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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 03:19 PM
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didn't happen to find my quarter inch drive 1/4 socket in there , did you ?
Yes but I already had one so I sold it on ebay.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 03:24 PM
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Was it Snap On?
 
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 03:27 PM
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Was it Snap On?
Of course.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 03:31 PM
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Was it Snap On?
no no I didn't say strap-on lol
 
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Originally Posted by p51bombay
Last night i was routing the extension harness for my relocated horn when I notice a quarter drive 6" long extension with a 5/32" allen socket sitting horizontally in the fairing - been there about 300 miles I think. I know its been theore about 300 miles because I'm the idiot mechanic. LOL
Well...it would be the last time I let him work on that bike!!! The good news...you good the extension and socket back!! Been there!
 
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 10:47 PM
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Hope you did not replace them before you found the missing ones. Glad it did not cause you other problems.
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It's like putting on a winter jacket for the first time of the year and finding a $20. Christmas in September.
 
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Originally Posted by SeaZund
I used to love going to junkyards for parts and finding forgotten tools from previous "shoppers". I dare say I've probably left a few myself as I got busy disconnecting something.
That reminds me I still have a 10" long 1/2 drive extension I found in a 1957 Ford Fairlane parts car I bought in 1968. (Damn now I feel old.)
 
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Why most places require aviation mechanics to inventory their tools before releasing/signing off on the repairs, it happens.
 
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