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Offline spacevomit

Community homemade and modified tool thread
« on: November 01, 2024, 11:14:29 AM »
Triangle drive tool, purpose unknown, made from an extension, inherited it from a retired mechanic

Used with VBW push-through ratchet
« Last Edit: November 01, 2024, 11:35:49 AM by spacevomit »

Offline spacevomit

Re: Community homemade tool thread
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2024, 11:25:40 AM »
Dispenses free laundering at undisclosed prestigious Canadian university, inherited from my dad (with discreet carrying case)

Offline spacevomit

Re: Community homemade tool thread
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2024, 11:34:19 AM »
Stubby hex driver made from oak burl, walnut oiled, with Japanese 6.35 X 13mm anvil (US anvils are 9mm). I made this.

Offline spacevomit

Re: Community homemade and modified tool thread
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2024, 12:18:04 PM »
Modular tether systems (technically I did make the one little Kevlar tether on the Corona tool, and I used my own hardware the knicks carabiner mount), bit holders are TOP, red tether system is NWS. Tajima carabiner and belt attachment point.
« Last Edit: November 02, 2024, 09:41:03 AM by spacevomit »

Offline shainiac

Re: Community homemade and modified tool thread
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2024, 02:19:56 PM »
Those are all pretty cool.
I don't have pictures handy, but I modified a parts store 3 jaw puller to be comically long for pulling 5th/6th gear in T56 Magnums. The Magnum/6060 countershaft is 1 piece, not two, so you need silly long pullers to pull the rear gears. I just used some 1.5"x1/8" steel bars and extended the jaws. Worked awesome.

I also have a drawer of cut, bent, and welded wrenches, most of which are for tightening turbo stuff. narrowed and shortened 1" open end wrenches for tightening 10AN drain fittings between the housings with zero room, or front T4 bolt/nut on rotary engines where everthing's jammed against the block. 
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Offline digitalsolo

Re: Community homemade and modified tool thread
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2024, 05:41:08 PM »
Those are all pretty cool.
I don't have pictures handy, but I modified a parts store 3 jaw puller to be comically long for pulling 5th/6th gear in T56 Magnums. The Magnum/6060 countershaft is 1 piece, not two, so you need silly long pullers to pull the rear gears. I just used some 1.5"x1/8" steel bars and extended the jaws. Worked awesome.

I also have a drawer of cut, bent, and welded wrenches, most of which are for tightening turbo stuff. narrowed and shortened 1" open end wrenches for tightening 10AN drain fittings between the housings with zero room, or front T4 bolt/nut on rotary engines where everthing's jammed against the block.

I have the same "mega puller extension" for the same purpose, and a similar setup of hacked up sockets/wrenches.

Spacevomit, those are pretty interesting bits.
Blake MF'ing McBride
1988 Mazda RX7 - Turbo LS1/T56/ProEFI/8.8/Not Slow...   sold.
1965 Mustang Coupe - TT Coyote, TR6060, modern brakes/suspension...
2007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage - Gen V LT4/TR6060, upper/lower pullies, headers, tune.
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Offline spacevomit

Re: Community homemade and modified tool thread
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2024, 09:36:56 AM »
Please post your pics if you get a chance guys! Thanks! I will be posting my own modded wrenches, definitely counts.
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