I've found a Warren!

You a rabbit or summat?

Nige uttered summat worrerz funny about:

Funny thats what the Mrs keeps asking too...

;-)

Lee

damn you damn you damn you

6 weeks trapped at home (doctors orders to rest - I hate it!) and then I realise that there is something I haven't got, and that there is an argos call and collect place round the corner. Mrs K is going to be less than impressed about this ;-)

Mind you, speaking of excellent engineering type chaps, guy that I found down here - becaue of my enforced not allowed to do things, got him out to change the discs and pads on the front of the disco. He was here for two and a half hours, i'd already got the parts from our esteemed expert here (Hi Richard), seventy three quid. Yes you read correctly!!! Two and a half hours cost me seventy three quid. I was amazed.

I've just called him to see if he can do the UJ's on the propshaft for me (driving me nuts and again cos i'm not allowed to do it yet) he apologised - "I can't get out to see you till tomorrow" - like I was going to argue even if it was next week.

Si

What are they made of? Mild steel or something that will actually take a bit or torque before deforming into a corkscrew?

That's what i was thinking. These cheap tools are all very well, but if you plan on doing real work......

It's funny, all the tools i have that have lasted are over 20 years old. Anything i've bought in the last 10 years has disintegrated, snapped, bent or broken.

Alex

Same goes with me and vehicles...

Stuart

I didn't expect for one minute though they are going to be the same spec as the likes of B&D Pirranha bits which I have found to be the best so far for general shop metal work, not withstanding 300 items for 24.99 is still a cracking deal IMO even if they only last a short while. The reality of me needing to use all of them regularly is remote. For any serious drilling for tapping threads etc I buy engineering drill bits which cost way more than anything we find in the DIY store and last considerably longer. For me kitting out the 101 this kit is belting though.

It would be worth a tenner just to have all my drills where I can find them, I've spent far longer looking for illusive tools than working on projects.

Lee

On Thu, 18 May 2006 20:03:22 +0100, "Lee_D" scribbled the following nonsense:

yes, there is a wonderful little gremlin whose sole purpose in life is to hide tools when you most need them!

Last weekend i had 3 clutches to do on saabs (doing my car, dads old car and stealing bits off my parts car too). So what did I loose but the special tool that you need to keep it compressed. Still aint found it yet either. I bet it wont turn up until i order its replacement :(.

I'd saved them all up for the same time too! I shouldnt need it again for a long time now!

Little bar steward follows you around as well. Put down a tool, turn round, turn back to pick it back up and it's gone!

Pity the Argus web site doesn't give a bit more detail about that kit. I'd probably not want 90% of them most of the time but just occasionally you find this odd fastner that needs a special tool that you haven't got. Mind I bet it won't be in that 300 peice kit either but with 300 to choose from the file can come out...

Try sneaking up on the lost items it always works for me. You do look like you need specialist medical attention though :-)

Icky

It's a long time since I have done one of those but never needed a special tool. All I used to have were two semi circles of 5/16" steel bundy tubing of about 3" radius tucked into the pressure plate between the cover and the diaphragm spring as the pedal was released. Held it compressed no problem and hardly cost anything if you did happen to lose them. Just as a matter of interest, how much *does* the special tool cost?, not that I am likely to come across one of those again!

Martin

You can do it with an old HT lead if you like too.. however the proper tool makes it so much easier! Its a metal loop that springs outwards - so you fight it into place, then go into the car and press the clutch and the loop springs out between the fingers and the cover and holds the fingers down for you. When done get an assistant to push down the pedal while you pull it out.

Since the amount of clearance needed is so critical (dont leave the fingers quite compressed enough and it takes a lot of levering and swearing to get the clutch and slave out - the tool makes it much quicker. If i had a decent workshop i could probably make a spacer ring of the exact right size really easily and for nothing but i dont :(

The tool is £10 - I did a few without it so its worth it to me as they took ages! Cheaper than the water pump removal tool which set me back close to £70 (but has had 3 uses so far)

Since i own far too many saabs (2 99's on the road and one in storage currently, plus dad has one and i've just scrapped a couple) I get my monies worth out of it ;)

I meant not come across a Saab clutch job again, not the tool. :-)

I think an old HT lead would probably crush enough so that you wouldn't have enough clearance but the steel tubing doesn't.

It's probably easier with the two pieces of tube because you do need someone to release the clutch slowly whilst you hold them in to remove the clutch but they practically fall out by themselves when you disengage the refitted clutch (and you save a tenner) :-)

Martin

On or around Thu, 18 May 2006 20:40:39 +0100, Tom Woods enlightened us thusly:

ISTR that the clutch swap on the SAAB was about the easiest clutch I've ever found. 1985 900 we had. I remember being amazed at how easy it was.

Oi Lee mate you know how I get with retail (tool) therapy give me a break will you I've already added a stepup toolbox to the oil filter wrench I could fall of the edge here. Derek