Moose McAlpine
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What did you need them for? I've had a full set of 5-lobe for 10+ years and i don't think i've ever used them.
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What did you need them for? I've had a full set of 5-lobe for 10+ years and i don't think i've ever used them.
Torx screws, as well as 5 side security versions maybe?
Torx used on a lot of modern stuff - had a set since 1987 when I needed to dismantle a Renault 11 - local garage lent me a set, which was very good of him, seeing as I'd never had him do any work until then - used him for as long as I lived in the area (Headlands Garage up Denhome Gate Road in Hipperholme, just past the Grammar school, heading for Shelf).
As I had a free supply of security headed stainless Torx, whoever has to dismantle my car port in years to come will need a set
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I got a cheap Dormer Torx long set off eBay a couple of years ago of such security screw drivers that fit a 1/4 mm hex drive handle ratchet pistol grip or straight handle . Each bit is 100 mm long .& slightly slimmer than the screw head so it goes down any screw access hole easily . Very handy for taking smaller Dyson stuff apart .Torx screws, as well as 5 side security versions maybe?
Torx used on a lot of modern stuff - had a set since 1987 when I needed to dismantle a Renault 11 - local garage lent me a set, which was very good of him, seeing as I'd never had him do any work until then - used him for as long as I lived in the area (Headlands Garage up Denhome Gate Road in Hipperholme, just past the Grammar school, heading for Shelf).
As I had a free supply of security headed stainless Torx, whoever has to dismantle my car port in years to come will need a set
I'm now after a triangular set in the same length .
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I would imagine they are used to it
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I can keep em busy for a long yet as I have stuff everywhere and always finding stuffI would imagine they are used to it
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VW LT and VW T4 have them on the maf sensors
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You cannot beat a rigid tool, i have had a few over the years.Been after one of these for ages and by chance fell on this today...very well made tool and is very heavy, fast strip down and a functional clean and grease the pins and straight into service
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Neilsen from amazon i think abput £13
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I've never had a MAF with those screws not come with the housing. Some Mercs use 5-lobe for wing mirrors and they're on some injector pumps and cam phasers. But in 15 years as a mechanic i've never needed them.
The 5-lobe and Torx Plus sets cost me a fortune (£400+ i think) and neither have ever been used.
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Today was a mad dash to Ottery St Mary.
Why?
I knew they had the bits I needed to finish of a few projects.
But, it is that kind of place I get more.
A bundle of weights, there are some I do not need . But enough of the ones I want.
It was cheeper to buy this for one item. Than buy the one item on its own.
I wanted the Tweezers.
A few extra bits.
Why?
I knew they had the bits I needed to finish of a few projects.
But, it is that kind of place I get more.
A bundle of weights, there are some I do not need . But enough of the ones I want.
It was cheeper to buy this for one item. Than buy the one item on its own.
I wanted the Tweezers.
A few extra bits.
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I've just bought a set purely to swap the MAF sensor on my Audi TT. I'll never use the rest of the set, I don't imagine, but under £7 delivered. I had a look around all the tool stalls at the NEC Classic Show, and the restoration show just gone, and no-one had any.
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Has your new sensor not come with the housing then?
I've never needed to remove those screws as the new sensors always came with the housing as they're "calibrated" to the housing's bore/cross section. (Although people do swap housings on modified cars and such when remapping.)
I suppose you might remove the screws for easier claning of the MAF but that's generally in vain anyway.
They're an obscure tool for sure. I bought mine to "be prepared" but i got that wrong.
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