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Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance by AngryData on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @03:28PM (#32999959)
If you work on older rusted vehicles, a high quality impact gun and air hammer are worth every penny. A shitty impact gun will take off like 60% of things, a high quality one will take off 90% of things. And for the final 10%, (likely in combination with torches and large breaker bars and impact gun) you can air hammer the living fuck out of the bolt or part for 15 minutes and it should help break apart some of the rust.

And for future self, a tube of anti-seize.

I questioned the need for my heavy equipment "fuck-you" sized impact gun when I bought it, but ive helped out more than a couple people remove old rusted on shit with it that their cheaper consumer impact gun simply couldn't handle.

Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance by mrguyorama on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @05:08PM (#33001145)
I have plenty of money for these tools but what I can't afford in modern day America is a shed to put the tools in, a garage to work on my car in, and an alternative means of transportation to get me to the parts shop while I take 3 days in my off hours trying to figure things out because I'm inexperienced.
Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance by mikrl on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @05:54PM (#33001614)
I’ve always lived in places with crap driveways but this one is nice, paved and level. Unfortunately no room for a garage or shed so yea, I spend about 20 minutes hauling various tools out of the basement (and hoping they don’t get stolen) before I can even loosen my lug nuts.