What's in your toolbag?

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Re: What's in your toolbag?

Post by 5chn3ll » Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:42 am

I still use this dinosaur for round 1 of every diagnosis...
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Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.

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Re: What's in your toolbag?

Post by sweet victory » Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:43 pm

Mac tools recently came out with their RBRT lineup. It stands for Rounded Bolt Removal Technology. If you're familiar with Snap On's flank drive design, it's a similar concept except for internal drive fastners like torx and hex/socket heads. I figured I'd give it a try and ordered the 8mm hex rbrt. You would use it to remove rounded out socket heads, or use it on intact fasteners to prevent rounding them out. I figured with so many "I stripped my drain plug threads" that this might come in handy for someone.

https://www.mactools.com/en-us/Sockets/ ... Driver-8mm

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Re: What's in your toolbag?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:57 am

sweet victory wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:43 pm Mac tools recently came out with their RBRT lineup. It stands for Rounded Bolt Removal Technology. If you're familiar with Snap On's flank drive design, it's a similar concept except for internal drive fastners like torx and hex/socket heads. I figured I'd give it a try and ordered the 8mm hex rbrt. You would use it to remove rounded out socket heads, or use it on intact fasteners to prevent rounding them out. I figured with so many "I stripped my drain plug threads" that this might come in handy for someone.

https://www.mactools.com/en-us/Sockets/ ... Driver-8mm

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That's the reason no one pulls the drain plugs on the turbos during a 996TT oil change. There are a total of 4 drain plugs (sump, oil reservoir and one on each turbo). Everybody is afraid to strip the allen bolt heads on the turbo drains. Plus, there's only a few ounces of oil in there anyway. Good to know that if I every try it and screw it up, at least there's an out.
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1987 928S4, Guards Red
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1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red

2006 955S, Lapis Blue
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1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
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Re: What's in your toolbag?

Post by sweet victory » Fri Sep 25, 2020 7:35 am

FRUNKenstein wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:57 am That's the reason no one pulls the drain plugs on the turbos during a 996TT oil change. There are a total of 4 drain plugs (sump, oil reservoir and one on each turbo). Everybody is afraid to strip the allen bolt heads on the turbo drains. Plus, there's only a few ounces of oil in there anyway. Good to know that if I every try it and screw it up, at least there's an out.
I would skip using a normal hex bit socket, and just use this the first attempt.

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Re: What's in your toolbag?

Post by Einsteiger » Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:44 pm

It's more a question of what is NOT in the tool bag. I am a sucker for The Tool of the Week. From reading other Porsche forums, I've been compelled to acquire certain tools that were must-haves.

Gotta have a bolt extractor set - metric and fractional:
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I read somewhere that if I ever get into the doors, I could need a set of Triple-Square sockets:
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...and also a filter cutter for the post-oil-change paranoia check, and a double jointed long handled ratchet should the starter have an issue....
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...and it goes on. Various gear / pulley puller tools, a pair of channel locks that one could use to unbolt the propeller off a Navy destroyer...etc

So, Frunk...before you buy or rent any specialized tools....call me. :)
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Re: What's in your toolbag?

Post by 5chn3ll » Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:29 am

I have that same cutter. I don't always use it... #yolo

Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.

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Re: What's in your toolbag?

Post by theprf » Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:32 pm

My place here is more like a tool warehouse, and I still never have the tool I need... last night I really could have used a 1-1/8 or 1-3/16 open end wrench to turn a camshaft. I have a 1-1/16 and a 1-1/4 and nothing in between.

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Re: What's in your toolbag?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:48 am

theprf wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:32 pm My place here is more like a tool warehouse, and I still never have the tool I need... last night I really could have used a 1-1/8 or 1-3/16 open end wrench to turn a camshaft. I have a 1-1/16 and a 1-1/4 and nothing in between.

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www.kansascityautomuseum.com
Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red

2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver

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Re: What's in your toolbag?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:50 am

Einsteiger wrote: Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:44 pm and a double jointed long handled ratchet should the starter have an issue....

So, Frunk...before you buy or rent any specialized tools....call me. :)
Is that a left-handed double jointed long handled ratchet?
www.kansascityautomuseum.com
Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red

2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver

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Re: What's in your toolbag?

Post by Einsteiger » Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:13 pm

It's the special order Harbor Freight AMBIDEXTROUS double-jointed long-handled ratchet. I call it the Nurse Ratchet. :)
Kevin
1999 C2 - Vesuvio Gray Metallic
Eastern Kansas

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