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  1. 01-09-2003, 11:43 AM #1
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    Essential Tools list

    A thread for the 'more unusual' tools you've used to repair/service/tweak your cars.

    I'll start with

    Cricket bat

    Essential for wedging into door cavity to pop out that unsightly dent!
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    "OH OOOOHH oOOHHHHHHHOOHHHHHHH FILL ME WITH YOUR.... eeww not the stuff from the lab"
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    Tin Foil Ashtray.....the really thick heavy ones....

    When bent and moulded with love and care, and then held in place with cable clip...awesome raditor cap

    (Sunbeam Ti)

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    "The second you aren't paying attention to the tool you're using, it will take your fingers from you. It does not know sympathy." |
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    2 planks of wood - helps you get a very low car onto garage ramps.
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    Chewing gum for large rips in Yokohama tires
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    1 large plank of wood, Rope and 2 strong mates..

    when used correctly very useful for hauling Mini engines out
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    the Holy Trinity of Engineering.....

    Gaffa Tape

    Cable Ties

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    A small phillips screwdiver bent 90 degrees.

    For those 'how the bloody hell did they fit THAT in THERE' moments.
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    Gaffa Tape
    Gaffa tape is like the force - it has a dark and a light side, and it holds the universe together!
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    If you add a hammer and a pair of decent molegrips to Moby's list, you can fix pretty muchg anything
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    gaffer tape for when something SHOULD stick and does not.

    WD40 for when something SHOULD NOT stick and does.
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    a mug...





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    this is really funny ....i'm giggling like a tart

    Gaffa is like the force ....hehe......

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
    "The second you aren't paying attention to the tool you're using, it will take your fingers from you. It does not know sympathy." |
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    A good mate.....

    For doing all the work whilst you watch and say encouraging things....

    (unfortunately I've got this one the wrong way, and tend to be that mate...)
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    Originally posted by Jiff Lemon
    (unfortunately I've got this one the wrong way, and tend to be that mate...)
    Nope..you got that the RIGHT way, my man

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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    Gaffa tape ... nuff said. Brilliant stuff for things like exhausts that decide to pop off whilst driving, like my mates merc van. Quick nifty use of gaffa gets you to the venue and back. Possibly even longer as well
    Signature in development ... please be patient
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