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Tool Porn (not really).


Dudeland

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So in place of being able to work on my car, I am proudly sponsoring this thread I call tool porn. Looking down the barrel of taking the 02 off the road for a retrofit, I am looking at tools that will save my mind by making it easier to find mistakes. I came across this thing. Soo overkill for what I need, but for that time that you wished your car could talk to you. There is this thing. 

 

https://www.amazon.ca/POWER-PROBE-Master-Combo-Kit/dp/B01KY4APFQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=power+probe+4+master+combo+kit&qid=1584937888&sr=8-1

 

So it sparked this thread to highlight all the crazy expensive or single-use tools that you purchased just because it made you feel like a pro.

 

The rules are the following: 

1) You must own it

2) You have to say why you got it. 

3) How much better was it compared to what you know you could have done without it. 

 

So here is my post.

 

I got this thing to do my a/c lines, my a/c is not even working yet, and if I took it to someone who did it for a living, it would be working by now. But I felt like a pro crimping my ac lines.  

 

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https://www.ebay.ca/itm/AUTO-AC-A-C-Fuel-Hose-Line-HAND-Crimper-Crimping-Tool-Kit-6-8-10-12-DIE/273737119829?hash=item3fbc00f855:g:8WsAAOSw1p1ambTX&vxp=mtr

 

 

"Goosed" 1975 BMW 2002

 

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any serious shop should have a Rivnut or Nutsert tool. Used them countless times in prepping track cars and even had a need for using it on the 02. A big two-handed tool for the larger bolts and a smaller one for tight spaces and small machine screws...

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73 Tii stock build, Porsche Macan   , E46 330i Florida driver, 

….and like most of us, way too many (maybe 30 at last count) I wish I hadn't sold ?

 

 

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1 hour ago, xr4tic said:

My contribution:  QuickJack

 

If you don't have a lift, you should have one of these.

 

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I agree, if you can afford it you should get one.   The car is really stable on these lifts. The downside is that you can only really slide under it from the front and back of the car. 

  

"Goosed" 1975 BMW 2002

 

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