Name that homemade tool!!!

[jimbote]

Just thought this would be a bit of fun...post up the pics of your home built VW/TDI specific tool and give other forum members a chance to guess what it's function is... ...gonna snap some pics of some of mine manana and let ya'll have a go!!

 

[VeeDubTDI]

These were my glow plug relay for a while in the Mk2. Is that a tool or a part?

 

[Matt-98AHU]

I've been using this one for YEARS.

 

[compu_85]

That tool is very handy, and works well

 

[AndyBees]

Name that tool!

 

[Matt-98AHU]

^ Crankshaft counterhold?

 

[AndyBees]

Home made ......... from used hack saw blades (Jimbote gave me the specs of the set in the background)

 

[AndyBees]

Not exactly a tool for working on VWs, but it sure makes the working conditions a lot better on hot humid summer days. This is a 220 volt 23,000 BTU window unit converted to a semi-central air set-up for my garage. The controls are on the wall inside...push and turn!

 

[compu_85]

Radio keys!

-J

 

[Abacus]

I've been using this one for YEARS.

Injector slide hammer made from an inner tie rod?

 

[Seatman]

Here's some I use and they work very well too

 

[bikerboyriley]

Home made ......... from used hack saw blades (Jimbote gave me the specs of the set in the background)

stereo pulling tool!

 

[Seatman]

Ah but compu 85 already got that one

 

[bikerboyriley]

3 vw tools I had to make.. good luck !

 

[bikerboyriley]

Ah but compu 85 already got that one

I'm too slow

 

[FlyTDI Guy]

My 3 vw tools I had to make.. good luck !
pic too big

I'm guessing it's your invisible designated driver?

 

[bikerboyriley]

I'm guessing it's your invisible designated driver?

Pics up now!

 

[jimbote]

3 vw tools I had to make.. good luck !

The wheel skewer =airbag tool?

 

[Matt-98AHU]

Injector slide hammer made from an inner tie rod?

We have a winner!

It's served me surprisingly well, too...

 

[kooyajerms]

Here's some I use and they work very well too

17mm One armed "Hazet" Crowsfoot

A shiv turned into a camlock, extra rust in place of feeler gauges.

A 17mm Allen "Snub Key"

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?

 

[kooyajerms]

3 vw tools I had to make.. good luck !

1st one is a strut spreader? (I've never seen a real one)

2nd one is a injector crush washer seating tool?

 

[bikerboyriley]

The wheel skewer =airbag tool?

Nope might be hard to figure this one out

 

[bikerboyriley]

1st one is a strut spreader? (I've never seen a real one)
2nd one is a injector crush washer seating tool?

Nope, it might be hard to tell from the picture

second one actually is just an attachment for my slide hammer to pull the injectors

 

[T_D_I_POWER]

Here we go. A $0.99 screw driver from Habor Freight turned into a VAG tool made in My GArage

 

[Seatman]

17mm One armed "Hazet" Crowsfoot

A shiv turned into a camlock, extra rust in place of feeler gauges.

A 17mm Allen "Snub Key"

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?

Yeh the shiv is a cam lock but it's not as rusty as it appears, just a bit of surface junk from sitting in a damp shed.

Snub key?

And don't be fooled by the ring spanner at one end in that pic, I've no idea what size it is and I've never used it as a spanner.

 

[Seatman]

3 vw tools I had to make.. good luck !

Well that middle one looks like it's for the gearbox plugs. The last one looks like you crashed your push bike

 

[BKmetz]

Oh yeah, now here is quite a tool!

 

[kooyajerms]

Snub key as in, for the gearbox. Snub because it's short.

 

[JB05]

If I had a camera I would post the items I fabricated to undue the terminals from inside a wiring harness, but I now have the real thing purchased from Penclnck here on Fred's.
I filed down a large bobbie pin; tried a paper clip; and some metal strip I picked up off the street. I have made various hooks from metal rods to retrieve stuff as well as a magnet soldered to a piece of 12 AWG wire for hard too reach areas.

 

[VeeDubTDI]

Not exactly a tool for working on VWs, but it sure makes the working conditions a lot better on hot humid summer days. This is a 220 volt 23,000 BTU window unit converted to a semi-central air set-up for my garage. The controls are on the wall inside...push and turn!

While incredibly creative, I have to ask - why didn't you just mount it in the wall of the shop?