by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 07/11/2017 at 17:24
by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 07/11/2017 at 17:24
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"DarrenMR" (darrenmr)
07/11/2017 at 17:28, STARS: 1
Purpose?
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
07/11/2017 at 17:31, STARS: 2
Fixin’ stuff.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
07/11/2017 at 17:33, STARS: 2
Hey, a bottle opener
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/11/2017 at 17:43, STARS: 3
To turn a fitting in a tight place and not drop the wrench.
"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
07/11/2017 at 17:43, STARS: 1
Regular wrench too long to turn, new tool hard to fish out after dropping it twice behind the engine?
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/11/2017 at 17:45, STARS: 4
Indeed. A vulgarity reducer.
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
07/11/2017 at 17:53, STARS: 0
looks like someone got tired of having to crawl under the car to pick up the tool they dropped.......
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
07/11/2017 at 18:02, STARS: 1
Been there. I had to do this to replace the blower motor resistor pack under the dash in the Fit.Thank the lord for bench grinders.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/11/2017 at 18:05, STARS: 1
There wasn’t enough room to turn a wrench. The lanyard I attached before I started dropping the wrenchlet.
"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
07/11/2017 at 18:18, STARS: 0
Looks a lot like my 20 year old, used once,“factory tool” for removing the rear engine mount from a Wolseley 1300 (basically a slightly overgrown ur-Mini, engine-bay wise). Except that one has the spanner head ground to half its normal thickness and is bent up 30 degrees just behind the head. Once I made that, getting the damn nut off the stud only took me an hour or so of swearing and pain as I held the thing on the nut with one finger and belted the handle with a hammer. Sill beat hell out of the “official” procedure though (dropping the rusted-on subframe out). The lanyard is worth its weight in gold.
"just-a-scratch" (just-a-scratch)
07/11/2017 at 18:28, STARS: 0
You’re sure it isn’t jalop jewelry? A swank new medallion?
"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
07/11/2017 at 18:31, STARS: 0
That’s what she said.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/11/2017 at 18:34, STARS: 0
I was surprised how easy the steel in the wrench was to machine.
"Flex my boost" (flexeb)
07/11/2017 at 18:35, STARS: 2
This is why I love Harbor Freight. I have snap on and Matco for most things and Harbor Freight for modifying.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/11/2017 at 19:07, STARS: 0
This wrench came out of my toolbox from when I was in the Army in 1990. I had two of these wrenches and wound up modifying both of them for this project. I was surprised at how easy the metal was to machine.
"Flex my boost" (flexeb)
07/11/2017 at 19:14, STARS: 1
It’s just a great idea to keep old and/or cheap tools around for just this reason. It’s so much better to modify a tool instead of forking over the cash for a specialty tool you’ll probably only use once or twice.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/11/2017 at 19:19, STARS: 0
Agreed. So now I get to go buy a nice shiny 17mm combination wrench from Sears!
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/11/2017 at 19:23, STARS: 0
That’ll be this one. I actually modified two copies of the same wrench today. I get to go buy a new shiny one now!
"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
07/11/2017 at 19:35, STARS: 1
Yup, unless you’re buying professional grade gear, most hand tools are made of what’s known in the trade as “shitmetal”.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/11/2017 at 19:36, STARS: 0
Nice!
"wkiernan" (wkiernan)
07/11/2017 at 20:50, STARS: 0
Wish I’d thought of that years and years ago.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/11/2017 at 21:59, STARS: 0
It got the job done.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/11/2017 at 22:00, STARS: 0
It was one of those deals where you can only get 1/12th of a turn with each stroke.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
07/11/2017 at 22:31, STARS: 0
quick theres a few hours left!
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/sears-craftsman-sale-1796831521
"ateamfan42" (ateamfan42)
07/12/2017 at 15:21, STARS: 0
Had you not heard the miracle of the stubby wrench?
"ateamfan42" (ateamfan42)
07/12/2017 at 15:21, STARS: 0
Had you not heard the miracle of the stubby wrench?
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/12/2017 at 16:35, STARS: 0
But I made mine.
"ateamfan42" (ateamfan42)
07/13/2017 at 09:56, STARS: 0
True, but you had to sacrifice a normal length wrench (and a box end). Though if you had multiple combination wrenches of each size, then one wouldn’t be missed.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/13/2017 at 11:39, STARS: 1
There happens to be a short backstory here. I actually sawed
two
of those wrenches in half the other day. I had them from my days in the Army in 1990. So they’d been free to me in the first place. It would not be worthwhile for me to buy a set of shorty wrenches for this one task. And this provides a fun excuse to go buy a shiny, smooth 17mm replacement wrench from Sears. And if I were faced with the same situation again, I’d just go out and buy an
el cheapo
wrench and saw it in half again. Realize that for me, there is a measure of satisfaction in crafting the solution to the challenge.