Ever found tools in your car?

[Rigmaster]

I mean, tools that you didn't leave there, and not including trunklid toolkit tools either.

Over the years, I've found a few tools in cars- evidently left/dropped there by mechanics. I found a NICE Snap-on flarenut wrench on the top of the radiator of a former boss' car when he talked me into having a look under the hood to see why the car was running like **** (the mechanic left the coolant temp sensor unhooked- car ran like **** until warmed up). Found a really nice MAC screwdriver in a work van one time. My wife found a nice Snap-on screwdriver in her mom's Honduh one time- It's still one of my favorite tools!

Here's what I found recently in the right front frame rail of an E34 parts car:


Can you tell what it is?? (scroll down for the answer)........













































How about a nice Snap-on swivel-head 1/4" drive ratchet handle with a super-slick Facom phillips head bit (Made in Germany no less!!)

Looks like a mechanic left it or dropped it under the hood after a previous repair- maybe removing one of those phillips head screws that holds the corner light in?? It was barely visible (I moved the wires in the top pic to get a little better shot of it)- though the bright chrome just did not look right amongst the multi-colored wires + black paint of the car.

Oh yeah, that flex handled Stanley screwdriver (top of pic) is one of my new favorite tools too!! It came from WalMart for about $6-7, including a bunch of screwdriver tip bits- but the real use for it is as a flex-shaft nut driver- you can use 1/4" sockets on it to loosen those impossible to reach BMW hose clamps under the hood and elsewhere on the car. I WAS contemplating springing $25 for the slick Facom 6mm nut driver for this purpose- but this thing is more useful- for less $$$.

[bahnstormer]

the local mercedes dealer left a nice pry bar on our back seat
and the local grease monkey always leaves a nice surpise under
the bonnet!

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

Of tools and parts stuck in some deep dark recess.

I usually find stuff under the heat sheilds, sound insulation and in the various cavities betwenn panels and accesories.

My best find was a fluke multi-meter lost in a door.

[Paul in NZ]

I once found a oill filter "socket" still on the oil filter on my nissan bluebird

[Garlic Breath]

I had an Eagle Premier once *gasp* and I found a miniature pry bar under the hood wedged under the foam on the edge of the fender.


In my wife's 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan I was installing new rear speakers and I found spare parts, consisting of three 1/2" nuts behind the plastic side panels. The robots must have dropped them.

[Gayle]

This is starting to sound like the toy in the cracker jacks box. I obviously need to have more repair work done so I can start building my tool collection.

[mikell]

Probably a half dozen miscellaneous tools - including a really nice, long snap-on screwdriver that's prefect for depresssing the release tab for the lower grille, pliers, several wrenches, and even a fender protector left in the trunk in my '78 730i.

[mzarifkar]

didnt find any tools, but did find some road flares in my old saab, had some fun with those

[tdgard]

No tools in the car yet. I did find a bag of pot in my current car a month after purchasing it--from a dealer. Then I found the rolling papers a week after that. That could have been a shock if I had gotten pulled over & searched.

I have found all kinds of stuff in the walls and ceiling of my house. The funny part is I can just imagine the guy who lost the tool bitching about how he suspects his workmates of stealing it.

[pyro]

i was wondering if was just me... i found a NICE stuby snapon 17mm wrench inbetween my engine and my trans. probly from the guys who repplaced the trans.