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May 31, 2007 10:41:59 GMT
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Essential collection for your garage.
Plus Gas . Why people struggle on trying to use WD40 as a penetrating lubricant when it was not designed as one I will never work out. Plus Gas works.
3-in-1 Oil I tend to find that this non-aerosol oil is best for hinges and the like round the house but also great for cooling drill bits through steel, de-squeaking door hinge pins on the car and the like.
White Grease Spray The proper stuff for sticking check straps, hinges, window regulators, etc.
WD40 You can't get a Mini through winter without it. Also great for lubricating and cooling drill bits when drilling through metal and finding eaks in inlet manifold gaskets
Red Oxide workig on car, find a bit of rust. You always do. Grab the red lead kept handy for this very purpose and deal with it while you are down there.
Black Aerosol spray for finishing off "surprise repairs" as above.
Old Engine Oil Like Waxoil, but free, and carcinogenic. Great at holding back rust in box sections, cavities, door bottoms, strut tops...
compressed air Even if you don't have a comressor its worth having an aerosol of air about to blow through nozzles (without then blocking them upo with your spit), de-dust delicate items, etc. Computer consumable places are a cheap source.
Instant Gasket Hylomar or whatever your favourite brand is. "curse word, it leaks" slap some of this on until you get a new gasket. Or sell the car. Or it springs a big smokey leak again at an inconvenient time.
Duck Tape Is there anything it can't be a temporary fix for?
1001 stuborn stain remover. cleans car interiors, engine bays, small parts, hands, garge floor spills, work top, etc. S'pose you could nick the Cilit BANG! out of the kitchen but just thinking about those adverts with Barry Scott, the man who cannot stop shouting, gives me a headache.
The "old screwdriver" Universal tool for opening cans, stiring paint, removing stuck oil filters. Bent as a Uri Gellar spoon and clagged with lord knows what it could never drive a screw again but it shows a history of a thousand jobs well done over the last decade or so. When it finally snaps it will be laid to rest with full honours.
Oil Dropper I finally realised that hauling a 5L container and a little funnel or whatnot was not the cool way to try get a couple of drops of oil down the diistributor oiler or into an SU Dashpot. Finally. After some years.
Old paint touch up pen doesn;t matter what colour sol ong as its a bright one. Ideal for marking parts etc, wont rub or wash off. Also ideal for marking the timing mark on the bottom pulley so you can see it better under the strobe.
Whats your must haves?
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Last Edit: May 31, 2007 10:47:33 GMT by akku
1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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May 31, 2007 10:45:29 GMT
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Someone stronger than me around to undo things....
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May 31, 2007 10:48:22 GMT
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billy bully bar! I have 18" and thats enough for my needs.
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Last Edit: May 31, 2007 10:48:47 GMT by akku
1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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GJM
Posted a lot
Alloy engines; like communism- great in theory.
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May 31, 2007 10:48:41 GMT
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I find spanners + metal tubing + sledge hammer usualy does the trick ;D
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Last Edit: May 31, 2007 10:49:12 GMT by GJM
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Seth
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MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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May 31, 2007 11:00:35 GMT
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Re the oil dropper. I think I learnt my method for dizzy's form my early A35 Haynes manual. Put some oil on a screwdriver shank and let it collect and drip off the end  Digital camera for taking dismantling photos (particularly of wiring etc) so I can see how to put it back together again! |
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May 31, 2007 11:01:40 GMT
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One of those 'rounded bolt remover' things, I don't have one but will be getting one!
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1997 TVR Chimaera
2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Club RR Member Number: 34
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May 31, 2007 11:02:35 GMT
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Duck Tape Is there anything it can't be a temporary fix for? by temporary do you mean permanent?  ive had more than one car solely held together with zip ties and gaffer tape! |
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May 31, 2007 11:05:58 GMT
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Temporary compared to the beating of a hummingbuird's wing or compared to the pyramids of ancient Egypt?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
Posts: 11,784
Club RR Member Number: 34
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May 31, 2007 11:10:38 GMT
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something gaffer taped up to sort something for a while til i get round to doing it before the next MOT. still there 3 MOTS later or when i sell the car, whichever comes first  |
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May 31, 2007 11:15:02 GMT
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Silicon Spray If you've got inertia reel seat belts, pull them all the way out and spray them with this, then let them wind back in. Do it a couple of times.
Alright, it makes the inside of the car smell of Pledge polish for a bit, but they'll now retract smoothly. Bonus points for spraying and polishing it off the kids slide in the garden. Even more bonus points for doing it at the playground - it stops kids walking up the slidey bit, and they get much more interesting injuries when they're still doing 15mph+ at the bottom, scrabbling for grip like a pet on a polished floor
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Last Edit: May 31, 2007 11:16:08 GMT by garethj
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May 31, 2007 11:17:03 GMT
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A length of steel pole. A piece of old bike frame works well. For sliding over the end of your breaker bar and splitting the cheapo "made in India" 17mm socket.
