Never seen this tool before

[veedubtuner]

Popped (checks spelling ) up in my IG feed, never seen this tool before. Now I have spent almost the entirety of my automotive addiction in the Euro Car scene, and to my knowledge (with VW/Audi) they don't have these type of clips. Now with the limited experience I now have working on the Ranger that have these clips, I have never found them to be annoying to remove, BUT....that shouldn't stop me from acquiring a new tool lol. Anyone see this before??

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[VAFordman21]

I got one and I find that, like most things, it doesn't work as good as advertised. I tried it on some of the clips that have a slot and it was too big to engage. Seems to work fine once the center of the retainer is popped up a bit. That being said, you can never have too many tools. Sometimes a tool works great for something it wasn't designed for.

 

[Grumpaw]

Looks like it would make a nice zit popper......

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Morgan, that looks like it just might be slower than using the usual push pin removal tool. I bet the two steps with the regular tool are quicker than lining that thing up just right. I just went through this twice on the radiator shroud - once to wire my bumper cam and again to install my baby bro truck LED grille lights.

Man, I’m faster than Johnny Ringo!

But for $10, it’s cheap enough to see if it makes life any easier.

 

[Grumpaw]

Who knows what this is......

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Who knows what this is......

Not sure, but it looks totally rad.

 

[Grumpaw]

Radiator/evaporator fin straightener.....

 

[Grumpaw]

And this.....

 

[Superspirit]

Not sure, but it looks totally rad.

Its called a fin comb, and the other in this thread are push pin pliers.

 

[Grumpaw]

You older guys should remember these....pre electronic days.....

 

[Superspirit]

Distributor wrench

 

[Superspirit]

This isnt really fair. I'm an old refried mechanic and have tool boxes full of tools

 

[Grumpaw]

This isnt really fair. I'm an old refried mechanic and have tool boxes full of tools

I'll bet, like me, you still have a timing light in that tool box.......
And probably an old beam type torque wrench.....

 

[Superspirit]

I'll bet, like me, you still have a timing light in that tool box.......
And probably an old beam type torque wrench.....

Timing light that's adjustable, but went to clicker torque wrenches years ago.

 

[TxOTRRanger]

This isnt really fair. I'm an old refried mechanic and have tool boxes full of tools

I'm not complaining lol. This is one of the Great things about this forum. I learn something new every day. The Fun factor of it is a major Win.

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