

| Subject: | Re: minimal tools - was things you should have with you on a long trip |
| From: | Rocket J Squirrel |
| Date: | Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:14:42 -0700 |
On 3/15/2009 10:03 AM Rob wrote:
> Think bailing wire.
Or baling wire.
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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
On 3/15/2009 10:03 AM Rob wrote:
> At 3/15/2009 09:49 AM,neil N wrote:
>
>> I like that list. I know I need to reduce a little. Like just carry
>> 3/8" sockets and an adapter to 1/2" ratchet
>>
>> What is a "mechanics wire" ? Magnet?
>>
>> Neil.
>
> Think bailing wire.
> I used to carry a 1lb roll of .032 safety wire but that ran out, I
> found a 100 yds of wire in a plastic-cardboard container at Home
> Depot that works just fine. It's not as big as the .032 I used to use
> but works just fine (I used to for a temp 'fix' on a broken
> alternator bracket on a 1.9 VW waterboxer in Weed, CA).
>
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
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