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unclemat
04-22-2008, 05:38 PM
Any one needed one ever? On a car?

eschoendorff
04-22-2008, 05:41 PM
Nope. Never. On building fixtures.. maybe. or an older farm tractor. I have a really nice one. Never got a chance to use it yet though. :(

Merkava_4
04-22-2008, 06:10 PM
I asked the MAC dealer that same question and he said you'll find them on city transit buses.

cruiser808
04-22-2008, 06:13 PM
Toyota FJ40 Land Cruisers.

64merc
04-22-2008, 06:17 PM
Hey, what a coincidence, I just bought my first one at a flea market this weekend. It was only a couple of bucks and made in the USA so I couldn't pass it up. Maybe I'll get a chance to use it some day.

wilbilt
04-22-2008, 07:03 PM
Toyota FJ40 Land Cruisers.

Jeeps, too...before they started using Torx for the door hinges.

Uncle Buck
04-22-2008, 07:19 PM
I find use for them every 10 years or so!

Jay H 237
04-22-2008, 07:56 PM
Jeeps, too...before they started using Torx for the door hinges.

I worked on a 1969 GMC van and all the door latches had #4 phillips screws. That's the only automotive use I've ever had for one so far.

I use one very occasionally in the automation systems I build and service. Not highly used by any chance but still something I keep in my toolbox for the times it is needed.

As a matter of fact, I think my 68 Mustang has them for the door strikers, not sure though.

(Wilbert, did you start fixing that 67 Mustang yet?)

paramudduck
04-22-2008, 07:56 PM
Wilbilt beat me to it. I spent a weekend in North Dakota hunting for one of them for that purpose.

Fedwrench
04-22-2008, 09:17 PM
They're nice for bench bleeding some master cylinders.

l_bilyk
04-22-2008, 09:21 PM
Good for poking holes in stubborn oil filters

russlaferrera
04-22-2008, 09:54 PM
I find use for them every 10 years or so!

UB, find a 1"round brass about 1.5 long, drill a 5/16 hole in the center and use the screwdriver as a handle.. You will get more use out of it. Russ

eschoendorff
04-22-2008, 10:03 PM
Hey, what a coincidence, I just bought my first one at a flea market this weekend. It was only a couple of bucks and made in the USA so I couldn't pass it up. Maybe I'll get a chance to use it some day.

Exact same reason I bought mine! :lol:

Deltarat
04-22-2008, 10:06 PM
There are several bolts on an early bronco that use them.

wilbilt
04-22-2008, 10:10 PM
(Wilbert, did you start fixing that 67 Mustang yet?)

I got it driveable, then my daughter took it home (because, at 19, she knows everything).

I expect it will be back soon for "refinements", LOL.

JB740i
04-22-2008, 10:24 PM
Toyota FJ40 Land Cruisers.

Okay, I've got a '76 that I was putting a new radiator in tonight. Where would I use this size screwdriver?

lbgradwell
04-22-2008, 10:26 PM
I used to use a #4 to adjust the tension on my old Marker MRR ski bindings!

Jbullfrog
04-22-2008, 11:12 PM
They are used alot on pre 80ies farm equipment hoods.

rsanter
04-22-2008, 11:29 PM
door jam striker plates on 60s fords and on some seat tracks for late 60s/early 70s fords.

actually I think its better to have a #4 socket drive and use it with an extension and ratchet

bob

nissan_crawler
04-23-2008, 03:27 AM
They were on the hinges and striker of my '57 chevy pickup, IIRC. I use one on planes once in a while.

cletus66
04-23-2008, 04:56 AM
If I recall correctly, I used one to remove/install the camshaft retaining plate behind the timing gear on the last FE (390 Ford) that I built.

For this car.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/cletus66/81MustangRacecar102.jpg