Motoring Discussion > One off tools.	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Ted	Replies: 26

Wed 22 Sep 10 09:48   One off tools. - Ted

Seeing DP's post about his splined tool for the Sierra head made me think about tools you have that had a one off use....but are still in your toolbox. In my case, hanging on my peg-board at the back of the bench is a large, flat, one ended ring spanner. Not used anymore, or likely to be...by me.....it was for fitting and shimming suspension ball joints on old Minis......ought to chuck it, really ! Ted Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 09:56   One off tools. - Iffy

Not quite a one-off, but I have a Snap-on 'screwdriver' to turn the hex fasteners on hose clips. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 10:02   One off tools. - jc2

You can still buy those new! Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 10:30   One off tools. - Dog

I had an extractor specialy made to grip underneath the cams of a Lucas distributor for when the critters siezed up, you can also free em orf with lashings of WD40 and a spanner to & fro on the cam. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end! I've also got an Irish screwdriver :) Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 10:37   One off tools. - swiss tony

>> I've also got an Irish screwdriver :) >> Would that be a ball pein screwdriver? Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 10:54   One off tools. - Dog

>>Would that be a ball pein screwdriver?<< You've got one two then me ole Son :) The first time I saw an Irish screwdriver being used was when I had to tune a chaps car who was 'working' on some new 'luxury' flats in Tower Hamlets, I had to enter the building to find the geezer, like, and there he was hammering in the screws for the door hinges! Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 10:55   One off tools. - Bigtee

Several spanners and sockets grinded to fit a particular job. Threw out lots of A/F sockets and spanners some time back, Now im looking at a winter project were im going to need them.!! Doh.................. The pop rivet gun gets used about never last used it to repair the hinge on the BBQ and thats it. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 10:53   One off tools. - Fenlander

>>> Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end! Ahhh... 1968... Mary Hopkin.... Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 10:56   One off tools. - Dog

>>Ahhh... 1968... Mary Hopkin....<< www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNVit7cesj8 Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 10:57   One off tools. - Mike Hannon

I came across a bloke doing that to a staircase in a new house years ago. I can tell you where the Taunton house is, if you're afraid you might be living in it. He worked for a respected local firm, too. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 11:08   One off tools. - Dog

>>I came across a bloke doing that to a staircase in a new house years ago<< I couldn't believe what I was actually seeing at the time, the image has never left my mind, One wonders just what does go on with new-builds, think I'll stay in my 1930's jobbie. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 17:08   One off tools. - Tooslow

I hope he cut it in two before hammering it in. No point wasting effort. John Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 17:57   One off tools. - Dog

>>I hope he cut it in two before hammering it in. No point wasting effort.<< I suppose I'm 'talking' about pre cordless leccie screwdrivers, but even then an Irish screwdriver would be quicker, wooden tit. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 10:59   One off tools. - Old Navy

Not single use though, if my memory hasn't completly claped out mine fitted my Mini and Austin, or was it a Morris, 1100. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 11:14   One off tools. - Skoda

Rose joint extractor and fitter for the (helluva complex) rear suspension on a BMW 7 series. Made from PVC downpipe, steel end cap, threaded rod (it wears out doing one side!), a big socket, some washers and 3 nuts. I love the internet. Except when you're expecting the PVC pipe to shatter and send splinters into your eyes any second from the amount of force you're applying to it... Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 11:15   One off tools. - Robin O'Reliant

I've still got the 'U' shaped spanner needed to fit round the camshaft to undo the valve locknuts on a Capri engine. It was useless as the jaws just opened and rounded the corners of the nut. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 11:24   One off tools. - Dog

>I've still got the 'U' shaped spanner needed to fit round the camshaft to undo the valve locknuts on a Capri engine< I had one of those, but it was a Snap-on, and used with an arf inch drive ext. worked well, I had one for the Bluebird as well. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 11:43   One off tools. - Hugo

I've got a piston ring compresser that i used to rebuild an engine on a Talbot Horizon. I know it seemed a good idea at the time - I should have put that lump with gearbox straight into the car in question. The engine had done 70k miles and I was convinced it needed a rebuild. Actually when I stripped it down it was fine. The engine that came out had suffered a blocked oil ring on the piston and melted the side of the piston and ruined the liner. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 12:22   One off tools. - Chris S

I've got a 'square' brake-adjuster spanner for a Rover Metro. I used it for one service before the headgasket went. I bought Micra's after that. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 12:32   One off tools. - Fenlander

Alongside my valve grinding paste there's still a piston wind back tool for the hard to reach inboard rear discs on P6 Rovers. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 12:41   One off tools. - RichardW

My Dad's got a 42mm socket, used once to remove the fan on a Citroen GS so that we could change the boot on the hydraulic pump that was behind the front air ducting. That was in about 1985.... Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 12:43   One off tools. - DP

As well as my Pinto head bolt splined socket, I also have a slide hammer with Vauxhall input shaft adaptor, and a set of clutch clips for changing an 80's and early 90's FWD Vauxhall clutch without disturbing the transmission. Used once. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 12:53   One off tools. - crocks

I have a large open ended spanner for taking the viscous coupled fan off my Mk V Cortina. It had to be much thinner than was normal for a jaw size of about 32mm. I couldn't bring myself to spend so much on a special tool that would be used only once so made myself one from 6mm steel plate and half an hour on a bandsaw. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 13:25   One off tools. - Mapmaker

7mm hex bolt. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 15:59   One off tools. - henry k

I have an OHV spring compressor. Bought to overhall my 1600E engine in the very early 1970s. Took the valves out of the head butit needed a new engine so this fine tool was only half used :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 16:49   One off tools. - sherlock47

If I dug deep enough in the unused box I think that I have a side valve spring compressor. However I cannot remember what the difference is to an ohv version! I suspect that there is also a home made rubber donut compressor - Imp not Elan. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 22 Sep 10 18:06   One off tools. - Ted

Just collected a Jowett engine today from a pal in Runcorn. Seized, of course, only piston rings rusted to bores. I need to split the crankcase to stand each bit up with leaded Coca Cola in the bores. So, used a very interesting tool which I don't recommend you use on an engine. A cold chisel and a 3 lb lump hammer. Chiselled the bellhousing in half so I could undo all the clutch bolts, so I could take the clutch off in order to remove the flywheel which stops you getting at..guess what.....the bell housing bolts ! Now I can undo the main bearing bolts, about a foot long, remove the big end caps and pull the two halves apart. The crankshaft can go in the bin, it's broken in half ! It never stops ! Ted Reply to this message | Report message