Joined
·
2,182 Posts
I had planned to clean my MAFs tonight. Had to stop at Lowes home improvement for an unrelated item and checked if they had any Torx security bits. To my surprise they did. In my naive mind a Torx bit is a Torx bit. No big complication expected. I pick up a 6 piece set for $7 and walked out of the place with a grin on my face thinking I had saved myself a hf hour trip on the other side of town to Sears.
Got home took care of business, fed the kids and had dinner with wifey.
Went to the garage and took my sweet time setting up the work lights. Pop the hood, praised the beast under the hood, sat down at the driver side just amazed at the fact that I have a beast of my own.
Finally shock my head and told myself to pay attention to job at hand. Got the DSLR ready. NoW came the time to open the MAF housing. Reached for the newly aquired Torx bit set and with thoughts of car pulling better than the previously run 128 on the MAF teat I snapped the bit in place ONLY to find out that the cheap Chinese piece of crap bit set does not fit the Torx screw under the hood
So much build up for such a simple job which was really an excuse to spend time with a car stuck in the garage due to the recent snow storm.
What a waste of time.
Will be stopping by at Sears on lunch break and picking up a decent pair of bit set.
Save yourselves some time and agony and never buy tools or tool accessories at Lowes or advance auto etc
Rant over!!
Got home took care of business, fed the kids and had dinner with wifey.
Went to the garage and took my sweet time setting up the work lights. Pop the hood, praised the beast under the hood, sat down at the driver side just amazed at the fact that I have a beast of my own.
Finally shock my head and told myself to pay attention to job at hand. Got the DSLR ready. NoW came the time to open the MAF housing. Reached for the newly aquired Torx bit set and with thoughts of car pulling better than the previously run 128 on the MAF teat I snapped the bit in place ONLY to find out that the cheap Chinese piece of crap bit set does not fit the Torx screw under the hood
So much build up for such a simple job which was really an excuse to spend time with a car stuck in the garage due to the recent snow storm.
What a waste of time.
Will be stopping by at Sears on lunch break and picking up a decent pair of bit set.
Save yourselves some time and agony and never buy tools or tool accessories at Lowes or advance auto etc
Rant over!!