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Post by Silverbullet » Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:50 pm

Bantum wrote:Got one these bad boys ... ?


Comes in handy for those items that wont loosen ... :)
Yeah! Another tool my Dad bought while he was still in the UK fixing his mini, still in use today :) They do come in handy with the 1/2" drive on it, I would have thought these days most people would just use an air impact driver though.
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Post by steptoe » Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:00 am

High school made screwdriver. With a toughened blade, think it was heat treated to straw colour and also dipped in some hardening powder that was a greyish colour from memory.The tip was just made to look right, no measure, no size to match commercial sizes and it fits a wide variety of flat blade screw heads. Wish I was allowed to make a set , or at least a philips way back in 1980 :)
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Post by Bantum » Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:09 am

Set of Metrinch :

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Handy that they fit a variety of metric & inch size nuts & bolts ... ;)

Would'nt mind getting a full socket set also ...

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Post by steptoe » Mon Feb 04, 2013 2:46 pm

Got a few of those in spanners and sockets - you don't have to go same brand - just as long as you get a flank drive style socket where the socket grips on the near middle of the flat of the nut or bolt head. Excellent and the ducks guts when it comes to undoing rounded off sump plugs and the like!

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Post by steptoe » Mon Feb 04, 2013 2:55 pm

my stud remover by Stanley came in handy on Sunday to remove the one EA82T inlet manifold bolt that just felt like it had to be the one to piddle me off. Stanley helped me get my revenge - that's it in its mouth. Is driven by half inch sockets stuff for anyone that not know. A clean rescue of the thread in the head

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Post by tambox » Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:14 pm

Those stud removers are great, unitl you twist and the stud breaks off at the thread into the block, which mine has done on a few accaisions, out with the drill:(

Here's a very handy tool to simplify a big job.
It bolts onto the gearbox (underneath) and its leg slips into a trolley jack, with the lifting plate removed.
Makes gearbox removal/install much easier, as long as you have a good surface for the trolley jack to roll on. This one has done many gearbox in/outs.
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Post by steptoe » Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:43 am

Just a reminder for tambox to show us his home made spot weld drill-out bit :)

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Post by tambox » Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:12 pm

Ok Jonno, hard to photo properly, but this shows the idea.

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Left, Spring loaded centre pin and mini hole as cutting blades - Hard to use as centre pin is not strong enough to hold it steady.

Next, P&N spot weld drill bit - Great to use, works well

Next 3, home made verisions of the P&N , work very well, have done many welds and been re-sharpened a few times. Different sizes to allow for weld size variations/penetration/doubling.
Made with bench grinder to get almost, but not quite, flat end, with a 2mm tip in the centre. Then a 1.5mm thick angle grinder cutting blade to put cutting edges on the centre tip.

Much easier to drill through only one skin, re-assembly is quicker and easier than drilling all the way through with a normal drill bit.
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Post by NachaLuva » Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:21 pm

Lots of very creative & useful tools...makes me feel like going on a tool making/collecting spree ;)
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Post by steptoe » Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:18 pm

http://www.autobody101.com/forums/viewt ... 5&start=10

just been reading up on things spot weld parting.My current application is the top sheeet is gonna be waste, the lower sheet the much wanted halo, so one of these zero angle drill bits will do job nicely and thought is not to go looking in hardware but autobody supply joints or sites :) Next job will be the reverse so maybe drill from underside .....
and a handy you tube on this guy making his own zero angle drill bits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Cw58U0I4Q

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Post by tambox » Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:01 pm

Crank nut cracker
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Post by steptoe » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:48 pm

the patent guys will be after you or that one !! I used the $140 ? manufactured version to crack last crank bolt - worked well :)

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Post by tambox » Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:28 pm

Patent?
Not selling them and "I didn't make it, bought it at a garage sale"
Its a very handy tool.
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Post by revmax » Fri Feb 22, 2013 8:27 pm

steptoe wrote:my stud remover by Stanley came in handy on Sunday to remove the one EA82T inlet manifold bolt that just felt like it had to be the one to piddle me off. Stanley helped me get my revenge - that's it in its mouth. Is driven by half inch sockets stuff for anyone that not know. A clean rescue of the thread in the head

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I have an old school one of those that I got from my dad, They are the ducks guts for removing studs, inparticular EA81 head studs that are stuck.
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Post by steptoe » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:15 pm

Felt it was time I bought my own coz I was always borrowing one I nearly grew up with - so old it had a brand name on it i am sure :)

Might have to attend garage sales .....

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Post by yarney » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:32 pm

tambox wrote:Crank nut cracker
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I had a lot of trouble undoing the crank bolt i use a socket then i put a length of steel tube over the socket handle and rest the tube on the left rail on the top side.
I take off the leads so it wont fire then kick over the engine for a second instantly undone works a treat

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Post by tambox » Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:16 am

Cranking is an easy way to undo it, unless at somewhere like a self pick wreckers, cranking not possible (well not easy to do).
EJ motors need the crank nut done up very tight, or the "chewed out keyway" virus starts, then $$$$$.
This was cheap to "buy", obviously hand made and it solves the do up problem.
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Post by NachaLuva » Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:23 pm

Bantum wrote:Set of Metrinch :

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Just rounded off a 17mm nut on a trailing arm plus my 17mm socket. Looking at some replacements....

Also a 1/2" breaker bar, extra long :)
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Post by tambox » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:57 pm

This is one of the best things ever made, very very handy, once you know how to use it.
Universal cooling system problem solver.
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Post by El_Freddo » Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:32 pm

^ Nice one Tambox!!

I knocked up this little beauty tonight to help out in a very hard to get to place:

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And this is what I've needed it for:

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- Scrubbing rust before it got an acid treatment :D This brush will be cleaned and used to scrub the acid before it get's a sealing coat of red oxide paint.

Good times. Total cost ~$11. Made a difficult job easy!

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