I got a Harbor Freight ad in my mailbox today...



I was like, "60% off of all this stuff?"

Then I saw it.




















Classic.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Consumers Report magazine eats thus stuff up and posts it on the back inside cover... Submit it, for sure it will land there!

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Scott McPhee

1987 300D

Apologizes but I am totally lost what does : mean in this ad?

I am just so old school, I don't look at sales ads/coupons to buy stuff....I know I know typical American thing, good deal means buy buy buy even if you never use it...

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It says "up to" in VERY tiny letters in between.

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...back to the days of microdot...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Ah ok...I see know....had to bring the screen into my face

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Im glad I'm not the only one who had to do that. I assumed it says that since it was circled in red but still... I'm getting old

Dang, the winches are on sale again?

Time for me to stop by, I see a 12k lb winch in my future........

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

Well don't lift more than 5k lb with it!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Over the years I've developed a friendship with a vendor at work with whom I have fairly regular interaction. Nice guy, hard worker, good sense of humor, a bit of a gear head.

We were chatting one day about cars and he was saying for something he was working on, he needed a pry bar. I commented to the effect that I was sure there was a HF not far from where he lived.

He kind of nodded, thoughtfully, and replied, "Well, yes, there is...but I wanted to use it more than once..."

{All heads nod knowingly}

I don't usually get/use any of the ads from HF, but my mom cuts out the free and discount coupons from her paper and gives them to me. I don't ever buy anything at HF for full price, I always pay at least 20% less (sometimes 25% off) with a coupon. As far as using their tools more than once, I stay away from electric tools. However, their sockets and wrenches can't be beat for the price. I am getting old and have problems seeing the small print on most other wrenches and sockets, so I buy the color coded ones from HF. Their gear wrenches (color coded of course) are my favorite tools, and I use them almost everyday. No need to look at them for the size, I automatically know that a 13mm is green, a 14mm is red, and a 17mm is bronze etc. These are the best tool value on the planet as far as I am concerned....Rich

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1985 R107 300SLD TURBODIESEL
2005 E320 CDI (daily)

LOTS of parts for sale!


EGR block kit
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/355250-sale-egr-delete-block-off-plate-kit.html

1985 CA emissions 617 owners- You Need This!
Sanden style A/C Compressor Mounting Kit for your 616/ 617 For Sale + Install Inst.

Sanden Instalation Guide (post 11):
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/367883-sanden-retrofit-installation-guide.html

That's good advice!

I'd put it on the back of my Frankenyota. I've worn out several hand-crank cable pullers, sure would be nice to back into position, run out the line, and push a button.

I also agree on the pry-bars. Metallurgy matters. I've seen HF prybars work harden and break, and of course it's only when you've got a LOT of force on it and what's left acts like a big spring that just had it's pressure released. Everyone survived but there was blood and stitches involved and it could have been REALLY bad.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

I also totally agree to stay away from their electric stuff. I have wrenches and sockets from them still going strong, even a dolly I beat the hell out of....but every time I bought something electric....it died in the middle of the job...

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I bought a set of 3/8" deep Impact Sockets, never used them with the air gun, and broke the 13 and 17mm. 13 with my Craftsman ratchet and the 17 with a breaker bar. split both down the sides. pretty bad, taking a 13mm nut off a 617 oil filter, and it splits.

I usually don`t buy anything unless it is on sale and I can use a 20 or 25% coupon.

I noticed the 2500lb winch is on sale for $49.99, limit is 3 at this price. Hopefully 1 out of 3 will work .


Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

If I need an electrical tool once or twice I buy from HF. If I want one to last I'll go pawn shopping, Craig's list hunting, or wait until I find a good deal on what I want. I might want a sliding compound miter saw from home and hitatchi has a nice one I have my eye on. Checked it out at lowes and it's $480 ish. Checked my local craigslist and I found the exact model in great shape for $220....I never pay full price for something that I can easily find used or reconditioned.

The quality in tools from HF has gone up. I bought their 42" tool chest since it's very well built and has tons of space. I recently saw their 72" I think it is now offers a top box so when it's time to upgrade I'm going for the 72" bottom roller and the 72" top. Plus the end lockers to store all of my tools in cases. I could easily go find a used snap on and spend $500-1k on a bottom roller then a top and lockers. Or I could spend a little over $1k for everything.