Date:         Sat, 7 Feb 2009 12:54:45 -0800
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] Spares and Tools was Mechanical Lesson Learned
              On the Road (Long)
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On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
.....

> As for the tool, that's from my fathers tool box and although he is long
> gone, if he'd been watching, he'd have been smiling. One of the first
> lessons I learned from him is "Use the right tool. If you don't have the
> right tool, make it. If you can't make it then go buy one" I've carried
> that thing in my kit for more years than I can recollect and don't ever
> remember needing it before but have always remembered the time many years
> ago I needed the same thing (for slot head) fighting a leaking heater in a
> '60 Mercedes. I bought that one and it's in the kit also.


Yes I bet he would. :)

Ultimately I need to pare down the onboard tools/parts to a minimum.
I'm carrying too much excess weight because of this.

Everyones situation is different, but doing things like carrying 3/8"
6pt sockets and adaptor from 3/8" --> 1/2" (thank you John Muir) would
certainly lighten my load. Though I would still carry a few 1/2"
sockets.

Neil.