Shop Made Tools

[deltaenterprizes]

Did it work?

[bborr01]

The tool worked great. So did the lessons from the journeymen.
My dad was one of them.

Brian

[biometrics]

Brain, I can see the device clearly, but for the life of me I can not see how it would be used to remove a plug. Can you provide a little more narrative insight on how it was used? Thanks in advance. -John

[bborr01]

Brain, I can see the device clearly, but for the life of me I can not see how it would be used to remove a plug. Can you provide a little more narrative insight on how it was used? Thanks in advance. -John

Bio,

The old VW beetles had a pipe plug in the transaxle that had a 17mm female hex in it. Slide the male hex on the tool into the plug and use a screwdriver through one of the holes to turn the plug out.

Brian

[EVguru]

I made one of those for Hewland transaxles which use the magnesium VW case, or a stronger copy in aluminium.

Mine is just a metric bolt head welded to a bar.

[mars-red]

Bio,

The old VW beetles had a pipe plug in the transaxle that had a 17mm female hex in it. Slide the male hex on the tool into the plug and use a screwdriver through one of the holes to turn the plug out.

Brian

That's really interesting to me - I wrench on the newer watercooled VWs (Golfs/Jettas/Sciroccos, etc) and they have the same type of plugs in the transaxles.

[randyjaco]

Bio,

The old VW beetles had a pipe plug in the transaxle that had a 17mm female hex in it. Slide the male hex on the tool into the plug and use a screwdriver through one of the holes to turn the plug out.

Brian

When I wrenched VWs I did something similar by welding a 17mm bolt to a 1/2" socket. Not as elegant, but at the time I had access to a welder and not to machine shop equipment.

Randy

[lugnut]

Thanks, Brian, I will have make one for my 68 Bug. I used a 17mm bolt and Vice Grips last time.

[The Fixer]

I should think the head of a 17mm bolt would much too large.....

[lugnut]

One thing for shur here is,,,,,,no matter what you say or post, some smart a$$ is going to find fault with it. Just so you can understand, I used a bolt with a 17mm head on it.

[kbertoson]

Lugnut. Find fault? Not here. It worked that is all that matters.

[+ or - Zero]

One thing for shur here is,,,,,,no matter what you say or post, some smart a$$ is going to find fault with it. Just so you can understand, I used a bolt with a 17mm head on it.

Nah, you gotta cut Fixer some slack, being a Canuck he just doesn't understand good old American metrics...

[bborr01]

Saw Stock Stand

Here is a stand that I put together out of scrounged materials. The clamp screw is made from a short piece of 3" pipe, a 1/2" bolt and 3 pieces of 1/4" rod. Also re-purposed a worn out brake rotor.

Brian

edit: I am adding a picture of a modification of the stock stand. I found that it needed a roller so it didn't tip when stock was pilled along the top of it. All scrap stuff that was laying around.



Modified Top

[dian]

it seems you fabricated the red wheel.

[Chris S.]

Expedient! What's the base from?

Chris