I spent this morning taking tools from my house garage to the polebarn. The house garage is heated so my Model A project spends it's winters there. My wife likes her TBird in the house garage so it is close and easy to use in the summer so the Model a goes back to the pole barn. Over the past couple of years I find that by the beginning of summer I have no flat bladed screw drivers in the pole barn and no phillips screw drivers in the garage. It might be time for more tools.
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Can you have too many tools?You wana look waaay far up da road and plan yer route because the brakes are far more of a suggestion than a command! -
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Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
Mitch's Auto Service ctrComment
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Take it from someone that probably has less memory that you. Have at least three of everything. More of the important stuff. Life is too short to look for tools. They will show up anyway when the job is finished.Comment
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"WHY" do I look at Harbor Freight flyers????---I DON'T NEED NO TOOLS!
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Owning a Model A is only an excuse to buy more tools.
I also apply that same philosophy to "Honey Do" jobs.Last edited by CarlG; 07-06-2017, 01:32 PM.Alaskan A's
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I tossed most of my Craftsman and Stanley screwdrivers into a box in storage after buying Klien screwdrivers. Pricey, but much better than any other brand I have used. No need of lesser quality tools taking up space in the tool box. Rod"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good." Thomas SowellComment
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Last week I swapped out my dizzy because it was a little noisy and I wanted to see if my back-up distributor was any quieter. After my little swap experiment, I neglected to swap them back. The back-up distributor has a known issue in that the stock points don't cinch down and the points work themselves out of adjustment after a while. This is something I have been meaning to address, but life...05-29-2021, 09:20 PM -
I tried to get a replacement for a broken craftsman ratchet, Loews won't replace..They sell only boxed sets. anyway maybe that is a sign of things to come. What is a good brand of tool? Snap on is just too expensive.10-17-2018, 05:59 PM -
Today I had an interesting phone call. I had a younger person call up and told me he just purchased his first Model A. At this time he has no tool to speak of and his question to me was what are the must have tools to work on the car? At this point he is not interested in the unique tools need for a very specific job but rather what is going to be most often used. So I thought I'd come here and...02-24-2021, 10:30 AM -
I know this is like the oil type threads, everyone has their favorite, but I just got a new tool, a 3/8 inch snubby with a hole for a breaker bar. Came from Nepros in Japan. Expensive! But damn, is it nice. Smooth movement, 90 teeth gears, finish is perfect. If it wasn't so heavy I'd wear it around my neck, it's that nice. Pictures to come.
I know Snap On is some of the best, but they...01-18-2021, 02:57 PM -
Thought I would share my experiences of this year with Model A tool buying. By way of introduction I have several Model A's. All with the exception of one I bought from Mitch's friend (Mitch was the mechanic) did not run. I finished my last major repair job in Jan, 2020 with the rebuild of a transmission and was looking forward to a summer of driving Model A's. COVID happened and as the only...08-03-2020, 04:59 PM -
Having had years to collect more tools than my wife thinks I need, every now and then I come across the need for one I don’t own. Now that I have dived into the model A mania I’ve noticed a “need” for reamers. As a single use tool they’re quite expensive and their are multiple sizes in repairing the model A. Question is do I buy adjustable reamers? And if so what sizes? As I’ve noticed...09-14-2020, 10:25 PM -
Does anyone collect Frank Mossberg Antique tools?
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Good morning. There is quite a bit of information and documentation on the correct tools for the Model A and the variations from year to year. My question is, how were they presented to the new owner when he purchased the car at the dealership. Would they have been in the tool bag under the seat? Would they be rattling around loose? Would they have been packaged and kept in the stockroom for...10-22-2019, 08:21 AM -
I was just closing up the shop and saw my krw tools. i noticed I have two realitively hard to find tools the a386e shock cover spanner, the a368 rear hub gauge and the kd spring perch press. So what do you think of an era krw/5z/?? model A specific tool page? I'd like to see photos of the tools. Rod has a good collection for sale, btw. I've looked at the krw page and liked it, but a lot are later...11-02-2018, 03:10 PM
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