Working classic.

[cb51]

So I have a 2002 Toyota Tacoma that I bought in 2001. As a lot of older cars with 124,000 miles, sometimes you just have to take an afternoon and do some maintenance. The tag lights had 1 burned out bulb, the third stop light in the top of the Leer fiberglass cap needed a bulb, the battery had some corrosion, and the air cleaner needed replacing.

I initially walked out to the truck with just the spray can of battery terminal cleaner, and intended to go back in the house to get the tools when I was done with the battery. After spraying, and rinsing with water, there was still some blue stuff down in the clamp, so I used the SD tip of the nail file to scrape it out. Yes, I wiped off the blade clean when done. Then I looked at the bulb situation and saw that I only needed a phillips screw driver. OUt came the classic SD nail file again, and in 15 minutes I had replaced the third stoplight bulb by taking apart the light fixture, using just the SD tip. Same thing for the license plate lights in the steel step bumper. The SD tip took off the light housing from the bumper just fine, and screwed it back on with a new bulb in place.

The air cleaner clips were undone with the nail file blade, used as a light pry tool.

Of course, the plastic blister packages the bulbs came from Auto Zone in were cut open with the knife blade of the classic.

I've used the little classic for repair jobs before, and I'm always amazed at just what can be done with such a tiny tool on a keyring. I'll go look over a job, and seeing most things are held together with small phillips screws, I end up using the SD tip on the classic.

Tiny, but able.

[Colonel666]

[album][/album] Here were I live was Super storm Sandy, my GEO Metro was under water over the roof so my parents gave me their PT Cruiser to own. It needed wiper blades so off to Pep Boys auto store to get some Bosch. I used the Kutmaster TL-29 electrician pocketknife I have on my keyring to remove the wiper on the rear windshield. It worked well and also was socially acceptable in public at the parking lot of the store. Here is a photo of it: