Homemade tools

[ghunt81]

Not sure if it counts as a tool but this is a tranny jack thing I built for my floor jack so I could do my transmission swap.

Was simple to make, I just measured the pan on my 5R55E and basically built this around it. It's made out of 1 1/2" angle and 1" square tube from Lowe's, the bottom plate is a piece of scrap 3/16" plate I had laying around that already had the hole in the middle. Boards are 10" long and the whole assembly is about 12" long.

Measured the inside of the jack pad hole on my jack, went to the Lowe's and found out 7/16" grade 8 washers were the perfect diameter. Stacked up about 8 and tacked them along the sides, then smoothed them off with the grinder.

I had to change out the 2x4's for 2x6's because my jack was just touching the transmission at max height, and I cut a couple notches in the boards so I could also use it to take out the transfer case. Used this to drop the transmission last night and it works like a charm, holds the transmission under the rails so it doesn't damage anything. Have about $20-30 materials in the whole thing.

Pardon the splatter, I have a flux core mig and didn't feel like cleaning up all the welds.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

That looks like the homemade tool this thread is about! Great job.

Sent from my XT1032

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

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[alwaysFlOoReD]

Slide hammer. Mostly from dumpster finds.
The red rod at the bottom of the pic shows what I started with. Both ends have cold rolled 5/8" fine thread. I have no idea what they were for originally. The slide came from a machine that compressed asphalt samples into pucks for testing. It was in the dumpster at my job site.



Nut and flat washer welded on for the stop.



This a crimp fitting for hydraulic hose. I use these to weld different ends onto.



Most pullers fit the end as well.



An end I made to pull a drive axle I couldn't get loose any other way.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Cheap vise stand;
1] a cheap vise
2] flat plate cut to fit bottom of vise
3] a driveshaft cut to length
4] an old ag disc

 

[Shran]

Hey... I have a vice stand just like that... except it was the leg of a restaurant table! Works great. My buddy was a little upset that I repurposed the leg of the table he gave me though, lol

 

[Curious Hound]

Just finished this. I believe it will be my new welder's best friend. The "decoration" in the bottom is extra counterweight to keep the CG lower.

 

[Uncle Gump]

I have taken axle shafts that were no longer serviceable and a steel wheel to make stands for doing front end work. Of course these were used with the vehicle on a hoist. Worked great for putting load on front control arms for front end inspection and repairs.