speaking of tools...

[jim rose]

>Picking a favourite tool is tough.  Several have been 'good purchases' in
>the sense that they
>still impress me with how easy they make some jobs.
>

truth...

>I have a long-handled 3/8" drive ratchet handle from FACOM with a gimballed
>ratchet.  You can
>use it like a normal ratcher handle to loosen a fastener, and then swing
>the handle up and
>palm it, like a Boy Scout trying to light a fire.  You can get the plugs
>out of an I5 in less
>than a minute.
>

sassy. i have yet to get a pivot head ratchet. i always think ill break em
[i break stuff, thats what i do =3D]  butil lhave to get one. ive had an eye
on a nice s+k  "tuning-fork" lookin swivel head ratchet that would com in SO
handy.


>The FACOM wiring tool, a stripper/crimper - simply because no crimped joint
>I've made with it
>has ever failed.  Cumbersome thing, but you only use it once.
>

huh? i havent seen it.. ill have to check it out.. one of my prides is my
ampliversal [AMP brand] tetra-crimper with the 3-way aircraft style crimping
dies. 1 squish does 3 different crimps on each half of the buttsplice. use
that with a seamless amp buttsplice and its straight NASA grade =3D)

only porsches got that treatment back in my car audio days. and pet projects
and guys who paid WAY too much =3D)  at about a buck a splice it added up.


>A gas-powered soldering iron.
>

i love my butane  ultratorch. its the ONLY way to solder in a car. another
favorite [yeah, they really do add up]


>The FACOM clutch-style stud grippers.  Especially the 6mm and 8mm.
>
huh? that sounds serious...

>And a piece of coat-hanger wire for pulling on the ur-quattro's air box
>clips.
>

and running wires. dont forget bubblegum for grabbing lost screws...

>The story goes on.  I can barely lift the portable box these days.

i have the "house" box and the "car box"

jr



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