I made a special tool today.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 07/11/2017 at 17:24 • Filed to: None

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DarrenMR > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 17:28

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Purpose?

benjrblant > DarrenMR 07/11/2017 at 17:31

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Fixin’ stuff.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 17:33

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Hey, a bottle opener

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DarrenMR 07/11/2017 at 17:43

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To turn a fitting in a tight place and not drop the wrench.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 17:43

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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 > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 07/11/2017 at 17:45

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Indeed. A vulgarity reducer.

Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 17:53

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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 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 18:02

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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 > Die-Trying 07/11/2017 at 18:05

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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 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 18:18

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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 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 18:28

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You’re sure it isn’t jalop jewelry? A swank new medallion?

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 18:31

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That’s what she said.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 07/11/2017 at 18:34

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I was surprised how easy the steel in the wrench was to machine.

Flex my boost > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 18:35

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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 > Flex my boost 07/11/2017 at 19:07

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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 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 19:14

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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 > Flex my boost 07/11/2017 at 19:19

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Agreed. So now I get to go buy a nice shiny 17mm combination wrench from Sears!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > just-a-scratch 07/11/2017 at 19:23

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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 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 19:35

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Yup, unless you’re buying professional grade gear, most hand tools are made of what’s known in the trade as “shitmetal”.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 19:36

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Nice!

wkiernan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 20:50

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Wish I’d thought of that years and years ago.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 07/11/2017 at 21:59

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It got the job done.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > wkiernan 07/11/2017 at 22:00

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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 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2017 at 22:31

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quick theres a few hours left!

http://www.sears.com/

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/sears-craftsman-sale-1796831521

ateamfan42 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/12/2017 at 15:21

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Had you not heard the miracle of the stubby wrench?

ateamfan42 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/12/2017 at 15:21

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Had you not heard the miracle of the stubby wrench?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ateamfan42 07/12/2017 at 16:35

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But I made mine.

ateamfan42 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/13/2017 at 09:56

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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 > ateamfan42 07/13/2017 at 11:39

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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.