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Jul 12, 2009 11:29:26 GMT
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First lot were made by my dad, and passed on to me over the years... Slide hammer, the weight is from an old yarn winding machine...  Deep clamp, for reaching over sills when welding patches into floors...  Cradle for one man removal/refitting of RWD gearboxes, replaces saddle on trolley jack. Plate is part of an old lawnmower...  Ramps...!  Coil spring compressors...  Clutch aligning tool...  Ford Pinto engine valve clearance adjusting spanner...  These are some that I've made over the years... not quite in the same league...  Rover 216 front pulley locking tool...  Tack lifter modified to re-fit Vauxhall (IIRC) clutch cable return spring to the pedal...  Carlton gearbox filler plug tool...  Erm... 'things' to extend the reach of a hub puller...  |
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down  and that's not really the car's fault. |
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lae
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Homemade toolslae
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Jul 12, 2009 12:55:51 GMT
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Home made tools are the signs of a proper mechanic!
Those spring compressors look far better than any I've seen for sale...
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Currently:
Mk1 Focus blandmobile
Formerly:
1969 MG Midget
1972 Avenger GT
1981 Datsun Cherry
1989 Corolla
1979 Mercedes W123 200D
1995 Ford Falcon
1996 Ford Telstar (bet you had to google that one)
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sowen
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Homemade toolssowen
@sowen
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Jul 12, 2009 14:47:57 GMT
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I've made / modified a fair few tools in the past. Making serpentine tensioner spanners is a popular one. I have a drawer of spanners all ground down at work for stupid fiddly jobs in tight spaces.
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Homemade toolsBenzBoy
@benzboy
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Jul 12, 2009 19:19:03 GMT
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I've got a collection of busted sockets / spanners / other stuff just for adapting! ;D I'm jealous of that deep clamp... excellent!
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Homemade toolsDeleted
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Jul 15, 2009 19:43:46 GMT
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Making tools is what distinguishes us from animals |
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Jul 17, 2009 12:01:11 GMT
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Just remembered a couple of others that my dad made... when a moped tw@tted the front wing of his Vanden Plas 1300, he flame cut 2 plate steel rings, welded a 'U' shape plate to one, bolted them into the headlight aperture, chained the 'U' to a fencepost and reversed the car to pull the damage out... ;D
He also made a roller thing to sit the front wheel of a Maxi in so he could run it up in gear to diagnose a noise on the front.
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down and that's not really the car's fault. |
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slater
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Homemade toolsslater
@slater
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Jul 20, 2009 22:20:52 GMT
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I'm going to have to get the camera out, id need a whole forum!
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ant318
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Jul 21, 2009 21:23:23 GMT
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homemade tools rock and as for ground down spanners my mate laughs each time i pull out the 2" long 12mm spanner that i use to remove the oil feed from the otherhalves supra turbo ive still to this day never replaced it ;D |
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Jul 26, 2009 20:17:23 GMT
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Homemade rocks  Between me and my rallying mate we've made an engine crane, tyre changer, 5 tonne benchpress, chassis straightener (using a 5 tonne jack!), and a massive A fame (originally for lifting our boat, but very useful for lifting the front of the rally car high up in the air to fit things like sump guards!). |
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Jul 26, 2009 20:18:39 GMT
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Damn! How about that? In the few second it took me to type that post, Ant managed to use the same opening expression.
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Jul 26, 2009 23:14:57 GMT
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Part toothpaste filling machine - I present my wheel cutting jig for banding steels.  |
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slater
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Homemade toolsslater
@slater
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Jul 27, 2009 18:34:53 GMT
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i like that!
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Jul 27, 2009 20:00:36 GMT
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^^^^ loving that... do you have a welding jig too??
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and that's not really the car's fault.
