Saving a tool.

[Evan]

The rocker panels are fine. I do have some rust out to fix on the fenders above the rear wheels though. Stupid plastic wheel well liner traps crap in there that you can't wash out.

[grand master flash]

On a related note I was watching one of the Sunday mechanic ahows on Spike TV and they showed a slick way to remove rust.
What they did was put a part in a plastic container coverer the part with water . Then they added an electrode and attached the electrode and the part to a battery charger . They did add a Arm and Hammer product (it was not baking soda ). I cannot remember the polairity of the connections . After 24 hours the part was black and free of rust,

[Malc-Y]

Is it a metric wrench or imperial??

Malc

[Fasttrack]

Thats cool - i probably would have figured it was a gonner and bought a new one.

Have Crescent brand adjustable wrenches changed that much? They still say crestaloy and made in USA on them. I've had one for maybe 6 years now and its nice. The jaws move smoothly, which seems to be the main difference (or at least most readily recognized) between good wrenches and cheap import wrenches.


I agree with YOD though; i get attached to my tools and i hate to use other peoples, even when they are just as good or better than my own. Once you get a feel for a particular tool and organization, its hard to adjust. (especially with things like micrometers - i know how much pressure my thimbles need for an accurate reading, but other micrometers are tougher to use until you get a feel for them)

[IOWOLF]

That is why I bought a tumble vibe,I have / Find too many tools like that.

A couple of hours in the tumble vibe and even the rubber handles look good.

[John Garner]

Evan --

Asked with tongue stuck forcefully into cheek: When did your wrench grow the two inches, between the time you lost it and found it, or is the something-like-WD-40 fertilizer for wrenches?

John

[miker]

grand master flash, have a look at the following sites. It works.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/andyspatch/rust.htm

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/ru..._derusting.htm

Also use the search funtion above to look at more threads on this board about it.

Rgds

[Evan]

When did your wrench grow the two inches, between the time you lost it and found it, or is the something-like-WD-40 fertilizer for wrenches?

I should have mentioned that those are Canadian inches and bigger than US inches, just like Canadian gallons are bigger than US gallons. You won't find the conversion information available anywhere since we switched to metric long since.