Date:         Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:08:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Sears Tools
Comments: To: dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
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>

This doesn't seem to apply too much to a vanagon, unlike many other
cars. There are few situations where the threads a bolt is going into
isn't captive in some way.

There's really nothing you can't get off either with a single wrench
or a wrench and socket.

I carry a small plastic case with snap lid that I find in the
hardware section at home depot in each of my vanagons. I carry in
each case, with slight variation between the diesel and the gas:

Open end 7 and 8 mm
7 mm box for brake/clutch bleeders
Box 10 and 13 (I love the ratcheting reversible box wrenches. Didn't
think I would but I do)
Combination 17 and 19 (plus a 15 for the belt tensioner nut on the
diesel).

Two four inch extensions

Six inch ratchet

Combination screwdriver


Spare oil plug copper gaskets (gasser)

Cable ties

Sandpaper for cleaning grounds

Jackknife

10, 13, 17 and 19 sockets. The gasser needs a 14, I don't remember why

The three commonly used allen sockets 5, 6 and 7 mm

Folding allen wrench set

Bent longnose and regular slip joint pliers

Medium-sized drift/flat punch

Flashlight

Hose clamps

Spare 10 and 13 mm screws with washers and nuts



All this goes in the plastic case, which is about the size of a three-
ring binder. I have done pretty major work to both cars by reaching
for no more than one of these kits.

Jim



> I have MANY duplicates because of the number of little sets I have
> bought,
> but that really comes in handy for MOST projects because of bolts
> and nuts
> that require pulling things apart from both sides, etc.
>