Crescent wrenches or adjustable spanners

[Glenn]

You forget the piece of bailing wire (grin).

[irnsrgn]

nope keep the wire in the tool boxes in the van and suburban. some people dropped their car keys down a storm grate once, yup baling wire to the rescue, lock keys in car, BW to the rescue. tail pipe or muffler brkt rusts thru, BW to the rescue. will even repair a V fan belt if you know what to do.

[irnsrgn]

when some gang types harass you, if you can get there attention elsewhere for a few minutes a couple of pieces of baling wire wrapped around their steering arm and into the fancy chrome spoked wheels will stop them from following you for awhile. LOL

Or some wire from each side steering arm up to a convient place on the underframe makes for nice crashes when they try to turn corners.

where there's a will there's a way. and them tiny fancy steering wheels don't give much leveage LOL

[sstreckfuss]

Originally Posted by Ice Czar

TANSTAAFL or utility entropy (the utility of adjustment offset by the tools inability to do useful work without constantly flipping it over )

I never heard of the acronym, but have the phrase. I learned something!

[HWooldridge]

Originally Posted by irnsrgn

when some gang types harass you, if you can get there attention elsewhere for a few minutes a couple of pieces of baling wire wrapped around their steering arm and into the fancy chrome spoked wheels will stop them from following you for awhile. LOL

Or some wire from each side steering arm up to a convient place on the underframe makes for nice crashes when they try to turn corners.

where there's a will there's a way. and them tiny fancy steering wheels don't give much leveage LOL

Now, how do you know all that? Sounds like personal experience...;-)

[stretch]

Here is a neat wrench I found in a second hand store. I love it. It is hardly used until I got it. I found out what it shone at when i went to set up and use my sheet metal brake. To set up the brake I had to adjust two different size square head set screws. With this wrench I didn't have to adjust it to set up the brake. I use this wrench all the time.