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I remember taking apart a BMW 318i (M42) and losing one of the external torx starter bolts. We found it two years later when we moved the MG out of the garage; the bolt had rolled behind the tire out of sight. Had to buy a replacement at BMW for $19 goddamn dollars for an M8 bolt. I've been missing my 3/8" short 12-pt 10mm for awhile now, but I've gotten to the point that I'm either hitting poo poo with the 1/2" impact/breaker bar/ratchet/torque wrench or I'm hooking the 1/4" hardware up to my electric screwdriver. Power tools easily cut most work time in half, and when you can't bring your power tools to bear there's always ratcheting spanners 
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Ratcheting box wrenches have changed my life
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Aug 25, 2015 09:24
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All this lost socket talk has made me remember one of the old mechanics I used to take my car to. This mechanic had a few of those of the retractable lanyards, that you use to stick your security card/ID/whatever on, with a little clip on the end. These were all then hooked on his belt. Any socket/screwdriver etc that he took near a car got clipped on to one of the lanyards before he went under the hood. Made me wonder how many tools he lost before he came up with that idea.
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Aug 25, 2015 12:48
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Powershift posted:Yeah, they really should just sell bags of 10mm sockets. I think about that every time I see the empty spot in my socket rack. My old Sedona had three or four 10mm sockets hiding somewhere between the bumper and headlight. That gap was just wide enough that dropped sockets entered and never returned.
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Aug 25, 2015 12:53
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Seat Safety Switch posted:My coworker told me a story about how he lost his wedding ring down an exhaust heat shield and got to listen to the sound of his failure on every commute for three years before, he assumed, it finally fell out. Say honey, where's your wedding ring? The sign of our eternal commitment and love? Oh, it's stuck under the car. But don't worry, it will eventually fall off and get blown into the gutter by an 18-wheeler
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Aug 25, 2015 12:57
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Geirskogul posted:Ratcheting box wrenches have changed my life Its a thing of beauty. some texas redneck posted:Every car I've ever owned has multiple 10mm sockets wind up wedged somewhere... somewhere. Even the Saturd, since it's (mostly) metric. That's when I pull out the earth metal magnets and a coat hanger.
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Aug 25, 2015 12:59
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Geirskogul posted:Ratcheting box wrenches have changed my life Especially when the ratchet end also has a bit of flex to it like some gear-wrenches have. God I love those things. Those and flare nut wrenches for doing brakes.
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Aug 25, 2015 13:20
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BloodBag posted:Especially when the ratchet end also has a bit of flex to it like some gear-wrenches have. God I love those things. Those and flare nut wrenches for doing brakes. Offset box wrenches are awesome.
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Aug 25, 2015 13:23
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My cars engine bay is such an arsehole to recover tools from that I now just stuff an old towel in there before I catch work to hold all the poo poo that I know I'll end up dropping. One day I'll forget to remove the catch towel and end up with some pictures for this thread.
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Aug 25, 2015 14:44
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tater_salad posted:Dude gently caress that.. Funny story about 14mm and 13mm sockets. My Husky impact socket set came with two 14mm sockets, one stamped 13mm. I only noticed months later when I tried to undo a 13mm nut and it was too loose. That was a very confusing Home Depot return counter experience... me: so this 13mm socket is defective, it's actually a 14mm.  : it says 13mm.me: yes I know. That is the problem. It fits a 14mm. There is already a 14mm in the set. : but it says 13mmme: look. I know. Go find a drat 13mm bolt head and put that on it, I dare you. We went around like that several times before I managed to get through. Also, there was a socket (can't remember if 13, 14, or 15, whatever XJ UCA bolts take) rattling around in the driver frame rail of one of my old jeeps until I cut it up and got it back. The bolt head is inside the frame rail and they're famous for knocking the socket off the extension when you pull back. CommieGIR posted:That's when I pull out the earth metal magnets and a coat hanger.  Buy these. Seriously. You all need them. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Crescent-X2-10-in-Long-Reach-Pliers-PSX200C/204064450 They open further at the jaws than the handles did, so you can reach in through a tiny opening, grab the wall of a socket without the handles binding on things, then fish it back out. loving amazing.
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Aug 25, 2015 16:08
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kastein posted:Buy these. Seriously. You all need them. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Crescent-X2-10-in-Long-Reach-Pliers-PSX200C/204064450 These are the most amazing pliers ever for retrieving poo poo. Get the curved version too. One of the nicest things about having so many of the "right" tools is that while you may use most of them nearly never, when you really need that special tool you really need it and it makes the job so easy. Like remote hose clamp pliers. Gawd I love my remote hose clamp pliers  (https://goo.gl/glqG9N)
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Aug 25, 2015 17:36
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WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?!?!?
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Aug 25, 2015 17:38
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?!?!? They're basically mandatory for doing any work on a Rover cooling system and not going completely insane in the process.
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Aug 25, 2015 17:55
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Those would have been useful for me lately. I was going to put in some better constant tension clamps but couldn't find them locally in the right size. Instead I got to sit there and fight with stock spring clamps in awkward positions with standard pliers and vice grips.
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Aug 25, 2015 18:17
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Do none of you own a magnetic pickup tool with a 3 foot gooseneck? Whenever I used to drop things I just threw that in afterwards and waited for the satisfying click as it picked up whatever I dropped When I recently pulled my heater system apart, I found 3 impact sockets in various vents. Thanks, PO!!
