic Smith on 15 Jun 2010 23:33 On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:13:55 -0400, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >When I was working at CarQuest we were selling a Lisle version for about >$20. > I'll make sure to let him know (-: He's pretty good about resisting the tool sellers at the shop, but the Mac guy got him. A guy at his previous shop had one they all used and he missed it when he went to the new shop. I used to be a fool for tools when I went into Sears or any tool seller, but it's a lot more costly buying from Mac/Matco/Snap-on trucks. Speaking of watching pennies, we picked up a couple o2 sensors at O'Reillys' for my daughters Eclipse GT with the 3.0L. Her SES is on full time. From the code reader and the O'Reilly's book it looked like we needed the upstream and downstream. We were getting other parts for my Lumina and weren't paying attention much to price, as O'Reilly's is usually in the ball park. The Mitsu parts were almost an afterthought. He hates that car. When we got around to the Eclipse the kid found 4 sensors on it and we were basically lost until I plugged the codes into google. Turned out the 3 codes were really for the left and right downstream sensors. We had one of them from O'Reillys, and an upstream we didn't need. We were going to take the unneeded one back to O'Reilly's and get a second downstream. But first I confirmed the Bosch number I got from a Mitsu forum at the Rockauto site, and saw they sold it for $57 + $3 shipping. We paid $120 at O'Reilly's, plus the 10% sales tax we have here for a total of $132 for the same sensor. It's the OE exact fit. I took both sensors back to O'Reilly's and got a refund. They already get plenty of my money. Started to do the order with Rockauto and for kicks I plugged the Bosch number into google and the first of the hits was Amazon selling it for $52 with free shipping. Did that. So if I went the O'Reilly's route the 2 sensors would have been $264. With Amazon the total was $104. Now I just have to decide if I keep the $160 diff for myself or pass the savings to my daughter. Just kidding (-: --Vic
From: aemeijers on 16 Jun 2010 00:08 Vic Smith wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:13:55 -0400, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> > wrote: > >> When I was working at CarQuest we were selling a Lisle version for about >> $20. >> > I'll make sure to let him know (-: > He's pretty good about resisting the tool sellers at the shop, but the > Mac guy got him. A guy at his previous shop had one they all used > and he missed it when he went to the new shop. > I used to be a fool for tools when I went into Sears or any tool > seller, but it's a lot more costly buying from Mac/Matco/Snap-on > trucks. > Speaking of watching pennies, we picked up a couple o2 sensors at > O'Reillys' for my daughters Eclipse GT with the 3.0L. > Her SES is on full time. > From the code reader and the O'Reilly's book it looked like we needed > the upstream and downstream. > We were getting other parts for my Lumina and weren't paying attention > much to price, as O'Reilly's is usually in the ball park. > The Mitsu parts were almost an afterthought. > He hates that car. > When we got around to the Eclipse the kid found 4 sensors on it and we > were basically lost until I plugged the codes into google. Turned out > the 3 codes were really for the left and right downstream sensors. > We had one of them from O'Reillys, and an upstream we didn't need. > We were going to take the unneeded one back to O'Reilly's and get a > second downstream. > But first I confirmed the Bosch number I got from a Mitsu forum at the > Rockauto site, and saw they sold it for $57 + $3 shipping. > We paid $120 at O'Reilly's, plus the 10% sales tax we have here for a > total of $132 for the same sensor. It's the OE exact fit. > I took both sensors back to O'Reilly's and got a refund. > They already get plenty of my money. > Started to do the order with Rockauto and for kicks I plugged the > Bosch number into google and the first of the hits was Amazon selling > it for $52 with free shipping. Did that. > So if I went the O'Reilly's route the 2 sensors would have been $264. > With Amazon the total was $104. > Now I just have to decide if I keep the $160 diff for myself or pass > the savings to my daughter. > Just kidding (-: > > --Vic > Yer a good daddy... -- aem sends...
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 16 Jun 2010 00:37
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:33:36 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: > Now I just have to decide if I keep the $160 diff for myself or pass the > savings to my daughter. > Just kidding (-: ROFL. That will teach her for buying a Mitsu!!! They are cool cars, but not reknown for their reliability! (or their ability to keep the valves from crunching in the event of a timing belt failure! ;) ) A few years ago, Mitsu almost went down the tubes because of problems with their cars, but mostly with their medium-sized trucks! I would STILL buy a 3000GT if I could find one cheap enough... |