On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, at around 12:46:58 local time, MJSUKEY@cs.com
wrote:
>While out in the shop working this weekend I was thinking about how handy it
>was to have my parts washer and impact wrench. Those are some of those things
>that are not a requirement to get the job done but once I got them I wondered
>how I ever got along without them before. I'm sure there are many more tools
>out there that would also have the same effect. So, since it's winter and not
>a lot much car activity going on out there let me pose the question to you
>all, what tools do you use in your tinkering that you might not
>necessarily need
>but you wouldn't do without them now?
Dear Marty,
The magnet on the end of a telescopic doodad that allows me to retrieve
nuts, washers, and other small metal items from the obscure little
corners that they seek whenever I drop the little b*ggers!
The Dremel
The Electric Drill (yes, I did work on my cars for a long time using a
hand-drill...)
The set of spanners that I can now use in place of pliers to hold the
bolt heads whilst I'm using the socket-set to turn the nuts.
The spare cars, so that I always have one on the road, able to take me
to collect urgently-needed parts for another.
Lastly, and most importantly, a tool that I really could not live
without: a can of PlusGas. The painful injuries and the hundreds of
hours of wasted effort that this one little can has saved me should make
it an early candidate for canonisation.
ATB
--
Mike
Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV
Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL
Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH105671
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