RobertGary1 Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 2 hours ago, PT20J said: The suction screen was safety cabled at the factory on my A3B6 rebuilt. It looked so pretty, we hated to cut it. Kind of pricey if you’re not doing a lot, but you’d be the envy of every IA that looks at your airplane. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/nosetool.php?clickkey=27717 Skip Love to see you try to get one of those behind the engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 3 hours ago, PT20J said: See, that would be my fear: I’d pay $500 for the thing and then every really difficult job would be one where it wouldn’t work. My friend found one used somewhere. I think he only paid $100 for it or something like that, and then bought a couple packages of the cables. That's not too terrible. I know where he keeps it, so I'm covered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhrivnak Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 12/27/2020 at 2:12 PM, PT20J said: The mechanic at the museum has one of those torque wrenches. They are very cool! I’ve never been able to find a 3/8” drive 1” socket — seems the largest I ever find is 7/8. Is that a Snap-on part also? Skip I had this one on my Christmas wish list: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B007TMEBLQ/ The one I've borrowed in the past I think is a craftsman. It works great with a normal torque wrench to tighten the filter on my A3B6D. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 +1 for the smile.Amazon version of the link! -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhrivnak Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 Following up, I just noticed that a nice Craftsman 3/8" socket set is on clearance at Ace and includes a 1" socket plus 8 others. They have 12 points and appear to be low-profile, so it should work well on the oil filter. Made in the USA. $9.99 on clearance, normally $28.99. https://www.acehardware.com/departments/tools/hand-tools/sockets/2299352 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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