At that vital moment today a tiny black self-tapping screw jumped out of a hole, bounced on the sill of the car and threw itself onto the drive. Huffing and puffing, looking around, trying to work out where it could have gone, couldn't find it. Didn't want to use a not-quite-the-same-you-know-it-will-either-fall-out-or-butcher-the-hole one. Thought of a tool I'd bought a while back*, wafted it around, sighed at my stupidity, shoved it under the lavender bushes a bit, threw it under the car, half-heartedly moved it around the bricks right in front of my nose a bit more, lifted it up, and ... the screw was actually on it!
What's your favourite tool?
(* I bought it, searching for the very cheapest strong magnet and rope option on eBay, to fish a rather good 3/8 ratchet out of the bottom of a 4500 litre water tank. It's tiny but can allegedly hold onto 14kg.)
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#1659521 09/08/202216:2709/08/202216:27
I found an extendable magnet "pen" like Edinburgh has in the engine compartment of my 124 Spider after a service. My limited experience with an impact wrench (not had it long) has only been partly successful: some rusty bolts still refuse to move but a set of Hilki bolt extractors have been very useful, along with a heat gun. I still have nearly all of a socket set that my Mum bought for me some 45 years ago (Kamasa, not Snap-On) and when I attended an Engineering Practice 1 course when first starting work, I made a nice set of 4 x axle stands, which are currently supporting 2 x Fiat Coupes. I have a set of long low-rise ramps that have also proved their worth over time, as have the Sykes ACR code readers and pods. My favourite tool is maybe the long handled breaker bar, but then again I've been making good use of my brake pipe flaring tool recently...
1996 Portofino 20vt & 2000 Pearl White Plus 2008 Ferrari F430 & 2017 Fiat 124 Spider
Re: What is your favourite tool?
[Re: AyliCarper]
#1659528 09/08/202217:5309/08/202217:53
My most useful tool that I wish I'd had at last a decade sooner is an induction heater. No matter how rusty the bolt (yes, really) it'll come out like a new bolt in under 2 mins with this.
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[Re: AyliCarper]
#1659529 09/08/202220:3009/08/202220:30
There's almost something indecent about an induction heat gun. (Almost.)
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but I must admit I made this comment today under an article in the Times about our Prime Minister's honeymoon: "They went to Slovenia because it has the word 'love' hidden in its name. Wouldn't Scunthorpe have been more appropriate?"
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#1659535 09/08/202222:3009/08/202222:30
My most useful tool that I wish I'd had at last a decade sooner is an induction heater. No matter how rusty the bolt (yes, really) it'll come out like a new bolt in under 2 mins with this.
"Group Buy" ....a must for every Coupé owner!
BumbleBee carer
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[Re: AyliCarper]
#1659677 16/08/202212:2816/08/202212:28
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but I must admit I made this comment today under an article in the Times about our Prime Minister's honeymoon: "They went to Slovenia because it has the word 'love' hidden in its name. Wouldn't Scunthorpe have been more appropriate?"