Organise it! With zip-locks...
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Joined: Aug 2001
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
Organise it! With zip-locks...
How many times have your nuts and bolts got mixed together until you suddenly stopped work because you realised you had already used half of your timing case bolts on something else?
Do this instead:
Lay out about 6 ziplock bags on your benchtop edge to edge, then lay a strip of masking tape across them all, and make sure it gets attached to the plastic.
You now have a strip of bolt bags, and you can tear them off as needed, and mark them with a felt pen as you drop the bolts from a specific housing or cover, oil pan, or whatever into them.
Without missing a beat...
Store them with the part you took off, and when the time comes to put it all back - you will have just what you need right there with it.
Nothing MORE. Nothing LESS.
-And IDENTIFIED, in case someone decides to root through your garage while your back is turned (hey - we ALL have kids sooner or later)
Do this instead:
Lay out about 6 ziplock bags on your benchtop edge to edge, then lay a strip of masking tape across them all, and make sure it gets attached to the plastic.
You now have a strip of bolt bags, and you can tear them off as needed, and mark them with a felt pen as you drop the bolts from a specific housing or cover, oil pan, or whatever into them.
Without missing a beat...
Store them with the part you took off, and when the time comes to put it all back - you will have just what you need right there with it.
Nothing MORE. Nothing LESS.
-And IDENTIFIED, in case someone decides to root through your garage while your back is turned (hey - we ALL have kids sooner or later)
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Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 208
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From: Stockton USA
Organise it! With zip-locks...
Great idea - I've been doing it for years. I also use the large, gallon size, heavy, freezer types (from Wal-Mart) for sorting and packing all kinds of stuff. I expecially like to use em' for those bungy cords with the hooks on the ends - I use one bag for each bungie and then they NEVER get tangled in your gear bag.
The ideas are endless for the use of these larger bags...when we go off-roading/camping I put TP in em' to keep our paper dry; small, similar parts like electrical terminals, tape, crimper, etc in one; coffee filters; coiled up rope stays untangled in one; AC extension cords stored in the garage; at christmas time, I put one string of lights in each bag; make your own first aid kits for traveling; put your tent pegs in em' to keep the dirt off the tent when you fold it up and stuff it in the storage bag; paperback books; cameras, film, anything you want to keep dry...the list goes on and on...make up your own!
The ideas are endless for the use of these larger bags...when we go off-roading/camping I put TP in em' to keep our paper dry; small, similar parts like electrical terminals, tape, crimper, etc in one; coffee filters; coiled up rope stays untangled in one; AC extension cords stored in the garage; at christmas time, I put one string of lights in each bag; make your own first aid kits for traveling; put your tent pegs in em' to keep the dirt off the tent when you fold it up and stuff it in the storage bag; paperback books; cameras, film, anything you want to keep dry...the list goes on and on...make up your own!
