Worst part about wrenching on a gravel driveway?

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 05/09/2018 at 11:39 • Filed to: None

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When you inevitably drop that hex bit it’s impossible to find.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 11:42

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It’s there. Like, Right there! I see it!

benjrblant > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 11:42

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magnets!

Wacko > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 11:44

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I use scrap pieces of plywood to laydown on, since mine is made of pointy rocks for some reason

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 11:45

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It is time...

vondon302 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 11:46

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Truth

InFierority Complex > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 11:50

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Obviously the solution is to replace the gravel and have a hex bit driveway.

jkm7680 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 11:50

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Somewhere a T24 torx bit is in the engine bay of my old A6.

HammerheadFistpunch > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 11:54

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Im going to go ahead and say its the gravel. Is it the gravel?

PartyPooper2012 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 11:55

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We’ll that’s easy

The real problem is when you drop something greasy and now it’s covered in sand/dirt and you’re paranoid that this is how things end. If you don’t get that last spec of dirt off, it will ruin the engine somehow.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 05/09/2018 at 11:58

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The worst is when you drop a small stainless nut that seemed to vanish into thin air. Then you can’t even sweep the area with a magnet to find it.

Noah - Now with more boost. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 11:58

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EFFFF. Good thing there are massive box stores all over the place on the vineyard so you can totally replace it today

/s

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/09/2018 at 12:05

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I found it. And we have 4 hardware stores so s’all good

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > jkm7680 05/09/2018 at 12:06

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My old Neon has a 12mm socket in the subframe somewhere.

Long-Voyager > Wacko 05/09/2018 at 12:10

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Because it’s gravel?

Wacko > Long-Voyager 05/09/2018 at 12:15

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hey, who ask you and your logic?

:)

CalzoneGolem > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 05/09/2018 at 12:22

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I see it to! Right next to that little stone!

Noah - Now with more boost. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 12:24

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niceee and hey realistically small hardware stores are just as fun. more personality.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/09/2018 at 12:24

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You made me curious, so I had to look it up - apparently high strength 410 fasteners *are* a thing, but so little heard of compared to austenitic stainless they might as well not be. I knew I couldn’t think of seeing anything not 316, so...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/09/2018 at 12:40

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No. It means it’s hard to find stuff and you can’t ask for help because they don’t wear uniforms and you can’t tell who’s an employee.

Noah - Now with more boost. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 12:41

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hahahah xD

functionoverfashion > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 12:55

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I painted some parts the other day in an area filled with small stone; the parts and their fasteners were all laid out neatly on top of a closed cardboard box. I spray painted them (dark brown) and left them to dry for a while. Then it got windy, but I forgot they were out there. I found the box about 20 feet away and the parts and fasteners not even visible at first glance. I found all the parts, then spent easily 20 minutes searching through the stones for the fasteners, and came up with... most of them.

I need a garage.

Urambo Tauro > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 13:20

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Well at least you don’t have to clean up any oil spills.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/09/2018 at 14:11

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I lost two compression fitting beads in the dirt while installing my boost gauge. Had to run to O’Reily’s and get new ones.

AlienProbe > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 05/10/2018 at 16:30

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I have the ghetto version of this. I just took an old blown 12" subwoofer and tied a rope to it so I can just swing it back and forth along the area I am searching. Usually those magnets are strong enough to pick up everything within a few inches.

Great for finding stray nails and whatnot after teardown projects outside the house. :)