trigger Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Would something like this work?, it's a 1/4 drive Snap On racket with a swappable end for different pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk1_4dr Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Would something like this work?, it's a 1/4 drive Snap On racket with a swappable end for different pieces. I had thought of suggesting one of them Trig, but I couldn't remember the depth of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Would something like this work?, it's a 1/4 drive Snap On racket with a swappable end for different pieces. I've just bought a Draper ratchet thingy similar to that in the hope it would do the job, but it doesn't fit, although that looks a wee bit thinner at the head end. Likewise I have any number of these wee screwdriver bits in M'coli's pic but nothing to turn them with, I don't have mole grips but I doubt I'd get them in the available space either.I have managed to unearth a wee set of tiny spanners my Dad had, one of which fits the screwdriver bit quite well, but I'd need to come up with a way of fixing them together well enough to allow it to turn the screw while not falling out and down into the depths of the gloom! There must be a way of doing this without taking half the engine bay apart to get the bloody alternator out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Obviously the ends are interchangeable but if you want to borrow it then let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 clearly, the mistake you made is in buying a modern* car, they're all shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 but I'd need to come up with a way of fixing them together well enough to allow it to turn the screw while not falling out and down into the depths of the gloom!Sellotape/gaffer tape/elastic band/blutac...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Is there such a thing as an allen key-shaped tool but with a cross head screwdriver on it instead of a hex shaped end? Cranked screwdriver http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/?_nkw=cranked ... 0017712665 Would removing the oil filter help? My friend would do it for you in minutes at his garage in Cupar, he specialises in SAABs, but it's a bit far for you to go I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akron Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 This any use? http://www.maplin.co.uk/17-piece-offset-ratchet-and-socket-43410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 This any use?http://www.maplin.co.uk/17-piece-offset-ratchet-and-socket-43410That's pretty much what I've just bought and the problem is the head's too deep on account of there being a quarter inch drive on both sides of the thing. Cranked screwdriver http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/?_nkw=cranked ... 0017712665Would removing the oil filter help? My friend would do it for you in minutes at his garage in Cupar, he specialises in SAABs, but it's a bit far for you to go I think. It's more the pipework into the oil filter that's getting in the way, but those cranked screwdrivers look like they might be just the chappies, I'll see if I can dig one up from somewhere.There is hope, cheers guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akron Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Cut the quarter inch drive off of one side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Does a 6mm ring spanner fit on those bits ? Edit: no it's a quarter of an inch that fits (been in the shed and checked) so either a ring spanner or an old open ended brake adjuster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Cut the quarter inch drive off of one side? this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Fucking lying bastard eBay sellers. Bought a cheap NAD CD player to tide me over while my [other, better] C542 is being repaired. "Works perfectly, a few scrapes." Perfect. Been really, really busy since it arrived at work last Wednesday, not had a chance to get it up and running. Cable it all up (which is a complete bastard given that my amp is on a heavy stand that's a job in itself to move) and the fucking CD drawer refuses to open. The motor just grinds and nothing happens. It might have been something to do with the completely shit packaging it came in. I listen to music more or less all the time and not having a means of playing it is utter bollocksgiven that the whole fucking point of buying this thing was to replace another broken CD player. Tempted to force the damn thing open with a knife to be honest, the seller will just say it's my word against his and that it worked perfectly when he sent it out. I knew I shouldn't have turned that £200 Cyrus down. It was a lot more money but I bet it would have worked...... Fucked off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Is there such a thing as an allen key-shaped tool but with a cross head screwdriver on it instead of a hex shaped end? Yes. They often get thrown in with flat-pack furniture, cheaper than a real screwdriver but can put more force in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimothyClaypole Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Old/cheap screwdriver, heat it up and bash it into an allen key shape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Cheers for the replies guys, I'll investigate these wee offset screwdrivers I think, only a couple of quid so worth a shot. I'd be well out my comfort zone trying to heat metal up sufficiently to bend it (especially on someone else's gas cooker!) and can foresee huge potential for serious injury if I try. I'll let you know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 They did sell those L-shaped screwdrivers in Halofrds when I worked there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael1703 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Me for being a twat 4 pm Monday,was welding upside down,spatter in shroud caused mig wire to stick,flipped my visor up to sort it and the wire pinged a bit of molten metal at my eye, carried on and went home,bit sore but not uncomfortable Woke up Tuesday in pain, hospital triage brushed the spatter off and then went "ooh,I think there's a bit in deep" which is the result of brushing it off as ideally it needs picking out, appointment made for eye clinic 9.05 Wednesday Today,had my head in the jig,got the dye and the painkiller thing and he set to work picking it out, seemed to be ok,I felt fine made my eyeball shiver a bit but I've had worse, he then said there's a bit in deeper, I need the burr, have you had the burr he said, well I've got a die