

| Subject: | Fw: [KG] Needed Tools |
| From: | Karl Wolz |
| Date: | Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:10:04 -0700 |
This from the Ghia list. No, I don't own one, just wanted to get educated a bit. Karl Wolz > > >TOOLS OF THE TRADE > > > > > >HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, today the hammer is used as > >a kind of divining rod to locate tender body parts not far from the object > >you are trying to hit. > > > >MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open cardboard cartons. It works particularly > >well > >on boxes containing convertible tops or tonneau covers. > > > >PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. > > > >HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board > >principle. It transforms human energy into crooked, unpredictable motion, > >and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your > >future becomes. > > > >VISE GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, > >they > >can transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. > > > >OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used to remove rounded off bolts and free any stuck > >part. > > > >DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful to suddenly snatching flat metal > >stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and throws your > >work across the room. > > > >WIRE WHEEL: Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them somewhere under > >the workbench at the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints, warts and > >calluses. > > > >HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering drop spindle trucks to the ground, > >trapping the jack handle firmly under the front air dam. > > > >EIGHT FOOT LONG 2X4: Used to pry truck upward off a hydraulic jack > > > >TWEEZERS: A tool used for removing wood splinters. > > > >PHONE: Tool for calling around to find another hydraulic floor jack. > > > >E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is > >ten times harder than any known drill bit. > > > >TIMING LIGHT: A stroboscopic instrument for illuminating grease buildup on > >crankshaft pulleys. > > > >TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the tensile > >strength of ground straps and hydraulic clutch lines you may have forgotten > >to disconnect. > > > >CRAFTSMAN 1/2 X 16" SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying tool that > >inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on one end. > > > >BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for transferring sulfuric acid > >from > >a battery to the inside of your toolbox after determining that your battery > >is dead as a doornail, just as you thought. > > > >AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw. > > > >TROUBLE LIGHT: Sometimes called a drop light. Its main purpose is to > >consume > >40-watt light bulbs. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat > >misleading. > > > >PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style > >paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt. It can also be used, > >as > >the name implies, to round off Phillips screw heads. > > > >AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning > >power > >plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by > >hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty suspension bolts > >last tightened 40 years ago by someone in Detroit and rounds them off. > > > > Michael Jekot > 1963 356C Coupe "Zuff" > Minneapolis MN > http://www.356registry.org/Fun/mikesnewcar.html
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