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Princess Auto
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Princess Auto
I love that place! I swear, they must pump some kind of drug into their HVAC system that makes you spend money! 
I can never get out of that place without dropping at least $100. This weeks haul includes:
- 8" 2 jaw puller (for removing drums)
- digital infared thermometer (very cool toy)
- 12 pack of 3"x1/8" cut off discs (can never have enough of these for metal fabrication)
- ball joint separator
- carb stands
- threaded insert tool and inserts (looks like a rivet, but leaves a threaded hole instead of a closed rivet head)
For those of you unfamiliar with Princess Auto:
http://www.princessauto.com/PAcountr...Y=CAN&INF=home
You can download the current flyer, or look at it online.
I can never get out of that place without dropping at least $100. This weeks haul includes:- 8" 2 jaw puller (for removing drums)
- digital infared thermometer (very cool toy)
- 12 pack of 3"x1/8" cut off discs (can never have enough of these for metal fabrication)
- ball joint separator
- carb stands
- threaded insert tool and inserts (looks like a rivet, but leaves a threaded hole instead of a closed rivet head)
For those of you unfamiliar with Princess Auto:
http://www.princessauto.com/PAcountr...Y=CAN&INF=home
You can download the current flyer, or look at it online.
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Me too Bruce, I go there all the time.
Gotta be careful though (quality wise), as most of the stuff is from offshore.
But they really do have just about anything your looking for!
Gotta be careful though (quality wise), as most of the stuff is from offshore.
But they really do have just about anything your looking for!
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Originally Posted by 7t2vette
I swear, they must pump some kind of drug into their HVAC system that makes you spend money!
The best of the bunch is an engine stethoscope I bought because "you never know when you need to listen for internal engine problems"...next time I should use it to listen to the other voice in my head!!
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Originally Posted by mjager
Me too Bruce, I go there all the time.
Gotta be careful though (quality wise), as most of the stuff is from offshore.
But they really do have just about anything your looking for!
Gotta be careful though (quality wise), as most of the stuff is from offshore.
But they really do have just about anything your looking for!
I know most of their stuff is just cheap crap, but for some things, it is okay. I used to think that way too Mike, all my tools had to be brand name. I have since decided that some tools are okay from Canadian Tire and Princess Auto because of their no questions asked return policies, it breaks,I take it back.
That being said,for home use, I will always buy comsumables like sandpaper,drill bits,cutting discs, and welding wire/rods, and light duty tools like screw drivers and pliers from either CT or PA or even Home Depot....but any tool that I need to really rely on, like a torque wrench for example, I will stick to a name brand. That also goes for any electric tool as well, nothing but a quality name brand like Metabo, DeWalt, Hilti or Miliwaukee.
The funny thing is, the tools I use at work are nothing but brand name, I would not even think about buying a screw driver that wasn't a Klien, for instance!
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Originally Posted by 4GTABODT
The best of the bunch is a stethoscope I bought because "you never know when you need to listen for internal engine problems"...next time I should use it to listen to the other voice in my head!!
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Originally Posted by 7t2vette
I will stick to a name brand. That also goes for any electric tool as well, nothing but a quality name brand like Metabo, DeWalt, Hilti or Miliwaukee.
There is nothing like having a reliable tool when you need it the most. Metabo, DeWalt, Hilti or Miliwaukee they will never let you down if you take care of them.
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I work near the Dixie store. I'll go in there on my lunch, and I usually
lose track of time. Two hrs. feels like 20 minutes. I agree the tools are a little cheap,
but I usually only buy something that I won't use more than once or twice
(ie. Oxygen Sensor socket). Most of my tools are
Craftsman and Ingersoll Rand.
Bruce, what is the temp range on that IR temp. gauge?
lose track of time. Two hrs. feels like 20 minutes. I agree the tools are a little cheap,
but I usually only buy something that I won't use more than once or twice
(ie. Oxygen Sensor socket). Most of my tools are
Craftsman and Ingersoll Rand.
Bruce, what is the temp range on that IR temp. gauge?
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Originally Posted by LT4Coupe
I work near the Dixie store. I'll go in there on my lunch, and I usually
lose track of time. Two hrs. feels like 20 minutes. I agree the tools are a little cheap,
but I usually only buy something that I won't use more than once or twice
(ie. Oxygen Sensor socket). Most of my tools are
Craftsman and Ingersoll Rand.
Bruce, what is the temp range on that IR temp. gauge?
lose track of time. Two hrs. feels like 20 minutes. I agree the tools are a little cheap,
but I usually only buy something that I won't use more than once or twice
(ie. Oxygen Sensor socket). Most of my tools are
Craftsman and Ingersoll Rand.
Bruce, what is the temp range on that IR temp. gauge?
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Yup I'm a Power Fist man too
The only store I will go in and browse, I don't even go to high performance shops to look around.
Hey Bruce what is a carb stand, I think I need one
The only store I will go in and browse, I don't even go to high performance shops to look around.
Hey Bruce what is a carb stand, I think I need one
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Originally Posted by 7t2vette
....but any tool that I need to really rely on, like a torque wrench for example, I will stick to a name brand....
Actually I have 2 torque wrenches from Princess. I was thinking the same thing at first.....quality can't be there for $40 bucks (18.88 on sale!!), so I bought one first and took it to our testing lab at work. We had a machine to calibrate torque guns. I checked the setting for at least 20 different readings. They were dead on. Also, their wrench come with free lifetime re-calibration.
I check their website every week. The problem is I am at least 45 minutes away from any location (Barrie, Oshawa, Mississauga....)
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Originally Posted by MotorHead
Hey Bruce what is a carb stand, I think I need one
You put one of these at each corner while working on a carb off the car, $3.99 a set of 4:
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Originally Posted by desi
Actually I have 2 torque wrenches from Princess. I was thinking the same thing at first.....quality can't be there for $40 bucks (18.88 on sale!!), so I bought one first and took it to our testing lab at work. We had a machine to calibrate torque guns. I checked the setting for at least 20 different readings. They were dead on. Also, their wrench come with free lifetime re-calibration.
I check their website every week. The problem is I am at least 45 minutes away from any location (Barrie, Oshawa, Mississauga....)
I check their website every week. The problem is I am at least 45 minutes away from any location (Barrie, Oshawa, Mississauga....)
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Originally Posted by 75Rag
I'm in there all the time ..... some of the prices are great, you've got to know what you're looking at ... and for!
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I got an adjustable engine dolly in there a couple of days ago. It adjusts to any make.size engine, 30 bucks, can't go wrong 
That carb stand is good idea, I do need one after all
That carb stand is good idea, I do need one after all