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A/C tool kit
I would like to have a packaged plastic case tool kit similar to some being
offered by Sears, Costco and others. However I don't need all the metrics offered by the others. I would like to have standard and deep 6pt. sockets in 1/4 drive and 3/8 drive sizes from 3/8 thru 3/4, combination wrenches(preferably ratchet wrenches)3/8 thru 3/4, 4 screwdrivers, small water pump pliers, small side cutter, and a small visegrip and real plus would be room for the safety wire pliers.. I have looked at various catalogs and can't find a non mixed sets. Anyone know of anything like this? -- Stuart Fields Experimental Helo magazine P. O. Box 1585 Inyokern, CA 93527 (760) 377-4478 ph (760) 408-9747 publication cell |
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Stuart & Kathryn Fields wrote:
I would like to have a packaged plastic case tool kit similar to some being offered by Sears, Costco and others. However I don't need all the metrics offered by the others. I would like to have standard and deep 6pt. sockets in 1/4 drive and 3/8 drive sizes from 3/8 thru 3/4, combination wrenches(preferably ratchet wrenches)3/8 thru 3/4, 4 screwdrivers, small water pump pliers, small side cutter, and a small visegrip and real plus would be room for the safety wire pliers.. I have looked at various catalogs and can't find a non mixed sets. Anyone know of anything like this? No, I got a small toolbox from Home Depot (about the size of a cigar box). I put a small 1/4" drive set in it along with a spark plug socket, a set of open end wrenches, a multibit screwdriver, and some vice grips. That gets me around most of the stuff I need to do if I'm away from the hangar, doesn't way much, and doesn't take up much room. |
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Ron Natalie wrote:
Stuart & Kathryn Fields wrote: I would like to have a packaged plastic case tool kit similar to some being offered by Sears, Costco and others. However I don't need all the metrics offered by the others. I would like to have standard and deep 6pt. sockets in 1/4 drive and 3/8 drive sizes from 3/8 thru 3/4, combination wrenches(preferably ratchet wrenches)3/8 thru 3/4, 4 screwdrivers, small water pump pliers, small side cutter, and a small visegrip and real plus would be room for the safety wire pliers.. I have looked at various catalogs and can't find a non mixed sets. Anyone know of anything like this? No, I got a small toolbox from Home Depot (about the size of a cigar box). I put a small 1/4" drive set in it along with a spark plug socket, a set of open end wrenches, a multibit screwdriver, and some vice grips. That gets me around most of the stuff I need to do if I'm away from the hangar, doesn't way much, and doesn't take up much room. To save weight--I went to the Good-Will store and selected a heavy canvas purse with stout straps--two zippered sides-(one for english, one for metric) wrap tools in wiping rags, can of WD-39 for lube & washing hands.--fits most anywhere--Anybody got any improvements on this?---Oh--purse was 98¢--got another in vinyl for car. |
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Jerry Wass wrote:
Ron Natalie wrote: Stuart & Kathryn Fields wrote: I would like to have a packaged plastic case tool kit similar to some being offered by Sears, Costco and others. However I don't need all the metrics offered by the others. I would like to have standard and deep 6pt. sockets in 1/4 drive and 3/8 drive sizes from 3/8 thru 3/4, combination wrenches(preferably ratchet wrenches)3/8 thru 3/4, 4 screwdrivers, small water pump pliers, small side cutter, and a small visegrip and real plus would be room for the safety wire pliers.. I have looked at various catalogs and can't find a non mixed sets. Anyone know of anything like this? No, I got a small toolbox from Home Depot (about the size of a cigar box). I put a small 1/4" drive set in it along with a spark plug socket, a set of open end wrenches, a multibit screwdriver, and some vice grips. That gets me around most of the stuff I need to do if I'm away from the hangar, doesn't way much, and doesn't take up much room. To save weight--I went to the Good-Will store and selected a heavy canvas purse with stout straps--two zippered sides-(one for english, one for metric) wrap tools in wiping rags, can of WD-39 for lube & washing hands.--fits most anywhere--Anybody got any improvements on this?---Oh--purse was 98¢--got another in vinyl for car. Does the purse match your flight suit? You had to know someone would ask Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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Jerry Wass wrote:
