Quote from: muddy on May 15, 2024, 06:51:32 PM

Those connectors are notorious for that.

You mentioned CAT cleaning? What's your preferred method? Is it just a temporary fix?

Sent from my twisted mind of the mudman

Temporary fix Tim. I used a bottle of CataClean as directed and it solved the problem temporarily. Experience has taught me that once you get a P0430 or P0420, the specific Cat (left or right bank) is on its last legs. You can keep cleaning it, but eventually the code returns and it will need to be replaced in the very near future. Better to just replace it, along with the upper and lower sensors.

I don't know if it would work for your application,  but you can always mount a vise to a receiver hitch insert and work off the back end of a truck.

you could anchor a semi drum flange to your floor the weld the stand to the drum.

Quote from: goodfellow on May 15, 2024, 01:27:39 PM

I've tried that, and the only drums that are stable enough for heavy work are the HD truck drums --mid-sized or semi trucks. I also bolted the drums into the floor to be able to apply lateral torque on the vise. Worked well enough for many years. The good thing was that you had plenty of room around the vise stand, vs. a vise mounted in a workbench.

The problem I would have with not having the stand secured is many items I put into a vice involve stuck fasteners. Which often involve cheater bars I mean engineered torque multiplication devices, hammers, heat wrench, and bad words. Not having the vice mounted rock solid would only result in more bad words. Even with a semi brake drum I would think this would be a problem.