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Lee_D

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How many weeks to chrimbo folks?

Right, now I've throughly depressed all of you time to have a group
hug and discuss small tools that are a god send.

Like earlier today I was tightening the rocker covers on the Disco,
managed to drop a socket into a void under the intake gizmology.

45 minutes of F'ing and blinding later, still no joy. I was also up at
my Dads at the time and thought I'd do this 3 second job whilst it
crossed my mind... the smell of burning oil being the prompt.

Then I had a vague recollection of Dad showing me one of those cheap
ratchet scredriver kits...which has a magnet on a flexible extension.

10 seconds later. Sorted.

Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?

Lee D
--
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam.
Winston Churchill

www.lrproject.com
'76 101 Camper
'64 88" IIa V8 Auto
'97 Disco ES Auto LPG'd
'01 Laguna
 
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:09:42 +0100, Lee_D
<[email protected]> wrote:


>10 seconds later. Sorted.
>
>Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?
>
>Lee D

Ball ended allen keys. Once you've used them, you'll never go back to
the regular sort again.

David
 
rads came up with the following;:
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:09:42 +0100, Lee_D
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> 10 seconds later. Sorted.
>>
>> Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?
>>
>> Lee D
>
> Ball ended allen keys. Once you've used them, you'll never go back to
> the regular sort again.

I have a cheap and nasty little doohickey that takes a 6mm (maybe 1/4") hex
allen key and is a ratchet too that can take a 1/4square drive adaptor for
sockets or screwdriver bits. It's a god send in small places. Made
originally in Germany, but I've not seen them on sale elsewhere ...

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!
ebay stuff 4581614476

 
On or around Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:09:42 +0100, Lee_D
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Then I had a vague recollection of Dad showing me one of those cheap
>ratchet scredriver kits...which has a magnet on a flexible extension.
>
>10 seconds later. Sorted.

one of those magnet things rescued my 10 and 11 britool ring spanner from a
drain once. Dropped the spanner and it rolled (double-crank ring spanners
can) and went down a drain. one of those long thin slot concrete drains you
get in car parks. I could see it sitting there, about a foot down. Aha, I
thought, (after going f**k b***ocks etc a bit) I've got this here
screwdriver with the magnety thing... too short by about 6". More f**k etc,
then I thought I know what, 's a cheap nasty screwdriver anyway, so
vandalised the handle off it, gripped the remains in a moel grip, and it
just reached... spanner retrieved, result!!
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Once, when the secrets of science were the jealously guarded property of
a small priesthood, the common man had no hope of mastering their arcane
complexities. Years of study in musty classrooms were prerequisite to
obtaining even a dim, incoherent knowledge of science.
Today, all that has changed: a dim, incoherent knowledge of science is
available to anyone. - Tom Weller, Science Made Stupid, 1986
 
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:09:42 +0100, Lee_D
<[email protected]> wrote:

>How many weeks to chrimbo folks?
>
>Right, now I've throughly depressed all of you time to have a group
>hug and discuss small tools that are a god send.
>
>Like earlier today I was tightening the rocker covers on the Disco,
>managed to drop a socket into a void under the intake gizmology.
>
>45 minutes of F'ing and blinding later, still no joy. I was also up at
>my Dads at the time and thought I'd do this 3 second job whilst it
>crossed my mind... the smell of burning oil being the prompt.
>
>Then I had a vague recollection of Dad showing me one of those cheap
>ratchet scredriver kits...which has a magnet on a flexible extension.
>
>10 seconds later. Sorted.
>
>Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?
>

I can think of a whole host of cheap little gizmos for the workshop
which save time, but the hands-down winners in my garage are the tools
i've made myself. Especially the custom pullers/inserters for various
landrover bushes/bearings/shafts etc etc.

Alex
 
Lee_D wrote:
> How many weeks to chrimbo folks?
>
> Right, now I've throughly depressed all of you time to have a group
> hug and discuss small tools that are a god send.
>
> Like earlier today I was tightening the rocker covers on the Disco,
> managed to drop a socket into a void under the intake gizmology.
>
> 45 minutes of F'ing and blinding later, still no joy. I was also up at
> my Dads at the time and thought I'd do this 3 second job whilst it
> crossed my mind... the smell of burning oil being the prompt.
>
> Then I had a vague recollection of Dad showing me one of those cheap
> ratchet scredriver kits...which has a magnet on a flexible extension.
>
> 10 seconds later. Sorted.
>
> Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?
>
> Lee D

Mine is one of them magnetic tool and parts trays, less than a fiver from
Machinemart. Keeps all the nuts and bolts safe from me knocking them onto
the nut and bolt swallowing thing that is my floor when pulling stuff apart.

Nigel
--
nigel@leginDOTorg
1979 Lightweight


 
Lee_D wrote:

> Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?

A very small set of Stilsons, about 3" long and with jaws that go from
about 5mm to 15mm. Absolutely invaluable when removing brake pipes from
wheel cylinders and other stuff like that.

John
 
The one thing I would really like is a cheap EP90 dispenser for those hard
to reach EP90 holes. Something that is useable one handed and doesn't cover
me or the car in oil, maybe even suck back when I pour in too much.
Something a little better than a washingup bottle with a length of pipe
attached.

Nigel

--
nigel@leginDOTorg
1979 Lightweight


 
so Lee_D was, like...
>
> Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?

