While changing the brakes on my Tundra last night I was thinking about what tools an MM member should own at each stage in their life. As a alumni a few years out of school I have the privilege of a garage with air tools and such but I think back fondly of those days of changing my oil in the Sunchase parking lot. So I thought it'd be useful to put together some lists of tools an auto (or moto) enthusiast should own at each stage of their life. To start:

MM Student
-Set of 1/4",3/8" sockets with socket wrenches
-Walmart jack (something that can be fit in a case for autox/track)
-Harbor Freight Impact Wrench
-HF Impact Sockets
-Oil filter wrench
-Small toolbox
-Set of Closed end wrenches
-At least 2 jack stands

MM Graduate (in addition to the MM Student tools)
-Air compressor
-Alignment tool
-Heavy duty floor jack
-1/2" impact gun
-3/8" impact ratchet
-Set of ratcheting wrenches
-Full complement of chemicals (anti-seize, pb blaster, wd-40, brake cleaner, etc.)
-Assortment of hammers

MM Rider
-Front and rear wheel stands
-Set of allen keys
-Wheel alignment tool
-Chain tool

I'm sure I forgot a bunch of stuff but when we get it all figured out maybe we can post it on the site as an article.

Found this posting on CL this morning.. pretty funny....

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So, I put a new alternator in my SS tonight, because I thought that was the problem with it dieing on me a couple of times a while back. Started it at the house, and checked the volt meter int he car, and it was reading normal, took it out, and the whole drive it was reading low, so I didn't want to stop because i wasnt sure if the battery was being drained. So my question is does the volt meter tell me what the alternator is putting out, or the battery? Battery, i guess right? Any suggestions to why the meter in the car is reading low? I had the battery tested at advance, but maybe they dont know what the shit they are talking about

It seems you guys have a little experience with this. Anyway, I was thinking of picking one up, but I have no idea what I am doing. Does anyone have an old one I could maybe try out for a week or two? I was told a size of 60-62 was about what im looking for because I am about 6'2.

I know all of you know about this bike, but I'm bored and didn't know if you wanted to talk about it.



Apparently, the pricing has been released:

The Above Linked Article Wrote:...but a local dealer is now taking deposits for January delivery, locking in pricing at the MSRP of $13,800; $801 more than the Honda.

Buyer backed out the daughter said it wasnt cute enough

Long story short, we have a graphic artist in the family that was supposed to provide some very simple help with some of the visual aspects of our wedding. We're on crunch time (less than 2 weeks) and they aren't pulling their weight at all.

The things to be done are not particularly complex at all, but will look 10x better if somebody with experience in this field can take a stab at it instead of us cobbling it together in Microsoft Word.

If anybody is willing to take on the challenge, please PM me with a phone number or email that I can get in touch with you quickly to discuss details. Hopefully somebody here can help...
-Dave

I have a set (*5*) of brand new, never mounted Toyo R888's in 205/50R15. The rules have changed for next in Spec Miata and I need to sell these to get a set of RA-1's. I paid $700+ tax for the set.
$600

Linky pow
1974 CB750K
What questions should I ask?
What do I need to know?

Asking price is 1500. Talk me out of it.

I graduated this past semester. I live at my parents house in bumfuck VA. I have no job and I am bored as FWACK! What do I do?