Cheap tools to die for.

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[email protected]

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• Oct 11, 2005

• #21

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:32:15 +0100, "Nigel" <[email protected]>
made me spill my meths when he wrote:

>> 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.

Oh that's great, I'll let you know in a couple of months then


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Derry Argue

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• Oct 11, 2005

• #22

"Nigel" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> [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

Get yourself off to the local vet and ask for a very large hypodermic
syringe with the large outlet for stomach feeding orphan lambs. Cost about
£1. Ideal for filling or sucking items as well as lambs.

Derry

 

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Nigel

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• Oct 11, 2005

• #23

Derry Argue wrote:
> "Nigel" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> [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
>
> Get yourself off to the local vet and ask for a very large hypodermic
> syringe with the large outlet for stomach feeding orphan lambs. Cost
> about £1. Ideal for filling or sucking items as well as lambs.
>
> Derry

Thanks Derry, you make me feel really stupid, I work in a school and I can
bet the science department has a number of large hypodermic syringes and all
the plastic or rubber tubing I need.

They provided me with a supply of graphite the other day to do my starter
motor (and enought to do about 20 other starter motors).

All I have to do is make their computer stop working, go to fix it, they
will be so grateful at the quick fix they will give me anything. Worked last
time!

Nigel

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Lee_D

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• Oct 11, 2005

• #24

During stardate Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:13:08 GMT, "Derek"
<[email protected]> uttered the imortal words:


>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
>

yo gorra link for 'em. I'm tryin to visualise then and had a trawl but
turned up nowt.

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

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'76 101 Camper
'64 88" IIa V8 Auto
'97 Disco ES Auto LPG'd
'01 Laguna

 

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Derek

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• Oct 11, 2005

• #25

"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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

depends on what you need it for how about one of these
http://www.anchorsupplies.com/10007.jpg
Derek

 

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Derek

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• Oct 11, 2005

• #26

"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> During stardate Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:13:08 GMT, "Derek"
> <[email protected]> uttered the imortal words:
>
>
> >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
> >
>
> yo gorra link for 'em. I'm tryin to visualise then and had a trawl but
> turned up nowt.
>
> 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
I couldn't find em either the only other place I have seen them is on
American Chopper - Paul junior has a set ( or 3) the handles are red powder
coated and
shaped like a wire coathanger triangle I'll email you a picture.Very
tactile you do feel just when to ease off and get the impact driver out
Derek

 

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Derek

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• Oct 11, 2005

• #27

"Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > During stardate Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:13:08 GMT, "Derek"
> > <[email protected]> uttered the imortal words:
> >
> >
> > >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
> > >
> >
> > yo gorra link for 'em. I'm tryin to visualise then and had a trawl but
> > turned up nowt.
> >
> > 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
> I couldn't find em either the only other place I have seen them is on
> American Chopper - Paul junior has a set ( or 3) the handles are red
powder
> coated and
> shaped like a wire coathanger triangle I'll email you a picture.Very
> tactile you do feel just when to ease off and get the impact driver out
> Derek
>
or of course you can look at
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/derek.watts3/11-10 004.jpg

 

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Mother

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• Oct 12, 2005

• #28

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:36:03 +0100, "Nigel" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>All I have to do is make their computer stop working, go to fix it, they
>will be so grateful at the quick fix they will give me anything. Worked last
>time!

Oh, there's potential in that there idea (pulls up customers list...)


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of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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rads

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• Oct 12, 2005

• #29

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:25:04 GMT, "Derek"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I couldn't find em either the only other place I have seen them is on
>American Chopper - Paul junior has a set ( or 3) the handles are red powder
>coated and
>shaped like a wire coathanger triangle I'll email you a picture.Very
>tactile you do feel just when to ease off and get the impact driver out
>Derek
>
>
I get a rather guilty pleasure from American Chopper.

Don'y particuylarly like the style of the finished bikes, some of the
"engineering" at OCC looks a little crude, but the machining of the
wheels, the quality of the paint and chrome, and some of the small
design details impress the hell out of me.

