In keeping with James' service manual translations, here are the top 10 C/P
tools, stolen from the C/P website!
> 10 Milwaukee Sawzall - useful problem solving device not only in the garage,
> but on the garage itself. "Whaddya mean the door is too low for the new
> dually to fit?" Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrzzzzzzzzzzzz!
>
> 9 Really Long Screwdriver - indispensible for poking down spark plug holes,
> using with tool #2 to loosen overtightened oil filters, prying the dingus
> away from the whatchamajiggy, and hundreds of other highly technical
> procedures.
>
> 8 Hacksaw - you need this for enlarging the slots in philips head screws so
> you can use the Really Long Screwdriver to remove them. Ditto for slotting
> bolt heads after you round the points off with tool #7. Or for slotting the
> bolt shaft after you break the head off.
>
> 7 Visegrips - It's a clamp! It's pliers! It's a hammer! If you can actually
> name a project where you didn't use the visegrips, it merely shows that you
> lack creativity. Plus, they're very important for opening those pistachios
> that don't have room to get your thumbnail in between the shell halves.
>
> 6 The Gas Axe - Really ought to be oxyacetylene, a plasma cutter is
> acceptable but kind of high tech for the class. Oxyacetylene is also a lot
> more versatile that the plasma cutter - it can be used to heat stuck bolts
> prior to application of tool #2, to heat metal parts prior to application
> of tool #2 (what can I say - this an tool #2 just make a dandy pair), and
> to warm burritos VERY fast.
>
> 5 Welder - once again, in keeping with the spirit of the class, this ought
> to be a gas unit, but in deference to the changing times, one of those
> nambypamby MIG/TIG units is acceptable as long as it draws enought juice to
> dim the neighbors' lights when you strike the arc.
>
> 4 Chalk - Since tobacco juice is both passe' and hazardous to your health,
> how else are you going to mark where you want to cut and/or weld?
>
> 3 Yardstick - You've got to figure out where to make that mark, and folding
> measures are getting harder to come by nowadays. In a pinch, fall back on
> the ruler cast in to the top of the old tackle box you keep your carb jets
> and gaskets in.
>
> 2 Sledgehammer - an indispensible aid to parts adjustment, removal and
> relocation.
>
> and of course, the #1 CP Indispensible Tool...
>
> 1 The Margarita Machine - an indispensible aid to attitude adjustment and
> creativity
>
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> Chris Heiny
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