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  • Hungary Bill

    Nov. 14, 2011 6:32 a.m. Hungary Bill New Reader

    Yesterday I ordered a timing gun from a local Hungarian auto-parts store and when I tried to use it on my Impala today it turns out that the Felix-Wankel'n auto parts store had sold me a METRIC TIMING GUN!

    I remember the last time this happened to me I had inadvertently bought a left handed crescent wrench from Shucks auto supply, and I couldn't get the catastrophic converter off my truck in time for a date I had planned... That night turned out to be a... (wait for it)... Catastrophe!

    I know I can't be the only one with this problem... can I?

  • Giant Purple Snorklewacker

    Nov. 14, 2011 6:35 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

    Oh man, I hear ya. My Trabant has a speedometer that reads in Furlongs/Fortnight so I have to keep pulling over at every speed limit sign to convert units.

  • mad_machine

    Nov. 14, 2011 6:47 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    doesn't matter GPS.. your Trabant is STILL not speeding

  • pinchvalve

    Nov. 14, 2011 8:24 a.m. pinchvalve SuperDork

    I keep meaning to update the radio in my 1985 MR2 from the original head unit. How many times can I listen to Wham! and Madonna?!?!?

  • Nov. 14, 2011 8:28 a.m. egnorant Dork

    There are no WRONG tools!

    If you have ever had to remove a lost retainer from a vintage Australian popcorn machine with your arm in a cast you will understand!

    Bruce

  • ransom

    Nov. 14, 2011 9:07 a.m. ransom Dork

    I keep having problems with not having the right tool for the job, too.

    The thing is, my tools are great, but I keep having to do the wrong jobs.

    I've got a Millermatic 175 welder and an engine hoist standing by, but I keep having to do crap like change the fuel tank out on my pickup, or chase an ignition problem on a friend's Accord. Boring, annoying, and/or filthy stuff. Wasn't I supposed to be able so just start doing fun stuff once I got the right tools?

  • Twin_Cam

    Nov. 14, 2011 9:22 a.m. Twin_Cam SuperDork

    I've had to ride my bike to the local Sears to buy tools that I forgot I needed and then had my car in 472 pieces in my driveway.

    Twice.

    In a day.

  • oldtin

    Nov. 14, 2011 9:25 a.m. oldtin Dork

    I got the set of wrenches that only take things apart. I think I need the set that puts stuff back together.

  • Taiden

    Nov. 14, 2011 9:25 a.m. Taiden Dork

    The other day I did not have the correct tool, so I used two pipe wrenches.

  • Wally

    Nov. 14, 2011 9:40 a.m. Wally SuperDork

    Anyone want to buy a Whitworth adjustable wrench? Never used, thrown once

  • ransom

    Nov. 14, 2011 9:43 a.m. ransom Dork

    In reply to Wally:

    I wonder whether I could make that work. My graduated C-clamp's all seized up...

  • Hungary Bill

    Nov. 14, 2011 12:19 p.m. Hungary Bill New Reader

    Wally wrote:

    Anyone want to buy a Whitworth adjustable wrench? Never used, thrown once

    I may need one here shortly. I just dropped my last one in a bucket of compression last week while doing a muffler bearing install on my wife's Volvo.

  • Giant Purple Snorklewacker

    Nov. 14, 2011 12:32 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

    ransom wrote:

    In reply to Wally:

    I wonder whether I could make that work. My graduated C-clamp's all seized up...

    No, no... that is completely normal. The knurls are there so the pipe wrench can get a better bite.

  • codrus

    Nov. 14, 2011 7:52 p.m. codrus New Reader

    What's wrong with metric timing guns? I used one the other day to set my base timing at PI/12 radians!

    --Ian

 
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