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10-05-2010, 07:28 PM
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Vanishing diesel SPECIAL tools
Racking, fracking, snaggle, GRUMP!!!
Do you ever have one of those days/weeks when tools seem to vanish...  Then pop up when no longer needed.. 
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10-05-2010, 07:46 PM
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try looking for a spoon, you will find the fork.
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!  1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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10-05-2010, 07:47 PM
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Try living in a house full of "car guys"
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10-05-2010, 07:48 PM
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You end up with 3 of everything important !
I am still trying to remember who I lent my color tune to 30 years ago !
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10-05-2010, 08:10 PM
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anybody need an exhaust gas analyser from sun electronics... I found mine...
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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10-05-2010, 08:14 PM
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Happy Motoring, Mark
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DrDKW Last edited by Mark DiSilvestro; 10-05-2010 at 09:35 PM.
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10-05-2010, 09:05 PM
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This is why I have two 32 SPLINED delivery valve sockets.
I can generally find one in seconds. Not this morning when needed, but both tonight.
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10-05-2010, 09:16 PM
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I am in the process of TOTALLY organizing my shop. I'll post pics when I'm ready...
bustedbenz has seen some progress, in the shop, and thayer has seen it in total disarray. I have great planz!!!!
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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10-05-2010, 09:21 PM
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had the same thing with a glow plug reamer...actually twice!!! had one, couldn't find it, bought a new one, misplaced that one as well and finally found them both in the same day albeit a few months after I realllly needed them
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10-06-2010, 01:36 AM
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10-05-2010, 10:39 PM
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Slightly off subject but my Friend who was also a Mechanic (we worked in different shops) got tired of the Tools he loaned out never coming back.
What he did was buy some really low quality cheap tools. When someone ask to use a tool he gave them one of the Cheap ones. After a month or so people stopped barrowing from him.
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10-05-2010, 11:35 PM
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10-05-2010, 11:29 PM
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I am not generally your most organized person, so I thought things like this only happened to me, and not to you better organized people. (There's a reason I have never posted a picture of the inside of my garage.
)I feel better now. And it was cheaper than an hour of therapy. 
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10-06-2010, 01:54 AM
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You mean, not everyone has one of these giant things stuffed with tools at home that you can just read the drawer labels on to find what you need when you need it?
  Don't think I'm out of touch. I am only a recent convert to the religion of organised tools, and I definitely served enough time as the poor guy that couldn't find the tool he needed when he needed it. It took me two decades to get something besides milk crates and 20" tool boxes to keep tools in, and I'm still in the process of filling and labelling the compartments of this roll-about after five months. The mountain of difficult to sort through tools is getting smaller, though! Ahem... I highly recommend one of these big boys... It makes wrenching much more enjoyable.
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