Wonder if theres a market for someone to do something similar in the
UK (in which case, since it'e my idea, I would like to apply for the
"Mikey" role)?

David

 

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rads

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• Oct 12, 2005

• #30

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:09:42 +0100, Lee_D
<[email protected]> wrote:

>How many weeks to chrimbo folks?
>
>Any one any other cheap gems for the wish list?
>
>Lee D

Whilst vaguely on the syringes topic, a RR classic has up to 4 belts
on the front of the engine, and if one is squeaking, it can be a bit
difficult to tell where the squeak is coming from.

Get a water filled syringe and squirt each belt in turn. When you
squirt the right belt, squeaking will instantly stop.

Maybe this is common knowledge, but I was impressed when a mate showed
me.

Incidentally, tightening the lower belt fixed the noisy aircon pump I
was moaning about last week..............

David

 

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Derek

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• Oct 12, 2005

• #31

"rads" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:25:04 GMT, "Derek"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I couldn't find em either the only other place I have seen them is on
> >American Chopper - Paul junior has a set ( or 3) the handles are red
powder
> >coated and
> >shaped like a wire coathanger triangle I'll email you a picture.Very
> >tactile you do feel just when to ease off and get the impact driver out
> >Derek
> >
> >
> I get a rather guilty pleasure from American Chopper.
>
> Don'y particuylarly like the style of the finished bikes, some of the
> "engineering" at OCC looks a little crude, but the machining of the
> wheels, the quality of the paint and chrome, and some of the small
> design details impress the hell out of me.
>
> Wonder if theres a market for someone to do something similar in the
> UK (in which case, since it'e my idea, I would like to apply for the
> "Mikey" role)?
>
> David

I'm way ahead of you there tall blond beard glasses I just need to gain
about 4 stone and I can sleep standing up ( I learned that waiting at parts
counters in the late 60's) . Its nice when you see them assembling that
they don't hide engineering problems tolerance problems retapping threads
and such- my favourite was Paul snr b*llcking Mikey for cutting a bolt
without leaving a nut on to clear the thread elementary engineering but not
to a numbnutz.Have you had a look at the out-takes on the discovery website
it makes it all the more amazing that nobody has rivetted Mikey to a ceiling
somewhere.
Derek

 

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Lee_D

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• Oct 12, 2005

• #32

During stardate Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:10:43 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> uttered the imortal words:

>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.
Worth mentioning the Halfords proffesional range of ratchets have a
life time guarentee. I tried repairing one (with their own kits!) and
later found I could have just swapped it for a new one.

I've given mine ALOT of therapy over the years and am happy with them.

Lee D
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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

 

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SpamTrapSeeSig

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• Oct 16, 2005

• #33

In article <[email protected]>, Lee_D
<[email protected]> writes
>During stardate Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:10:43 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
><[email protected]> uttered the imortal words:
>
>>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've got a Draper one like that - bought for my moped in 1976-ish, still
brilliant. I took a couple of hours to clean all the sockets recently -
soaked in WD40 to loosen accumulated crud - and it came up like new.

Good quality tools are the most satisfying things to own, I find.


>>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.

I *found* a ring spanner attached to Marge (110CSW, in case you think
I'm more of a pervert than I really am!). It was fitted to the bolt
holding the bench seats down, underneath in the 'wheel arch' (IYSWIM).
It had been covered with mud by previous owner and concealed. Jetwashing
revealed it. It's a snap-on, and cleaned up well (slightly rusty).

I was surprised, since gravity should have removed it ages before.

Regards,

Simonm.

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Richard Brookman

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• Oct 16, 2005

• #34

so SpamTrapSeeSig was, like...
>>
> I *found* a ring spanner attached to Marge

One of the luckiest finds I ever had was when I was standing in Blackpool
saying goodbye to the ex-gf (as was then) and a car came round the corner at
speed and a thing flew off the roof and landed at my feet. It was a quality
pair of water-pump pliers. They are still in the toolbox and get used on
most occasions the lid gets opened.


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Rich
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Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)