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I better hang it up, because I use this instead. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1bV53UEG_sY/hqdefault.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Seal Puller. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31q8HS6e6IL.jpg And you are not a legit mechanic unless you have one of these... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MbE-2k4Cy4E/maxresdefault.jpg Or one of these... https://www.carbtune.com/Images/ekm2.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1bV53UEG_sY/hqdefault.jpg |
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They look mostly timing related. Probably to keep a couple of cams in time while you sling a new chain/various other parts around them. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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yes, but which ones Duh |
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I'm betting there are not a lot of people under 40 who know what this is... https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/310641oVHYL._SY400_.jpg |
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Didnt have one of those in my box but maybe it'd come in handy when it's time to get money out of some customer's tight asses.
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Nun walks into a hardware store and asks for a file. Salesman ask if she wants a rounded bastard. She replies, no, one of those flat mother fuckers will do fine.
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As a bike mechanic, I have all kinds of tools people pick up and go WTF. For example: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/711HRb9bknL._SL1500_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/612-EEEtuxL._SL1500_.jpg View Quote |
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As a bike mechanic, I have all kinds of tools people pick up and go WTF. For example: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/711HRb9bknL._SL1500_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/612-EEEtuxL._SL1500_.jpg View Quote |
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Not exactly mechanics tools but I have a pair of these that not many people know what they are. http://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/UT8zuADXmdXXXagOFbXg/Vet-Cow-and-Bull-Nose-Holder-Plier.jpg View Quote |
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5zSvmiug4sI/To3RN6xHYfI/AAAAAAAAC1o/jtXI0pymVYw/s1600/Adjustable+Wrench.jpg most I know would not get caught with one View Quote nothing handier for twisting brass fitting together |
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My favorite bicycle wrenching tool http://forums.mtbr.com/attachments/general-discussion/606531d1301779688-what-your-favorite-bicycle-tool-bo-1.jpg View Quote |
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Something that a laymen might look at and have no idea what it is. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71mKb2LuJgL._SX355_.jpg Exhaust hanger puller. Keeps you from having to try to wrestle those things off by hand and prybar. View Quote those are so awesome |
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Not exactly mechanics tools but I have a pair of these that not many people know what they are. http://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/UT8zuADXmdXXXagOFbXg/Vet-Cow-and-Bull-Nose-Holder-Plier.jpg View Quote |
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Bingo - I use it when I'm laying out a line of rivet holes. http://m2.i.pbase.com/g4/72/325172/2/141968662.XSFzJiJa.jpg View Quote |
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Here you go. Haven't had to use it in over 20 years. Probably never will again either.
Attached File Attached File Eta, it's a CV boot stretcher for a Renault Alliance IIRC. worked pretty slick. I don't miss those cars one bit. |
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These are pretty awesome too (especially for wheel studs that had been crossthreaded). Thread restorer: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81rQ8or6JNL._SX466_.jpg View Quote (also worth every penny) |
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View Quote Lol, or I could be completely wrong and it could be some sort of twisted sex object. |
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These are pretty awesome too (especially for wheel studs that had been crossthreaded). Thread restorer: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81rQ8or6JNL._SX466_.jpg View Quote |
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Here you go. Haven't had to use it in over 20 years. Probably never will again either. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/109172/IMG_20170921_143638-313222.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/109172/IMG_20170921_143638-313224.JPG View Quote |
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These are pretty awesome too (especially for wheel studs that had been crossthreaded). Thread restorer: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81rQ8or6JNL._SX466_.jpg View Quote |
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For plugging fuel/vacuum lines, or bending them? Lol, or I could be completely wrong and it could be some sort of twisted sex object. View Quote You could pretty guess something sexual for any post on arfcom and you would be right most of the time LOL. |
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View Quote I remember those. After I left they replaced all the manual transmission tractors to automatics. |
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Not exactly mechanics tools but I have a pair of these that not many people know what they are. View Quote |
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This may turn into a "things I have around my desk" thread before long. https://i.imgur.com/Peiqb1M.jpg (also worth every penny) View Quote LOL |
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Not exactly mechanics tools but I have a pair of these that not many people know what they are. http://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/UT8zuADXmdXXXagOFbXg/Vet-Cow-and-Bull-Nose-Holder-Plier.jpg http://www.2040-parts.com/_content/items/images/48/255948/002.jpg You need a rope or a chain on that bad boy though........ Well, maybe not. Holy fucking shit that would turn into a rodeo. lol.... ETA, I may be wrong. There are no loops on the end of the handle. It looks like a nose clamp for holding livestock. But everyone that I've ever seen has holes in the end for a rope or chain. Standing by to be schooled.... |
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Carb synchrometer.
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I'm betting there are not a lot of people under 40 who know what this is... https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/310641oVHYL._SY400_.jpg View Quote |
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