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What tools have you acquired from people's cars.
« on: 05 March 2015, 19:15:46 »
. . . As mentioned in another thread I obtained my first piece of snap-off equipment today. . . A six sided deep impact 10mm found on the scuttle of a megane  ;D

What freebie tools have you acquired?
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Re: What tools have you acquired from people's cars.
« Reply #1 on: 05 March 2015, 19:43:03 »
Quote from: Webby the Bear on 05 March 2015, 19:15:46
. . . As mentioned in another thread I obtained my first piece of snap-off equipment today. . . A six sided deep impact 10mm found on the scuttle of a megane  ;D

What freebie tools have you acquired?

Your work mate wont be very happy when he finds it missing  ::) ;D ;D

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Re: What tools have you acquired from people's cars.
« Reply #2 on: 05 March 2015, 19:45:28 »
In my younger days, I found £100,000 in the back of a van. The doors on it were locked so I just popped them open with a thermal lance. :)
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« Reply #3 on: 05 March 2015, 19:46:21 »
Nah I checked with everyone that it wasn't theirs. . . It was also rusty so had been there for some time. Wire wheeled it. Job done  :y
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Re: What tools have you acquired from people's cars.
« Reply #4 on: 05 March 2015, 19:50:39 »
Best place to find stuff is under the back seats , or if its an omega the chassis rails  8)
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Re: What tools have you acquired from people's cars.
« Reply #5 on: 05 March 2015, 19:52:23 »
We found a snap-on adjustable wrench (pipe wrench, not a spanner  :y) on my sons truck steering rod. Funny thing was, he had track rods fitted about three months prior to that so it had hung on well.  ;D
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Re: What tools have you acquired from people's cars.
« Reply #6 on: 05 March 2015, 22:23:56 »
I've found several in various places on various aircraft while doing the walkround pre-flight. Some I still use. :y
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« Reply #7 on: 05 March 2015, 22:38:52 »
Quote from: Shackeng on 05 March 2015, 22:23:56
I've found several in various places on various aircraft while doing the walkround pre-flight. Some I still use. :y

This takes me back, Tool Boxes are checked in and out in the RNAS and we lost a spanner, had to virtually strip a Wasp Helicopter until it was found, grounded till we did........ :D :D
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Re: What tools have you acquired from people's cars.
« Reply #8 on: 05 March 2015, 22:42:06 »
I see lots of tools driving cars........does that count? ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What tools have you acquired from people's cars.
« Reply #9 on: 05 March 2015, 23:03:32 »
I recall asking for an MR2 mk1 I was looking at to be put up on the ramps and finding a nice Makasa screwdriver on the front subframe but have since lost loads, 10mm spanners and 13mm sockets in particular for some reason  :-\
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« Reply #10 on: 05 March 2015, 23:06:44 »
A member left here with a T40 Torx bit somewhere between the coolant bridge and gearbox... ::)
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« Reply #11 on: 05 March 2015, 23:22:08 »
A pair of vice grips still attached to the nearside flexy brake hose.. ;D ;D
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Re: What tools have you acquired from people's cars.
« Reply #12 on: 05 March 2015, 23:26:55 »
We bought a smashed Lotus Elan years ago to rebuild and sell on - found part of a guy's scalp behind drivers seat :o
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Re: What tools have you acquired from people's cars.
« Reply #13 on: 06 March 2015, 00:34:51 »
Pretty old well made tyre pressure measuring tool.
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« Reply #14 on: 06 March 2015, 07:50:28 »
Found a' nice snap on 3/8 drive rachet in car at breakers yard

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