Tool Thats Not A Tool. Whats Your Favourite?

[67Rolla-Ken]

But a forklift is a tool?

[h1_roll4]

At our place we don't have any chain so instead we use a seatbelt to move engines around/in and out of cars.

 

Tie one side to exhaust, other to intake manifold and lift with engine crane.

[B.L.Z.BUB]

At our place we don't have any chain so instead we use a seatbelt to move engines around/in and out of cars.

 

Tie one side to exhaust, other to intake manifold and lift with engine crane.

yeah they make good tow ropes too.

 

I was gonna say Russell Crowe but he is a tool.

Edited January 20, 2010 by blzbub666

[Yellow_18]

Meat mallet for a hammer! And of course the butter knife when a screw driver is out of reach :D

[Beauc]

Mis-placed my flat screwdriver the other day and used a metal ruler instead.

[anastasios]

yepo i also have a few spare seatbelts for engine ropes etc they are useful even with the metal bits on the end as they can hook onto random things

[SLO-030]

But a forklift is a tool?

 

Goods Carrying Vehicle ;)

 

but if I'm wrong, I nominate my hands, great for doing stuff with.

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Rectangle fridge magnets are awesome for spreading bog on tight curved surfaces.

[gambit4000s]

I was gonna say Russell Crowe but he is a tool.

:D I thought it was just me

 

I have a few:

axle shaft inside a pipe, great for popping steering links loose, strategic hammering, and the like.

wiper blade metal inserts ground down to various shapes, heated and melted into a small screwdriver handle in pairs, mostly used for to release VW/Audi Wiring connectors from the socket

toothbrush handle ground down to a chisel point, use like a pick or flat blade without scuffing, would make a great prison shank too!

 

Not really a tool but I almost exclusively use stainless steel commercial counters, shelving and sinks, I have an automated dish washing line without the machine as my parts washer/ engine table, They tend to be heavy, sturdy and are very easy to clean, and dish lines have a 4" raised ledge

Edited January 27, 2010 by gambit4000s

[ke30dude]

I used my spare parts ke20 as a ladder the other day, pruning branches from a tree in the back yard I stood on the roof of it with my chainsaw.

 

Also have been using it to drag high up branches down to where I can reach them.

[Johno]

Using an old speaker to find that missing nut that you dropped on the ground, its very useful

and who can forget the cigarette lighter to open a cold beer :D

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Hey I know its not a tool, but after working on your car and you have black hands, wet your hands with water then use clothes washing powder as an abrasive, rinse and repeat. Trust me you'll never go back. Takes a bit to rinse the slippery residue off but by far the best black hand remover ever.

[BLUDGER]

Hey I know its not a tool, but after working on your car and you have black hands, wet your hands with water then use clothes washing powder as an abrasive, rinse and repeat. Trust me you'll never go back. Takes a bit to rinse the slippery residue off but by far the best black hand remover ever.

 

just make sure you don't have any cuts on your hands :)

[B.L.Z.BUB]

just make sure you don't have any cuts on your hands :)

never been an issue with me. Some clothes powder and some gumption and you are away laughing....ive sliced my hands up and its always been sweet. Rinse, gotta rinse.

[Evan G]

that Honda dipstick i used to undo a Phillips head screw when i was at the wrecking yard and left my screwy at home ;)