Here’s some items I’ve purchased over many years, that were never documented.
This is the Snapon 8mm external socket needed for the drain plugs on the car. It has gone up in price since 2008, and there are alternatives available. I haven’t had any issues with the Snapon socket.
Here’s a tool that will lock the flywheel in place while you remove either the flywheel, or the crank pulley. I’m not sure why I bought it since I don’t have an engine with a flywheel.
Stainless blending pads, a box of 10. 12 years later, I’ve used 2 of them.
US Motor Works Water Pump for a Volvo from Rockauto. I purchased this with other items I’ve listed on the blog, so I’ve left the shipping as $0. A bolt-on pulley is needed for this pump, which I currently do not own. These pumps don’t have the country they were manufactured in listed, and the quality is notoriously poor. I would maybe use this in the short term while waiting for a quality waterpump to be delivered. I couldn’t pass up a $22 waterpump:
Costs:
| Item |
Purchase Date |
Vendor |
Quantity |
Cost |
Shipping |
Tax |
Total |
| Socket, Metric, Pipe Plug, External, 8 mm P/N PMM408A |
4/27/2008 |
snapon.com |
1 |
$ 13.65 |
$ – |
$ 1.05 |
$ 14.70 |
| Scotch-Brite Stainless Pads |
4/4/2010 |
Amazon.com |
1 |
$ 24.90 |
$ 6.55 |
$ – |
$ 31.45 |
| Flywheel Removal Tool |
7/14/2015 |
Billy C |
1 |
$ 35.00 |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 35.00 |
| US Motor Works Water Pump |
5/18/2022 |
Rockauto.com |
1 |
$ 21.89 |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 21.89 |
|
$ 103.04 |