I'm looking for a tool.....

[sprackydoo]

Hey, someone showed me a tool I absolutely need (really I do )

Ayways, it's for punching holes through grommets. Like if you wanted to add an aftermarket wire to go through the firewall through an empty grommet to the batt.

The tool has a handle like a screwdriver and a tube that goes all the way through it and the business end is cut on an angle. The tube goes all the way through the handle so you can feed wire through the handle punch a hole slide the wire through and remove tool to make a nice tight fit.

He said he got it from a Snap-On truck (but tool isn't Snap-On) and he hasn't seen one before or after that. Anyone know where to get one or even have the name of it?

-Thanks

 

[byrdman]

I'll bet the boys on the car audio forums would know. I don't frequent any so I don't have any links. Anyone?

-If you find a picture, I'd like to see what this thing looks like...

 

[sprackydoo]

I'll bet the boys on the car audio forums would know. I don't frequent any so I don't have any links. Anyone?

-If you find a picture, I'd like to see what this thing looks like...

Imagine cutting a straw at a 45 and put a screwdriver handle on it.

 

[Luckydevil]

http://www.thexton.com/vshop/shopexd.asp?id=326&catid=35

Like you said, Snap-On carries it but they do not make it. I talked to a Snap-On rep and he said that your best bet would be to order it from Thexton directly.

 

[sprackydoo]

http://www.thexton.com/vshop/shopexd.asp?id=326&catid=35

Like you said, Snap-On carries it but they do not make it. I talked to a Snap-On rep and he said that your best bet would be to order it from Thexton directly.

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks.

 

[Satatic]

I saw a tool in the enco catalog.

 

[sprackydoo]

I saw a tool in the enco catalog.

I have their catalog what page is it on? Apparently the other place is sold out

 

[Luckydevil]

Here's a couple places online that carry it...

http://www.mytoolchest.com/catalog/datacategorylist_555.html
http://jcsonlinetoolshed.com/product.php/15757/0/

 

[Satatic]

Nevermind, it was something similar but you can't put a wire through it.

 

[thump186]

A piece of copper tubing works well also. cut the end of the tube at an angle and use it to make holes in a grommet and feed wires through and pull out. suggestion from a fellow remote start installer.

 

[sprackydoo]

A piece of copper tubing works well also. cut the end of the tube at an angle and use it to make holes in a grommet and feed wires through and pull out. suggestion from a fellow remote start installer.

good idea i'll have to keep a few feet in the box. I ordered the thexton but i'll get some tubing for diff sized wires.

If you have any more tips to make my life easier, hit me up!

 

[thump186]

If your pulling wires a couple lenghts of a coat hanger works well one short and on long ground to a point at one end and a tight hook at the other for holding the wires to be pulled.

 

[vc-onthepc]

the tool is made by thexton its got a red handle with a tube running thru it with a needle like point on one end ....i got mine from mac tool truck many years ago . here is a link to get one yourself ......http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/thx476.htm

hope this helps vince

 

[Buck_nekid]

At the shop we have some car antennas sharpened to a very sharp point. I like this because it leaves a small self healing hole. From the inside find your grommet, push it through. Then tape your wire on VERY good, even give it a shot of penetrating oil. Then back to the inside and give it a pull. I have pulled 4ga this way. Just be smart about it when poking through though.

Side note: Once doing a older caravan this way the hood release cable grommet is way to the drivers side. So I would grab someone and tell them to "catch" when it comes out and bend it out into the open. A normal person would use a long set of needle nose, not my boss. He just stood there feeling with his hand. A stainless antenna sharpened to a razor point will go completely through a human hand.

 

[Stephenw]

the tool is made by thexton its got a red handle with a tube running thru it with a needle like point on one end ....i got mine from mac tool truck many years ago . here is a link to get one yourself ......http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/thx476.htm

hope this helps vince

You're almost three years late with your answer.

 

[Buck_nekid]

You're almost three years late with your answer.

Opps, looks like I didn't look at the date either.

 

[Merkava_4]

Side note: Once doing a older caravan this way the hood release cable grommet is way to the drivers side. So I would grab someone and tell them to "catch" when it comes out and bend it out into the open. A normal person would use a long set of needle nose, not my boss. He just stood there feeling with his hand. A stainless antenna sharpened to a razor point will go completely through a human hand.

Is that what happened to your boss?

 

[vc-onthepc]

better late then never stephan.... i just joined the forum this weekend and im very happy to have found it ... maybe someone can use the link so it wont be a total waste ...

 

[Frank Elson]

The glorious United States of Europe decided that coat hangers can't be re-used by shops - even charity shops.
So one of our local ones bagged up a dozen wire hangers and offered them for free.
I got the bag. Wonderful source of a nice stiff wire for loads of jobs, including pulling cable through grommets.

 

[eschoendorff]

Damn, that tool even looks scary. Kinda like the tool designed for a heroine junky with a screwdriver fetish...