About ten years ago I was given a "tool set" by my M-in-L. It was a
Halfords jobbie with a cracked grey plastic case (reduced?). I kept it in
the back of the garage for emergencies and one day had cause to use it.
Brilliant! The plastic case fell apart so I made a wooden box around the
moulding inside, and now it goes with me everywhere. There's a small 3/8
ratchet and sockets from about 6mm to 17mm (with same range in imperial),
1/4" adapter, screwdriver handle, screw bits, allen bits and a little dinky
extension bar. No use for the heavy stuff (I keep a big 1/2" set for that)
but for small jobs it's the mutt's. Never broken or let me down, still
looks like new. The ratchet action is superb.

I also have a 10/11mm double ring spanner (Draper?) that gets used almost
every time I work on a vehicle and is like an old friend. It is exactly the
right size for the top cover on the woodburner too, for when I clean the
flue. Just like the one Austin almost lost, and yes, they do roll.
--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
Lee_D wrote:
> How many weeks to chrimbo folks?
>
> Right, now I've throughly depressed all of you time to have a group
> hug and discuss small tools that are a god send.
>
> Like earlier today I was tightening the rocker covers on the Disco,
> managed to drop a socket into a void under the intake gizmology.
>
> 45 minutes of F'ing and blinding later, still no joy. I was also up at
> my Dads at the time and thought I'd do this 3 second job whilst it
> crossed my mind... the smell of burning oil being the prompt.
>
> Then I had a vague recollection of Dad showing me one of those cheap
> ratchet scredriver kits...which has a magnet on a flexible extension.
>
> 10 seconds later. Sorted.
>
> Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?

I've got a cross-style wheel brace that rather than having 4 different
sized sockets on it has a 1/2" square drive on one arm allowing any
sized socket to be used - absolutely ideal for LR vehicles that have
wheel nuts too big for all the standard wheel braces.



--
EMB
 

"rads" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:09:42 +0100, Lee_D
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> >10 seconds later. Sorted.
> >
> >Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?
> >
> >Lee D
>
> Ball ended allen keys. Once you've used them, you'll never go back to
> the regular sort again.
>
> David

have you tried the ones with coathanger ends though you can feel them start
to twist before you strip the threads I've been happy with my set bought
really cheap as they packed 2 x 6mm by mistake.
Derek


 

"Nigel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The one thing I would really like is a cheap EP90 dispenser for those hard
> to reach EP90 holes. Something that is useable one handed and doesn't
> cover me or the car in oil, maybe even suck back when I pour in too much.
> Something a little better than a washingup bottle with a length of pipe
> attached.

Best thing I've found for that is a container that used to hold that awful
gunk that you put in tyres to stop them getting punctures (green/blue stuff
that ruins inner tubes) its same principle as washing up bottle and pipe but
is about half+ as big again.


 
On 2005-10-10, Nigel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Something a little better than a washingup bottle with a length of pipe
> attached.

Sounds like you want an oil syringe, about 6 quid from most motor factors.

--
For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert
 
On 2005-10-10, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:

> Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?

An endoscope! Not too cheap perhaps, any Doctors on the group?

--
For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert
 
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:07:40 +0100, "Nigel" <[email protected]>
made me spill my meths when he wrote:

>The one thing I would really like is a cheap EP90 dispenser for those hard
>to reach EP90 holes. Something that is useable one handed and doesn't cover
>me or the car in oil, maybe even suck back when I pour in too much.

I got one of these from Machine Mart and it works on a SII and 110 V8
just fine:

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=040215070&r=2056&g=107
--
Wayne Davies - Mobile 07989 556213 - Harrogate, N.Yorks, UK
 
Ian Rawlings wrote:
> On 2005-10-10, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?
>
> An endoscope! Not too cheap perhaps, any Doctors on the group?
>

RIGID ones are affordable, flexibles not.

Steve
 
On 2005-10-10, Steve <[email protected]> wrote:

> RIGID ones are affordable, flexibles not.

Hmm, endoscopy is one area where you don't want a stiffy. I can just
about get by with one of those slightly too expensive budgie mirrors
fastened to the end of a car aerial, but it's not quite the same.

--
For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert
 
Ian Rawlings wrote:
> On 2005-10-10, Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>RIGID ones are affordable, flexibles not.
>
>
> Hmm, endoscopy is one area where you don't want a stiffy. I can just
> about get by with one of those slightly too expensive budgie mirrors
> fastened to the end of a car aerial, but it's not quite the same.
>
Given the size of mini-tv cams from the likes of Maplin you could always
put a camera on a stick.

Steve
 
During stardate Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:16:16 +0100, Steve
<[email protected]> uttered the imortal words:
>Ian Rawlings wrote:
>> On 2005-10-10, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?
>>
>> An endoscope! Not too cheap perhaps, any Doctors on the group?
>>
>
>RIGID ones are affordable, flexibles not.
>
>Steve

I don't think I could bring myself to bid on one on ebay. Yuk!

Lee D
--
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam.
Winston Churchill

www.lrproject.com
'76 101 Camper
'64 88" IIa V8 Auto
'97 Disco ES Auto LPG'd
'01 Laguna
 
[email protected] wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:07:40 +0100, "Nigel" <[email protected]>
> made me spill my meths when he wrote:
>
>> The one thing I would really like is a cheap EP90 dispenser for
>> those hard to reach EP90 holes. Something that is useable one handed
>> and doesn't cover me or the car in oil, maybe even suck back when I
>> pour in too much.
>
> I got one of these from Machine Mart and it works on a SII and 110 V8
> just fine:
>
> http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=040215070&r=2056&g=107

I did have one of them, it lasted about 6 months then the rubber shrunk and
it doesn't work anymore. Wasn't that impressed as the tube is too wide and
it will dribble oil out unless held upright when it then leaks out of the
top.

I was wondering if a windscreen washer bottle with motor still attached
would work with oil. Anyone tried this?

Nigel
--
nigel@leginDOTorg
1979 Lightweight


 
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