My Major Surgery saga on my 2013 Prius V.

Shame you didn't just bop them with a hand impact driver when you had the chance. The little surprise is all they need, and they twirl out nice as can be. Seems the alternatives are more fuss.

 

Possibly a slight obstacle. I have to admit I used the air-bopped version from Lisle, which may be a bit narrower, and poses no problem.



I lived most of my life without having this thing (or an air hammer). Now I'm not sure how.

One thing I was surprised to learn about the air hammer is, while capable of great feats of whackage, it is also capable of great delicacy by feathering the trigger, so it ends up being easier to do delicate stuff with this than with my hand impact tool and a hammer.

Does yours take 1/4" or 5/16" hex bits? One idea might be to look for longer ones. I mean, too late now that your valve's heads are ground off, but could save someone else trouble. (Edit: missed that you said 3/8" hex. Hmm, that is unusual.)

 

If needed for clearance, run an extension with a 6 face socket (suitable size for your screw driver bits)? The extension’s slop may water down the impact’s efficacy though.

 

I don't think slop hurts. There's slop built into the Lisle tool by design. Bops still get transmitted all the way down. With the hand impact kind, you're usually keeping it rotationally preloaded in the direction you want it to twist.

 

Exactly.

 

Would these brushes for cleaning drinking straws be long enough to clean the intake passages?

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Have trouble seeing amazon links on this site, but yeah, that's what I used, and they had plenty of reach, were a good diameter. These were from Lee Valley Tools, described as cleaning brushes for stainless steel drinking straws:

 

Is this what you need? 4 Piece 3/8" Drive Impact Extension Set - in stock at several HF stores around Philly.

 

Those are extensions for an air or electric impact wrench, which technically aren’t needed for a manual (banging with a hammer) impact screw driver. I think.

In other words: if you’ve got regular chromed-steel extensions they’ll be ok. But getting an impact set doesn’t hurt. And they’re dirt cheap.

I happen to be picking up such a set today, but for use with an electric impact.

 

Amazon link?


FWIW, this is the set I’m picking up, in 1/2” drive:

Neiko 3pc 1/2" Drive Impact Extension Bar Set

 

OTC 4608 3/8 Inch Drive Impact Driver with 8 Piece Screwdriver Bit Set

 

The typical hand-bopped impact drivers, as pictured in #82, have a 5/16" hex recess to accept a 5/16" hex driven bit. So extensions designed for the square-drive socket ecosystem just aren't of any use there.

 

Put a strobe light in there.
I bought a 2013 Tesla..... unbelievable power.....

 

You can buy a touch-up bottle of 3R3 Barcelona Red at the dealership.

Painting is deep mystery to me and I don't know if there's any technique you could use to get a decent finish on a tow hook cover using a touch-up bottle, but at least it would be the right color stuff to start with.