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Old 02-15-2013, 08:33 AM   #6974
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?

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Originally Posted by dantimdad View Post
I gotta plan for the slide hammer. Gonna take the grip head off it and weld it to the screw part of a pair of vice grips. That way I can use any size stud and also pull nails, cotter pins, etc.

Being poor is the mother of invention.

Steven
I welded a nut(1/2 fine thread on mine) to the vise grips and screwed in the slide hammer. I can unscrew it and use the other attachments. I don't have a stud gun. I tack welded 8d nails to the sheet metal. A little slower that a stud gun but it works just fine.
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