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How about a thread of those indispensable things that you wouldnt be without in your arsenal? In these days of more cars that are loaded with electric/electronics falling into the retro ball park , i will kick things off with one of my "go to" consumables... servisol switch cleaner. It has saved my bacon on many occasions. Recently it has restored normal running on my 106 after applying to sensor and control unit plugs...."so far so good" cured an intermittent alarm fault on swmbos a4 cab....and 4 or 5 years ago , restored to full working order the dodgy remote key on her focus (it did take 2 or 3 days to soak in and work but not missed a beat since!) There you are... share your must haves!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating '80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip '97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Darkspeed
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vitessetony
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A massive hammer, sumat like this
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Anything with this written on it I will never forget a phrase an old boy who was one of my lecturers at ‘day release’ (if you’re under 40 google it 😀) used to say. ‘I’d rather pay 20 quid for a spanner to get me out the sh1t, than a tenner for one that got me in it. I’ve always remembered those words, you’d do well to heed them to.
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Cordless ratchet. Start or finish like a normal ratchet, whizzzz in between.. Seen here doing sterling duty on 24 bolts of a timing cover
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Dez
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Timely thread, it’s sort of something me and that there HoTWire were discussing on insta. My latest discovery is these- A way better marking tool than anything I’ve ever used. Will write straight through WD40! I’ve now bought the red version as well (red riter) as it shows up better on bright steel sheet, and thrown all my cr@ppy sharpies and paint pens in the bin.
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Sounds silly, but I have had more use out of this than I ever thought I would. It's been marvellous. Makes making holes in things a pleasure. It's only a budget model, but I got fed up waiting for something to arrive on eBay / boot sale etc and bought this. Never looked back.
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Engineer Neji-saurus pliers. This is not a standard combi pliers - it has a special profile to grip rounded or damaged screws
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Last Edit: Mar 5, 2020 10:39:42 GMT by outrage
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vanpeebles
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How about a thread of those indispensable things that you wouldnt be without in your arsenal? In these days of more cars that are loaded with electric/electronics falling into the retro ball park , i will kick things off with one of my "go to" consumables... servisol switch cleaner. It has saved my bacon on many occasions. Recently it has restored normal running on my 106 after applying to sensor and control unit plugs...."so far so good" cured an intermittent alarm fault on swmbos a4 cab....and 4 or 5 years ago , restored to full working order the dodgy remote key on her focus (it did take 2 or 3 days to soak in and work but not missed a beat since!) There you are... share your must haves! That is my go to cleaner for BBC computer keyboards. It smells awesome too!
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A long one of these is also very useful for measuring up for your time alignment settings!
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LowStandards
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Anything with this written on it Here, i've fixed the image for you I imagine it's what you meant, what with them being a quarter of the price and you can actually replace them at that moment without having to wait 2 weeks for the man in the van to come round and argue the point you shouldn't have been using it 'like that'
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jamesd1972
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Tin of crappy nuts bolts and fixings to get you out of trouble when the shops are shut. And a vice, all decent people have a vice... Nice thread - going to look out some welding pencils Dez ! James
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Was going to say a vice was a must-have. Working in the garage when mine cracked was such a royal pain.
I think I'd say a MIG welder though. It's simple to get good enough to make stuff, and I can't count how many times it's saved my bacon even outside of restoration. Making special tools, welding nuts onto the shanks of sheared bolts, making and fixing brackets of all varieties, mending wheelbarrows/trolleys/shovels etc, making welded presents like wine holders and ornaments, and a whole lot more besides.
Get a bit lost when it runs out of gas.
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cb11acd
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The other obvious one is an angle grinder. Cut, sand, polish, set fire to blue roll that is left on the floor that you forgot about because it was hidden behind a bit of metal....
Also a fire extinguisher.
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Anything with this written on it Here, i've fixed the image for you I imagine it's what you meant, what with them being a quarter of the price and you can actually replace them at that moment without having to wait 2 weeks for the man in the van to come round and argue the point you shouldn't have been using it 'like that' Nope that’s some of the sh1t I was referring to.
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Last Edit: Mar 4, 2020 16:20:47 GMT by rattlecan
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Better to have a tool i don’t need, than need a tool i don't have
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Time machine to go back to before I started the job that turns into a nightmare. And plus gas
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Enough said...
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Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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dazcapri
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Mk3 Capri LS
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