To save weight--I went to the Good-Will store and selected a heavy canvas purse with stout straps--two zippered sides-(one for english, one for metric) You got a plane that has both metric and english fittings on it? I thought it was bad enough that my NAFTA-special truck had that syndrome. |
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Ron Natalie wrote: Jerry Wass wrote: To save weight--I went to the Good-Will store and selected a heavy canvas purse with stout straps--two zippered sides-(one for english, one for metric) You got a plane that has both metric and english fittings on it? I thought it was bad enough that my NAFTA-special truck had that syndrome. How about adding Whitworth, for an English antique using an American engine and European components? |
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Ron Natalie wrote:
Jerry Wass wrote: To save weight--I went to the Good-Will store and selected a heavy canvas purse with stout straps--two zippered sides-(one for english, one for metric) You got a plane that has both metric and english fittings on it? I thought it was bad enough that my NAFTA-special truck had that syndrome. , Yep, got a Bosche K-tronic fuel injection unit on it.All mechanical,except elect. fuel pump.--automatic correction for density (altitude) |
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I was hoping to find one of the kits with pre-molded holes for the different
tools. It allows a quick scan at the end of a fixit project to make sure all tools are accounted for. I just don't want to carry around a bunch of metrics that I don't need in the field tool box for my Helicopter. Costco had a nice one but it was loaded with both kinds of sockets. -- Stuart Fields Experimental Helo magazine P. O. Box 1585 Inyokern, CA 93527 (760) 377-4478 ph (760) 408-9747 publication cell "Ron Natalie" wrote in message ... Stuart & Kathryn Fields wrote: I would like to have a packaged plastic case tool kit similar to some being offered by Sears, Costco and others. However I don't need all the metrics offered by the others. I would like to have standard and deep 6pt. sockets in 1/4 drive and 3/8 drive sizes from 3/8 thru 3/4, combination wrenches(preferably ratchet wrenches)3/8 thru 3/4, 4 screwdrivers, small water pump pliers, small side cutter, and a small visegrip and real plus would be room for the safety wire pliers.. I have looked at various catalogs and can't find a non mixed sets. Anyone know of anything like this? No, I got a small toolbox from Home Depot (about the size of a cigar box). I put a small 1/4" drive set in it along with a spark plug socket, a set of open end wrenches, a multibit screwdriver, and some vice grips. That gets me around most of the stuff I need to do if I'm away from the hangar, doesn't way much, and doesn't take up much room. |
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"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message .. . :I was hoping to find one of the kits with pre-molded holes for the different : tools. It allows a quick scan at the end of a fixit project to make sure : all tools are accounted for. I just don't want to carry around a bunch of : metrics that I don't need in the field tool box for my Helicopter. Costco : had a nice one but it was loaded with both kinds of sockets. : : Sears has the molded boxes empty. Don't know if they have one marked for inch only... |
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Stuart & Kathryn Fields wrote:
I was hoping to find one of the kits with pre-molded holes for the different tools. It allows a quick scan at the end of a fixit project to make sure all tools are accounted for. I just don't want to carry around a bunch of metrics that I don't need in the field tool box for my Helicopter. Costco had a nice one but it was loaded with both kinds of sockets. OK, this is one of the ways we did it in the Air Farce: Get two pieces of appropriate dimensioned foam, we used neoprene as well, cut holes for your tools in one, paint one side of the other piece a contrasting colour the glue the two pieces together so the colour shows through the holes. Two other ways we did it: get a thick piece of foam and cut out appropriate shapes and holes or you can heat the tools and let them melt the holes. Obviously the latter doesn't work with plastic tools and may damage the metal ones. In either case you paint either the cutouts or the surface a contrasting colour. These inserts can be used in ordinary tool boxes as we did. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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