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Professional automotive forum for discussion of automotive tools, equipment and products. Although product representatives for tool & equipment companies do participate in a helpful way, this forum (like all areas of iATN) does not permit any advertising, so the discussion that takes place is by and for the users of the products. Discussion of special tool uses, solutions, and best practices. This forum is for experienced automotive repair professionals only, membership required.

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Recent Automotive Discussions in the Automotive Tool & Equipment Forum

New balancer suggestions
10/10/2025 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
I'm finally ready to upgrade our 20 year old Corghi balancer to something newer, faster, more accurate. The two I'm mostly comparing are the hunter Smartweight and the Coats 1300-1600 series. I'm not looking to get into road force balancing. Salesman for ...
Adding air lines to new shop area
10/07/2025 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
We have expanded our shop and now have another bay on the other side of the office. The other five bays are on one side of the shop in the new bay is on the other We need to run a compressed air feed to the new bay. The compressor and refrigerated air dry...
Inductive heater
09/28/2025 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
For those of you that own an inductive heater....... What brand do you own ? Would you recommend it or is there another brand you wish you had ?
CIS K-Jetronic plastic fuel hose pipe
09/20/2025 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
Hi everyone. I'm wondering if anyone has a source for parts/tools to make the really small, plastic fuel hoses/pipes that are found on many European cars with Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection systems. The ID of this broken pipe I believe is 2.5mm. At least...
Rear crank seal installer tool
09/12/2025 in the Tool & Equipment Forum
[Engine: 01 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 8.1L] Does anyone have a GM- J42849 Crankshaft Rear Seal Installer that we can rent or borrow. We can not seem to locate one that we can get in a timely manner. Thanks.

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