Practically Classics Forum

Ah yes, post lifts. Time was we were glad of a humble pit.

mr rusty wrote:I have a wheel bearing remover/installer kit, bought off the 'bay, one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHEEL-DRIVE-BEARI ... 415661d046 much cheaper than the normal suppliers do them for and justifiable at that price..

I've ordered one and it arrived today. I haven't used it yet, but it looks a very useful piece of kit. Thanks for the tip, I've been looking round for something like that at an affordable price for years

a pair of pliers I found over 20 years ago, they grip anything and I use the cutter bit to snip brake pipes when stripping a car, they cut clean and no fluid leaks out, you can remove a brake system without draining it or spilling a drop

My flexible screwdriver ! Bought from a pound shop before pound shops were common and has undone countless screws that were impossible to get at with normal screwdrivers !

Old heater rubber hose with wire twisted around it about half an inch from the end. Perfect for lowering spark plugs into deep wells and reintroducing them to their threads. Danny H

I've found my most useful tool is this little blue piece of Plastic that says "Chase Mastercard" on it

Hello Chaps

Its nice to be back.

My vote goes to my Sykes mini cutter. A roller type shear which I have thrashed for 20 years or more. Easily cuts 20 or 18swg steel sheet in silence. This little chap has saved more old motors than you can shake a stick at.

A more recent darling of the shop is the Frost shrinker-stretcher. I had considered the thing to be a waste of money and rather limited, having now got one, I use it for no end of fabrication jobs.

Everyone knows the angle grinder is the 'King of Tools'!!!!!