NGC - Lost My Screwdriver While Changing Sparkplugs

[Chuck in Indiana]

Found a nice pair of Channel locks (which I still have.. anybody stupid enough to leave tools in an engine compartment deserves to lose them)  Found a crowbar (!!) under the hood of my Chevette. Don't have that one, I gave it to the owner of the business.

[oldbike54]

Found a nice pair of Channel locks (which I still have.. anybody stupid enough to leave tools in an engine compartment deserves to lose them)  Found a crowbar (!!) under the hood of my Chevette. Don't have that one, I gave it to the owner of the business.

 Probably needed the leverage to work the clutch 

 Dusty

[cruzziguzzi]

I found a beautiful one-off wrench still on the bolt head in my Mercedes engine compartment.

Still have the wrench and Mercedes too. I went back and asked in an open ended way if the "tech" was missing a wrench and if so, could he identify it. In a CYA move, no one fessed up. Due diligence bowed to, I have a specialty wrench.


Todd.

[jbell]

Jbell,
I bought the car recently with 109k miles.  The plugs look like they've got about 50k miles on them.  The gaskets looked ok, but I added a little Hylomar to the seals.   As for the "T" pipe that sends coolant to warm the throttle body (TB), did you know there's a modification to eliminate that? 

An interesting design idea; do you want a heated TB, or a cool one?

No, I didn't know about the modification but will consider it in about 80,000 more miles or so.   

[rodekyll]

Our little aircraft all have carb heat.  On the old VWs 'icing' was a physical problem -- the car would stop and if you ran around back and raised the hood fast enough you could see a little gasoline icicle melting off the butterfly shaft.

[Sasquatch Jim]

Our little aircraft all have carb heat.  On the old VWs 'icing' was a physical problem -- the car would stop and if you ran around back and raised the hood fast enough you could see a little gasoline icicle melting off the butterfly shaft.

Would that be a gascycle?

[sign216]

That is to keep ice from forming in the intake, at least that's the idea. Common problem with normally asperatied piston engines but usually not a problem with fuel injected right above the intake valve.

Ok, thanks.  I was thinking under the older idea of "cool intake air is the best."

[sign216]

So I took my car out today.  It was hot, and when I put on the air conditioning I got an unhealthy growl.

The compressor is in the area I lost the screwdriver, but I still can't see it.


The car's going into the mechanics on Friday.

This screwdriver might be expensive.


Such is the price of doing your own repairs, eh?

[Rotten Ralph]

Such is the price of doing your own repairs, eh?

Every time I think about starting a project I try to weigh the savings versus the cost of having someone who knows what they are doing do it. Seems like more often than not doing it myself saves money but takes up hours of my time, gets me frustrated, and often has me buying or ruining a tool. But aaahhhhhh the satisfaction!.

[Penderic]

Tools, in the right hands, are consumables.