Unless you count Shockwave kits, this is officially my first Packout!

Picked it specifically to fit my m12 brushed 3/8in ratchet, and the m12 gen3 also fitting is just a cherry on top.

I only keep kreg screws with my automotive tools because I use the gen3 for automotive + woodworking but like having fasteners nearby to the tool that uses them.

Gonna pick up the metric 1/4” & 3/8” drive socket inserts for the slim Packout in a few weeks but I’m “getting by just fine” with my Stanley CRV impact set for now 🙄

Still working on a way to store the 24” Breaker Bar, Torque Wrench, 18” and 24” Pry Bars but they’re okay loose in the truck for now.

Contents:

Power:
M12 3/8” brushed Ratchet
M12 gen3 1/4” hex Impact Driver

Safety:
Mechanix Impact Gloves
Basic Safety Glasses w neck strap
Extra P100 Filters

Tear-down:
Maximum 8” & 12” Pry Bars
Mastercraft Hi-Vis Pliers & Cutters
Fiskars Snap-blade Box Cutter
Misc Picks & Punches

Layout/measuring:
Milwaukee Wide Blade Tape
Milwaukee 7” Rafter Square
Milwaukee Inkzall

Fastening:
Milwaukee stubby 8-in-1 ratcheting Screwdriver
Milwaukee Shockwave 27 piece Bit Set plus an extra rail each of Torx and Allen bits
Milwaukee Shockwave impact Socket adapters — 1/4”, 3/8” & 1/2”
Kreg 1-1/2” indoor & outdoor Screws

Edit:
Because of the sheer influx of threats being made to my health and safety over the past 20 hours, I have immediately added the following:

Flush Cutters; Punch and Chisel Set; Metric Allen Keys

Faulder is gone, Summerland is next. The fire has moved all of the way down Cartwright. Final image not my own.

Coolant flush, therm & gasket, rad caps done today, back to running at op temp.

Next up is CV axle, front brakes and hatch struts!

A boyhood dream of mine was to have the 2.5GT wagon in my driveway, and here I am 2 decades later :)

‘05 EJ255 GT Wagon in Atlantic Blue

Tell me everything I need to know about ownership!

I am shocked and amazed that it managed to drive an entire lag into this Doug Fir.

I pre-drilled 1/16” smaller pilot hole than the lag thread diameter for good bite and the 1/4” m12 impact surprisingly got a full bolt down to the washers before begrudgingly calling it quits.

How do some people even live like this??

I suppose the conditions were as nominal as they could possibly have been, because the best I’ve been able to squeeze out of the S210P so far has been ‘125’…

My speedometer, I’ve noticed, is roughly 10% off according to speed radar signs.

I’m both impressed and terrified!

Electrode —> Elect-erode??

I’m hoping this fixed my compression issue. Putting it out into the universe that this worked!

Have to wait 24 hours for the threadlocker to cure.

This afternoon was spent removing the bed in order to prep for the engine-out service that I’ll have to do this coming week.

Plenty of stuff attached to the bed itself, but the most memorable that I encountered were:

- 10mm bolt behind rear license plate the removes the connection to the spare tire carrier
- shim-style retainer clips holding the of the parking brake cable ‘Y’ splitter in tension
- three 12mm bolts attaching each forward bedside step to the back of the cab, acting as a gusset
- plenty of zip-tie-style cable ties, clip connectors (brittle after 26 years!), and harness clips
- one of the vacuum lines leading to T-Case was run through the parking brake splitter’s carrier, so I snapped the line while removing it to feed
- I had to use a cutoff disc on three of the bolt heads up top/front because the previous owner painted over them sloppily and they additionally corroded into place (I’ll have to drill out and re-tap these)

I’ll be doing a gasket service kit, water pump and timing belt, replacing all vacuum lines, spark plugs, ignition coils, fluids and filters while it’s on the stand.

Undercoating and bedlining are also on the shortlist

Has anybody done either an engine-out or head removal job on their ‘99-or-newer Hijet?

My s210p Hijet started misfiring this weekend and it appears that the previous owner had a spark plug helicoil installed in Cyl-2…

I’ll be pulling the head asap and likely to be machining a new plug hole, but I can’t seem to find torque specs for the head bolts anywhere.

Anybody done a head gasket, know the torque specs or have any words of encouragement?

Brought 3 kayaks and 2 paddle boards back to base today, but had to make a second trip for the final 3rd board. Decided to take the Kei for the last leg.

Wanted to get a feel of spacing for the final project.