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Aug 25, 2015 18:51
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I apparently fried a PCM on an 06 Saturn Ion by jump starting it without hooking it up backwards or blowing a single fuse, but we have had it all weekend and it was fine, battery died, jumped using the remote terminals and it was all over. Master tech just verified no fuses were blown or evidence of incorrectly jumping.
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Aug 25, 2015 19:11
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14 INCH SLIT posted:I apparently fried a PCM on an 06 Saturn Ion by jump starting it without hooking it up backwards or blowing a single fuse, but we have had it all weekend and it was fine, battery died, jumped using the remote terminals and it was all over. Master tech just verified no fuses were blown or evidence of incorrectly jumping. Does the PCM sit close to the remote terminals? Its possible to fry them with a good spark, ask any duramax owner with a fried transmission controller. GM in thier infinite wisdom put a big metal heatsink for it right next to the positive jump start terminal.
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Aug 25, 2015 19:46
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?!?!? Those magical needlenose pliers, remote hoseclamp tool, and locking adjustable wrench are proof that there is a god, that he loves us, and wants us to be happy. Automotive OEMs are the counterproof.
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Aug 25, 2015 19:59
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No, that just means that satan is real too.
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Aug 25, 2015 20:00
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kastein posted:Funny story about 14mm and 13mm sockets. My Husky impact socket set came with two 14mm sockets, one stamped 13mm. I only noticed months later when I tried to undo a 13mm nut and it was too loose. That was a very confusing Home Depot return counter experience... I had a set of 3/8" torx sockets that had 2 t50s, one labeled as t45, same interesting returns visit. There was also for a brief period a rare earth magnet stuck next to my cat on my e46 that liked the heat shield more than the extendy stick it shipped with. Briefly. I was also sold on the pliers when the tool van demoed them with a nut in the bottom of a twisted 2l pop bottle. Straight and curved are on my list.
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Aug 25, 2015 21:31
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xzzy posted:No, that just means that satan is real too. 
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For the uninformed: http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/OTC0/6688/N0717.oap?ck=Search_N0717_-1_-1&pt=N0717&ppt=C0374
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Aug 25, 2015 22:19
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Hahaha holy gently caress. That blows VAG special tools right out of the goddamn water.
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 8ender posted:The flared nostrils and bugged out eyes as you hunt for shop towels after spilling a ton of oil filling your engine and it's slowly rolling down the rocker covers towards a hot manifold and will fill your car with oil stink for the next few days if it gets there. atomicthumbs fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Aug 25, 2015 |
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Aug 25, 2015 23:27
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Fart Pipe posted:Hahaha holy gently caress. That blows VAG special tools right out of the goddamn water. http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/LIS0/65700.oap?ck=Search_65700_-1_-1&keyword=65700 Guess how many of these we've sold since we put it in stock 2 months ago? We have more specialty ford tools sitting on our shelves than any other manufacturer combined.
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So thats where queso comes from
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Aug 26, 2015 01:10
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Holy poo poo its a landrover.
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Aug 26, 2015 01:16
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cursedshitbox posted:Holy poo poo its a landrover. I loving KNEW there was a reason this picture was setting off my warning alarms (other than the obvious, of course). I think I have ptsd from working on those goddamned trucks.
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Geirskogul posted:For the uninformed: whoa whoa whoa. PLEASE tell me this isn't something that needs doing often. Swear to god if that gutless 5-cylinder boat anchor costs me any more money. 
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Aug 26, 2015 01:37
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Found tool chat: I was messing with the radio in my truck, dropped something off in the passenger footwell. When I bent down to pick it up, I noticed something bright orange sticking out from behind one of the panels. Found an orange handled flathead screwdriver. It'd been there for 5 years at that point without ever being noticed. It's the only Snap-on tool I own!  Elmnt80 posted:http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/LIS0/65700.oap?ck=Search_65700_-1_-1&keyword=65700 If these weren't $200, I'd get one just to have on hand.
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We have guys who buy them, use them on their own vehicles, then charge their buddies a rental fee to use it. Also, we've sold around 7-8 of them since we put them on the shelves, none to shops.
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Aug 26, 2015 01:54
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Hail Satan
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kastein posted:Those magical needlenose pliers, remote hoseclamp tool, and locking adjustable wrench are proof that there is a god, that he loves us, and wants us to be happy.  I completely forgot about the locking adjustable wrench. I must get me one.
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Aug 26, 2015 02:08
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 Well that explains everything. 
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Aug 26, 2015 02:09
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Wait was it lost to fire or salt?
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Aug 26, 2015 02:23
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Geirskogul posted:Wait was it lost to fire or salt? 2002s are SALTY. I'm surprised they had full coverage on it lolololol
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Aug 26, 2015 02:26
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Geirskogul posted:Wait was it lost to fire or salt? First one, then the other.
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Elmnt80 posted:http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/LIS0/65700.oap?ck=Search_65700_-1_-1&keyword=65700 I've done spark plugs on a ford 3v. That tool is worth every penny.
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:Do none of you own a magnetic pickup tool with a 3 foot gooseneck? I've got a telescoping one, but pretty much all I can use it for is to grab the loving frame or block every 4 inches on the way towards the socket collection point. Do I even want to know how this happened?
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Godholio posted:. I do. I can't decide if it's somehow puking into its own intake or if someone literally spilled a milkshake in there.
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