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flyboy161
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 Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:31 am Post subject: Accessory Tool Box (my never be without tools kit) |
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This box...
has been moving around with me for awhile. When I had a microbus I carried a toolbox, jack, and spare motor on really long trips. But now I drive a 1964 Beetle and wanted to carry some extra tools. Because Im extra like that
Yes, the tools are shadowed with contrasting foam. Yellow underneath the blue so that I know if any are missing after roadside emergencies.
Contents:
Top Shelf left
1 Crescent wrench
1 3/8 drive ratchet
1 3/16 common screwdriver
1 1/8 common screwdriver
Top shelf right
1 10mm combination wrench
1 12mm combination wrench
1 13mm combination wrench
1 14mm combination wrench
1 15mm combination wrench
1 17mm combination wrench
1 19mm combination wrench
1 Diagonal cutters
Middle shelf left
1 10 ft tape measure
1 Stubby #2 Phillips screwdriver
1 Stubby 1/4 common screwdriver
Middle shelf right
1 5/8 spark plug socket
1 13/16 spark plug socket
1 3/8x3 extension
1 1/4 male to 3/8 female adapter
1 1/4 male to 3/8 female adapter
1 4mm socket x 1/4 drive
1 4.5mm socket
1 5mm socket
1 5.5mm socket
1 6mm socket
1 6.5mm socket
1 7mm socket
1 8mm socket
1 9mm socket
1 10mm socket
1 11mm socket
2 12mm socket
1 13mm socket
1 14mm socket
2 15mm socket x3/8 drive
2 16mm socket
1 17mm socket
1 19mm socket
Bottom shelf
1 Channel lock liners
1 Head lamp
1 #1 x 3 Phillips screwdriver
1 #2 x 4 Phillips screwdriver
1 1/4 x 4 common screwdriver
1 1/4 x 6 common screwdriver
1 2 1/2 common/Phillips combination screwdriver
1 Gerber multi-tool
1 17mm Allen wrench
1 Multimeter
1 Set of test leads
1 Voltage test lamp
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My father's 1970 Beetle-
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The 1964...Diamond in the rough
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flyboy161
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hitest
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| Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:15 am Post subject: Re: Accessory Tool Box (my never be without tools kit) |
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Add a small stainless or at least brass bristle brush (cheapie from HF) for electrical terminal cleanup.
I use one of the small tube "cantainers" that holds spare screws, wire ties, tin bolts, terminals, etc..
The smallest blade screwdriver you can find for terminals and grub screws.
a few feet of baling wire
trade your 10' tape measure for a lighter, fabric tape roll- or mark of "feet" on your spare primary wire you keep in the parts box.
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I wonder what the nut looks like.
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'62 L390 151, '62 L469 117, '63 L380 113, '64 L87 311, '65 L512 265, '65 L31 SO-42, '66 L360 251, '68 L30k 141, '71 L12 113, '74 ORG 181
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flyboy161
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63 vwnotch
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| Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: Accessory Tool Box (my never be without tools kit) |
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Fan belt, pulley, shims. Oh and small piece of 180 grit sandpaper
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flyboy161
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:11 am Post subject: Re: Accessory Tool Box (my never be without tools kit) |
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Sorry, fan belt is under the hood. Pulley! I did have one come apart on me outside of Gallup, New Mexico years ago. Thats a good addition. Shims I have a stack of those.
180 grit sandpaper? What would I use that for? Seems a bit rough to polish the commutator. I used to keep a nail file in the glove box for dressing points, but since I keep a whole distributor built up, now I just remove one nut, lift the whole distributor and clamp out and slide the new one in. Its timed, dwell is set, and clamped in place in the box. Works great on tune up days.
I do need a replacement coil. I had one fail on me a few months back and I used my spare.
6V Generator and carburetor I keep on a shelf at home. It has been my experience that if you pay attention to the car and keep up with maintenance these pieces generally start throwing some clues that they are going to fail well in advance of their actual demise.
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My father's 1970 Beetle-
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=603879
The 1964...Diamond in the rough
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=612776
My 1958 Morocco Bug-
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=611483 |
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