Uses for Philips #4 screwdriver?

[unclemat]

Any one needed one ever? On a car?

 

[eschoendorff]

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]

I asked the MAC dealer that same question and he said you'll find them on city transit buses.

 

[cruiser808]

Toyota FJ40 Land Cruisers.

 

[64merc]

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]

Toyota FJ40 Land Cruisers.

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

 

[Uncle Buck]

I find use for them every 10 years or so!

 

[Jay H 237]

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]

Wilbilt beat me to it. I spent a weekend in North Dakota hunting for one of them for that purpose.

 

[Fedwrench]

They're nice for bench bleeding some master cylinders.

 

[l_bilyk]

Good for poking holes in stubborn oil filters

 

[russlaferrera]

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]

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!

 

[Deltarat]

There are several bolts on an early bronco that use them.

 

[wilbilt]

(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]

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]

I used to use a #4 to adjust the tension on my old Marker MRR ski bindings!

 

[Jbullfrog]

They are used alot on pre 80ies farm equipment hoods.

 

[rsanter]

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]

They were on the hinges and striker of my '57 chevy pickup, IIRC. I use one on planes once in a while.

 

[cletus66]

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.