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re:Tool Boxes, tools rattling

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Subject: re:Tool Boxes, tools rattling
From: ross@msbcs.ENET.dec.com
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 96 15:54:54 EDT
> Any other suggestions?  (for rattling tools)
Try any old piece of bubble wrap.  It comes in various "gauges" and can 
easily be changed when dirty or damaged.

(and your earlier question for rusty tools) - dunk them in Naval Jelly or 
metal prep (which are basically phosphoric acid?).  I don't get the problem 
becuase I'm usually working on oily jobs and they're covered in a 
protective film.

> Also what else do people carry for roadside emergencies, besides flares,
> fire bottle, and electrical tape?

Anything I can that is a single point of failure.  Save all those working 
parts that you change in a routine service, wrap them up and hide them 
somewhere in the car.  Distributor rotor, distributor cap, coil (rarely 
fails), coil to distributor lead, toothed camshaft belt, axle 
(half) shaft which modern cars never seem to break but old MGs do for a 
pastime. (no, old MGs don't have toothed camshaft belts, but modern cars 
do).  Spare fuses.  A tow rope is a good substitute for the part you havn't 
got.

Peter Ross
(Cars significantly older than Matt's '95)

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