JH> Kewl! Just got the Haynes manual for my Escape with hopes to do more work
JH> on the car. I had lost a lot of stuff during my divorce when I lived in
JH> Maryland. Trying to retool here. Can you believe it? My ex took my
JH> sockets when I was not in the house. Claimed she didn't know anything
JH> about it. Now I have to get a new hydralic jack and jackstands etc. Got
JH> some nice new sockets both metric and SAE. Can't find my one man brake
JH> bleeder either.

I have been slowly accumulating more and more tools.  You can never have too
many.  

It is rare that I have to replace calipers, so having the wife pump the brake
while I bleed the caliper isn't bad.  :)  Having an entire car lift would be
really nice, but they are also really expensive.  I have the hydrolic jack,
many jack stands (both car and truck).  I could use one for my motorcycle.  I
had borrowed a friend's motorcycle jack and used it - as a combination with my
hydrolic jack to lift my entire bike.

These days, I find that using a combination of RockAuto, Amazon, and Ebay for
parts (depending on what I'm looking for) has been a winning combination. Ebay
for the particulars for a vehicle, and RockAuto / Amazon for the new items.  

- Mark

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