This is getting serious.

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo) 04/11/2018 at 00:55 • Filed to: None

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Getting a road-kit together. Is this stuff ok for a carry-on? I can get by on a couple pairs of jeans and some coffee on the road. would be nice to not have to check a bag. also planning on bringing a lithium-ion booster pack ( very small), a pair of channel-locks, line pliers, and a few other generally useful things. socket sets can be had cheaply, so can various lengths of wire. (and twine, and marettes, and bubble gum and boogers) As a resourceful person, who is mature and has his own keys and credit cards, I should be able to climb every mountain and ford every stream with just a tool roll shouldn’t I?

facw > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/11/2018 at 01:11

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Tools longer than 7 inches are banned from carry-on. Even for shorter tools, I wouldn’t bet on TSA agents knowing their policies correctly.

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/all-list

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > facw 04/11/2018 at 01:23

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All the best tools are longer than 7 inches though. Next thing you’re gonna tell me is that you can’t even do a J in the airport to get yer mellow on.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > facw 04/11/2018 at 01:35

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Wow. I’ve never actually read the whole thing. I’m kind of frightened at some of the things you ARE allowed to fly with.

WRXforScience > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/11/2018 at 01:46

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Every time I’ve checked a bag with tools mixed in with clothes, my bags have been searched.

Just FYI.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/11/2018 at 02:00

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They’ve checked the pliers I carry several times. If I were you, I’d pack my tools in a checked bag. It’s a pain to check a bag, but at least you’d have the tools you need!

random001 > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/11/2018 at 06:41

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This!

CalzoneGolem > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/11/2018 at 07:08

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All the best tools are longer than 7 inches though

That’s what she said.

shop-teacher > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/11/2018 at 07:13

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If it’s an option, you might be better shipping your tools ahead to the seller’s house. Otherwise, a trip to Harbor Frieght wherever you’re departing from may be a smarter move than trying to bring all that on a plane.

nafsucof > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/11/2018 at 08:17

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if you need all that stuff i’d mail it to where i was staying

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/11/2018 at 09:07

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Is there a harbor freight or something similar nearby where the Corvair is?

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/11/2018 at 09:19

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Hell with a checked bag bring all the tools you can up to the weight limit!

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CalzoneGolem 04/11/2018 at 09:34

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she sure said that. Then she lit a cigarrette beforehand, so it would be ready when I was done.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 04/11/2018 at 09:43

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should be, I’m not planning to wrench on this car, just get in and go. I however, am not stupid and I’m taking my lucky screwdriver.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > shop-teacher 04/11/2018 at 09:47

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No time for that. trying to leave sunday. I have one remaining super important commitment. (cub scout car rally) which I would not miss for one million convertibles.

shop-teacher > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/11/2018 at 10:56

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Overnight them. Still cheaper than checking a bag.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > shop-teacher 04/11/2018 at 11:59

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on a side note: Thanks for being a shop teacher. I got to go to prep school where you wear a tie and go on to become a banker. As kind of a hippie, I did not become a banker. It took me 20 years to teach myself what a good shop teacher could have learned me in four. We need kids to know which end of a hammer you pick up.

shop-teacher > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/11/2018 at 14:16

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Thanks! I really appreciate that.

One of the things people usually miss out when they go to private school, is stuff like shop classes. Very few private schools have any of them.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > shop-teacher 04/11/2018 at 14:22

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also a bit of a sausage party.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > shop-teacher 04/11/2018 at 14:23

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what would you take on such an attempted adventure?

shop-teacher > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/11/2018 at 14:45

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I think you’ve got the right idea for tools. Channel locks, vice grips, 4in1 screw driver, wire strippers, a couple sizes of crescent wrench, bailing wire, zip ties, electrical tape. The lithium ion booster pack is a good idea (I need to get one of those).