grinder with a burr at work so I know what you mean Anyway,he set to work grinding my eye and was going ok and then I felt myself fading, I said "err can we stop a minute,just need to splash some water on my face" next thing I remember I'm now surrounded by 5 concerned looking people and vomiting from my partially closed mouth and nostrils This is my low blood pressure thing, it doesn't happen often but when getting injections or dental surgery I go a funny colour and throw up I had to leave the hospital with my soiled clothes in a bag and drove home stoping in laybys every so often to get some air One stray spark has lost me two days work, arsebiscuits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Fucking hell, that sounds lousy as owt! I've had the needle digging a bit of steel out of my eye before, then had to go back a few days later to have it really scraped out. At the time it didn't feel so bad, more strange than anything. However it was real shit when the numbing stuff wore off, I had to hit the bottle to get to sleep for a few days. My grump is fucking idiots on the road. Snow seems to polarize people - there was a big tailback on the dual carriageway off the m18 to home, which turned out to be caused by a young lass in a Ka doing walking pace at most. Although, that was a somewhat pleasant change compared to the morons doing 70/80+ on white over motorways, tailgating the car in front. I'm perfectly fine with them falling off the road and killing themselves, but they inevitably cause long delays and occasionally injure other people in the process which puts a downer on the whole natural selection thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm a bit like that with injections....though it is just fear for me......only thing that makes me go all weak and shivery and I can feint as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 /\ fairly concise there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Today. Oh come on. The train was brisk and I gave you a cup of tea! (I finally got hold of the chap I was after at 3:45pm - sorry for being all in a rush earlier! I had my catostrophic day the day before...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Today. That'll teach you to wave back next time (see Spot/ Coincidence) thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Just been watching Chris Barrie's Massive Speed programme on Discovery Turbo. It wasn't filmed all that long ago 06 cars driving around etc. Anyway, he takes a tank into a filling station and fills up with petrol costing 89.9p per litre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Couriers. Ordered a load of car parts from a long established specialist on Tuesday. The guy told me it would be two parcels due to the size of the larger items (one was a radiator, one an exhaust). Anyway, my dad got back home yesterday to find the box containing the radiator left on the doorstep. No card left or anything, and no sign of the other box containing the exhaust and the other bits. The radiator box has '1 of 2' clearly written on it and the delivery label has the same thing on it. I've just gone on the APC Overnight website and entered the tracking number, and this is what it says: Parcel 1 status: Delivered 10:21 13th February, Signed for by Hughes. Parcel 2 status: Left with Neighbour 10:01 13th February, Signed for by Holt. Comments: "Left at 15". Firstly there was no one here on Wednesday to sign for it (our name is Hughes) so that's a lie, then the second parcel was apparently left at number 15? Number 15 in this road is about 3/4 mile away, so it does seem a bit strange that it's been left all the way down there. I think it's pretty damn bad form to leave parcels on the doorstep for anyone to walk off with, especially if they require a signature. And where the f*ck is my exhaust, oil filter and master cylinder kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I can't fix my Saab. I managed to get a set of wee offset screwdriver thingies but it looks like I've been grossly optimistic in my estimation of the space available. I'm not even getting close to getting a hand to the voltage regulator screw, so it looks like an alternator out job, which I'm pretty sure means the aircon pump has to come off as well. Well beyond my amateur skills and tools, and I can see it being megabucks in labour for a £10 part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Couriers. Ordered a load of car parts from a long established specialist on Tuesday. The guy told me it would be two parcels due to the size of the larger items (one was a radiator, one an exhaust). Anyway, my dad got back home yesterday to find the box containing the radiator left on the doorstep. No card left or anything, and no sign of the other box containing the exhaust and the other bits. The radiator box has '1 of 2' clearly written on it and the delivery label has the same thing on it. I've just gone on the APC Overnight website and entered the tracking number, and this is what it says: Parcel 1 status: Delivered 10:21 13th February, Signed for by Hughes. Parcel 2 status: Left with Neighbour 10:01 13th February, Signed for by Holt. Comments: "Left at 15". Firstly there was no one here on Wednesday to sign for it (our name is Hughes) so that's a lie, then the second parcel was apparently left at number 15? Number 15 in this road is about 3/4 mile away, so it does seem a bit strange that it's been left all the way down there. I think it's pretty damn bad form to leave parcels on the doorstep for anyone to walk off with, especially if they require a signature. And where the f*ck is my exhaust, oil filter and master cylinder kit? I HATE COURIERS, they are all total shit for this kind of nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Further to my last post, I discovered APC's deliveries in this area are carried out by a local courier company. I phoned them and asked what was going on. The guy told me he would contact the driver and phone me back ASAP. He didn't, so I rang him. Apparently the driver can't remember where he left the parcel, and thinks he might have left it in the wrong road altogether! He's going to have a drive around this afternoon to try and remember where he left it. Give me strength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 just put in your claim for compensation now your parcel sounds lost you should have recorded that phonecall with the courier - perfect evidence for a full refund useless fuckers these days I try to use UPS of DHL only, this saves a lot of shite, in my experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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