I run a small air pressure regulator and use hose crimping pliers and tee into a heater hose or an air bleed line and use the shop compressed air to test the cooling system and cap at the same time. After being a tradesman for 25 years ya might find that buying adaptors and pressure testers becomes pretty expensive when every vehicle seems to have a different cap.... As well as the pressure tester pumps being a clunky tool and ceasing to pump or hold pressure.... Those hard to find leaks.... I dump the coolant and use the shop's smoke tester. Plenty of ways to skin a cat without breaking the bank constantly.
Thanks for all the great videos , you have helped me buy smart , and quality tools , I am in my second year at a Lexus dealership, and boy has it made a difference not only with tip but with the tools I use thanks to you. You are the master. Keep it up!
I've been needing something like this for a while. Our fleet is so diverse that it is vary difficult to get adapters for everything. Especially for testing the caps. We have side by sides, skid steers, 4 wheelers, all kinds of trucks, generators, light plants....the list goes on. This tool will be a vary welcome addition.
That's a nice setup other than no pressure release valve. I would have to retrofit something. Thankfully as a diesel mechanic I only had to have 3 adapters until recently. But now being "retired", I don't have to worry as much about it 😁 OTC has made good tools for many years, it's nice you have them sponsoring you. Cheers brother
That’s a really good idea. That thing will work pretty much across the board. Even if you are doing trucks,equipment,cars, etc. Only need the one tool. Thanks.
WOW, what a great idea. Why didn't I think of that. I just bought 2 adapters last month for $75. Pretty much you could buy the adapters until the end of time the old way.
I bought the harbor freight coolant system tester, I’ve only used the Chevy adapter about 3 dozen times & it works great. I’m sure all the outher adapters work good too I believe I spent $60-80 I can’t remember
Great video. Interesting tool and looks like a money saver. The only reason to buy tools is to make money 💴. Thanks for showing you pumped up the pressure to only 13 pounds.
That is a lot to spend when I already have the Stant tester and a few adapters. That did give me an idea though ... it wold be nice if they offered a hose and fittings kit only. You could simply use any pressure gauge in line and a tank like the Motive Brake bleeder which has a gauge, or possibly a tank sprayer even. As long as you can connect into the heater core line, can generate pressure and measure it with tight connections, that is a neat idea.
We used to go by the Owatanna Tool Co. Just off of I35 In Owatanna Minnesota often when we went to my grandmas house as a kid. I wander if it’s still there? I’ll have to look on Google Maps to see.
Not a fan of OTC/Bosch after the issue with my KTS scan tool (makes a good paper weight these days), but I wish that this had been created years ago. I have nine (9) AST cooling system adapters for my Stant pressure tester and those adapters cost a small fortune these days. And, yeah, that universal adapter that you show in the video is in my opinion worthless; I've had it shoot off like a rocket....
Snap on kit is garbage I had one. I now have the master ATD kit. It was 200 bucks on eBay and has every adapter you will need. The kit is 3 years old and still every adapter is leak free. My snap on kit was over 600 bucks and the adapters leak all the time.
A rig like this one, I also would wonder how hard it would be to turn it into a vacuum fill setup as well? The adapters for vacuum fill sets are just as expensive too! I bet that a few fittings and an inexpensive vacuum fill setup and this might work pretty well attached to a radiator tank in some applications. Just a thought.
Sweet , BUT , Every heater/coolant hose is connected to some brittle piece of plastic , that I will no doubt break . Funny , I commented before last part of video.
FLAT RATE MASTER ..// what testing tool do you use to test and check the temperature gauge in your cars dashboard is working correctly or is not working correctly? what do I use to test the temperature gauge? ... / how do you test what the PSI level of the radiator is at while the car is running?
Lol did the same thing with the same tool, coolent went everywhere. It's hard to find reliable tools. I don't think people understand how much trust you have to put in to your tools ( example is it the tool leaking or the car when you don't see it) that goes for everything torque wrench ext.