Cable ties. Holding stuff together after you've stripped the thread in the part.
Tap and Die set. For fixing afforementioned stripped thread when you finally get fed up with the cable tie holding it together.
Big Cadbury's Roses tin full of nuts, bolts and washers. Or a "Family Circle" biscuit tin at a push. Usually with bizarre heads, in weird sizes that you'll never use, or slightly rounded off. Perfect for wasting an hour rummaging through before going to a hardware shop to buy them like you should have done in the first place.
Impact socket. For pulverising the bones in your hand so that you can't possibly finish the job. Or loosening stubborn bolts... after realising you've been smacking the sh!t out of it for ages with the wrench set to clockwise...
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May 31, 2007 11:32:57 GMT
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Ha Ha I fixed my headlight holding spring yesterday with cable ties, and a half hour rummage through a Family Circle tin of nuts bolts springs and cob webs! it worked! Quality thread. my input?   White bike grease lithium? always seems to get use on nuts n bolts etc and fits neatly into tool box, also from biking, those ten in one spanners. had em for years and although dumpy and difficult, and potentially snappable, at least one size wont go missing Oh and how did I live with curse word old pliers?  Buy a decent new pair of pro pliers, liberated my DIYing and squished my left hand to pieces  |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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May 31, 2007 11:45:28 GMT
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Temporary compared to the beating of a hummingbuird's wing or compared to the pyramids of ancient Egypt? That is brilliant. I am going to use that in real life. Sterling. Can I just add tyre foam to the list - not for cleaning tyres with, but seats. Some tyre foam, a green pan scrub and some hot water will make seats LIKE NEW in about 10 firm strokes (Behave) |
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May 31, 2007 12:15:22 GMT
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A large fine adjusting hammer.  And a MIG welder - how did I fix old Fords without one? |
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
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May 31, 2007 12:23:56 GMT
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Cable Ties . What an invention - can be used for more effective locations of lose items when Duct tape bandage just doesn't cut it
Bungy cords For when items are larger than cable ties but some effective location is required
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May 31, 2007 12:35:27 GMT
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Stout piece of timber. I've used some to stop brake pedal falling thru rotten bulkhead of an Astra, propping up a seat on a Fiat 127, and to cushion the blows of a bloody big hammer when refitting the press fit spring loaded gear lever cup on a Triumph 2000.
Mentioned before but cable ties are the greatest invention, ever...
Throttle linkage on Triumph was temp repaired with ties, 3 years ago and still working
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JC
Part of things
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May 31, 2007 12:37:53 GMT
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Plus Gas . Why people struggle on trying to use WD40 as a penetrating lubricant when it was not designed as one I will never work out. Plus Gas works. Not heard of that before, might have to try and get some. Old Engine Oil Like Waxoil, but free, and carcinogenic. Free *and* carcinogenic? does it have any downsides? |
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May 31, 2007 13:00:35 GMT
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None, its comedy messy too! If you forget its there and try weld that section it catches fire. The fun never ends...
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Last Edit: May 31, 2007 13:01:01 GMT by akku
1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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posam
Part of things
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May 31, 2007 13:15:52 GMT
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Hmm.. my input..
a few bits of old carpet- or old car mats... perfect for when you're kneeling on the ground whilst fiddling around with the wiring under the dashboard, or changing wheels, or basically anything where you have to be sitting on the ground.. I actually carry a picnic blanket in the back of the mini for the same reason.. has the added benefit of a plastic backing.
WD40- just essential really.. great for the fiat and the mini- spray over all the wires try and keep the water away.. and just make sure everything works in general. If something doesn't work.. spray it with wd40 and see if it helps.
Oh and most important of all.. a decent cup of tea.. preferrably lots of cups of tea.. supplied by a willing Wife/gf, someone who just comes out to make sure you haven't chopped your hand off then goes back in.. It makes sitting on your posterior with the wind blowing down the back of your neck, water dripping off your nose and the general unpleasantness of trying to sort out something that's gone wrong that can't wait.. a little more bearable.. Also applies if it's hot & sweaty.. or just in general if you're outside working on the car... At a pinch.. you can always make your own..
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Last Edit: May 31, 2007 13:16:35 GMT by posam
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May 31, 2007 13:23:59 GMT
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Disposable gloves Pansy to some, essential for me! Jobs usually involved a one-hour cleaning job (door handles, keys, taps, sink, phone, steering wheel etc) afterwards until I discovered disposable gloves (thanks Wagoneer). Highly recommended.
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