Toolbag Tales-Homemade and improvised tools

[mickthemaverick]

I can see that being very useful for marine engineers, there are plenty of twin screws in their world!

[Paul-R]

Ha ha. Fine use of photo editing software.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Page 25 Post 3 DIY Petrol Injector testing/cleaning adaptor.
Just a picture...the details are over here viewtopic.php?p=864923#p864923


Not quite the amateur blacksmithing of making a timing belt tensioner tool I kicked this thread off with in 2017. Nice to see the thread still gets the odd entry. It is the essence of DIY mechanic-ing creativity. Not many will go back to the beginning and read through the thread so for a little indulgence this was my first entry.....

Page 1 post 1 of the thread, a bit of DIY Blacksmithing from yours truly

..or alternatively what could I make out of this....


Its a piece of Key Steel about a foot long 8mm x 8mm and by hook or by crook its going to turn into the perfect timing belt tensioner adjuster for a 2.0hdi 8 valve engine, as fitted to my Citroen Xsara Picasso. Suggestions welcome...with the restricted space, and air conditioning pipes between the tensioner and the bodywork its going to as a whole have to adopt an "L-shape" although being key steel its going to be hard as nails and maybe not possible to achieve the sharp bend required. I have used a number of improvised tools over the years some of which I have posted in the past but it may be nice to have a thread to fill up with "tales of the toolbag"

Regards Neil

This was the finished article


Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I'd find it hard to believe that Disney made this tool, but Snapon??? (Turn the sound down!!)

[Paul-R]

Hmmmm, post made 11 hours ago when the date in the USA was still the 1st of April.

[mickthemaverick]

Good point Paul, I didn't twig!!

[moizeau]

My new camshaft verification jig

[MattBLancs]

Making that job look like child's play!

[moizeau]

Hehe

[myglaren]

[CitroJim]

My new camshaft verification jig

Just seen this Pete, that's awesome!!!!