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Seal puller and filter straps
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in the pic theres 4 items
A calking gun with formagasket in it on the left, not going to cover that
A seal puller in the middle
and 2 filter wrenches on the right side....
The seal puller.
What is it? the name says it all, when you need to get a seal out of somewhere that you cant access with a drift and hammer, or other butchers methods This is the tool you need, they come in lots of sizes and that ones about medium.
Who should have one? welll this one Is optional in my book, It makes life easier certainly but seals are pretty fragile and a little lateral thinking will see you right in most circumstances. If i have one I use it, If someone offered to buy me one I wouldnt say "no Id rather have .... TYVM"
hows it work? simple push one or the other hook, depending on seal type, under the lip of the seal, and lever the handle, it will grab at the seal and reef it out, if it doenst get it the first time it will deform the seal. If that happens move the puller around a little and go again Deform the seal enough and it will come out.
What else can I use? lots of things, Screwdrivers, pinch bars, pry bars (yes they are different) wood screws, chisels, drifts, hole punches, claw hammers, nail pullers, if your careful you can even use die grinders and drills.
wood screws? Yep just screw at least 3 self tapping screws into the metal support of the seal and lever at the heads of them instead.
The filter wrenches
What are they? tools used to install and remove cylindrical things (normally filters) that you cant otherwise easily get a grip on.
Who should have them? Anyone who does their own servicing
Hows it work? simple pass the filter through the hole in the strap or the webbing and rotate the handle. I prefer the webbing ones as they are ratchet friendly, can be made from leftover seatbelts on the side of the road and work better on other things. Ever had the bolt stick on the top of the shocky on a coils spring front end? theres nothing that will usually easily fit on the shocky to hold it still... Except a web filter strap.
What else can I use? a few things, a screwdriver punched through the side of the filter works but is messy, If youve got room a stilsons pipe wrench will work but Id love to see you get that to happen on say a TD5. If its not on too tight a bit of old inner tube grasped firmly with both hands can get some filters off.
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External and internal Circlip Plier
What are they for? Respectively removing External and internal circlips or derivitives there of. They arent used for those e clips that you sometimes get with UJ's for your prop shafts.
Who should have them? well theyre certainly handy, most normal maintenance you wont need them for its only once you start stripping sub asemblies (like the distributor) that you are likely to come across them. But since its not expensive to buy the changeable head ones from supercheap Id say most people who do their own maintenance should have them. (My personal ones are the super cheap ones and theyve been going strong for over 5 years now)
How do you use them? place the tips in the slots or the pin holes of the circlip and gently squeeze the handle... the clip will open up or contract in and you can slide it up or out of whatever it was in.
What else can I use? Screwdrivers to carefully lever the clip out is my fave but needle nose pliers work ok on the bigger ones and if you grind them down the needlenoses will handle little clips on the side of the road.... If you get really desperate you can sometimes punch them out/off with a long tapered ***** punch. Usually this method will break them so have spares on hand before you reach for MR knockometer.
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Pullers and brake hose clamps
The top board (red one with a door closed) is a universal puller set. below that the yellow "pliers" are brake hose clamps.
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Pullers
What are they? they are a plate with 2 or more legs hanging down with a screw int the middle that allow you to pull pullies, gears and bearings off of shafts. They typically come in an external and internal grab setup depending on what you need to pull off, External grab is the most common.
Who should Have one? Mechanics mainly, if you do lots of your own work you might like to have a set but you dont really need them. The number of jobs where this is a vital tool to have isnt that great and if your good with a drill and a grinder you can make one up in no time flat.
Hows it work? pretty simple really hook the legs in and wind the screw down. As the screw pushes on the center of the axle that the pully is on the legs pull against the pully seperating it from the shaft.
What else can I use? hammers to start with, your little hammer used in conjuction with the rubber faced hammer will usually get most things off. But in the case of a harmonic balancer you want a different beastie alltogether. you want a harmonic balance puller (didnt think of this one earlier will do it) If you dont want the part your trying to remove cause its stuffed ,drill a couple of holes in it, and chisel it till it snaps or make up a puller out of some 8mm plate, nuts and bolts....
Brake hose clamps..
What are they? a specail clamp that can be used on the flex line of your braking system to stop the flow of brakefluid
Who should have them? Everyone. And they should be carried with you or something that will work similarly should be carried. If you bust a brake line applying one of these can get you home by preventing uncontrolable fluid loss.
How do they work? pretty much the same as a pair of vice grips but the plastic will yeild before the hose gets permanantly crushed.
What else can I use? vice grips mainly but a good pair of pliers with the handles wired together will also work. Ditto for a pair of screwdrivers laid across the hose and crimped together with hose clamps.
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Assisters, nice to have not need to have tools
Didnt know what to put for this lot These are "tools" that make life easier, you dont need them in the toolbox (ok tyre gauges maybe) but Ive included them here. Im not going to do a write up on each one, just its name and what its for... if you want to know more about it post in, if you cant identify one also ask and I'll get a better pic.
All of the tools on this post are in one or more of the classes of "nice to have but luxury tools in reality", "not something you need for routine maintenance jobs", "the name is self explanitory" or mechanics tools.
working across the top from left to right youve got
4 types of tyre pressure gauge,
Spring gauges, the let you know how hard you pull
nut breaker
G clamps
tyre valve stem removers
magnet and mirrors on a stick.
A hydrometer.(looks like a syrning) This ones used for testing the specific gravity of the acid in a battery. one of the last checks you do before writing off a battery is done with this. It will also provide a rough guide as to the charge state of the battery from the specific gravity of the acid.
the wheel brace
thee 2 smaller items under the wheel brace that look like small wheel braces are battery terminal/conector maintenance tools
haedband magnifiers
Air tools.
Die grinder
engraver
degreasing gun (looks like a spray gun)
rattle guns
air ratchets
air drills
blowers/dusters and
an air grinder.
