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1. [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:39:40 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
We're trying to put together a contest at work for our newsletter, matching shop slang terms to the actual meanings. Things like calling a cutting torch a "smoke wrench", or trim adhesive "Gorilla sn
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00132.html (7,890 bytes)

2. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:45:10 -0400 (EDT)
I'd always heard it called "the blue wrench". Seems like my mechanic buddies say "tor -- x" vs. "torx" Pickle fork instead of ball joint separator. Side cutters instead of wire snips or diagonal cut
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00133.html (8,326 bytes)

3. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:48:53 -0700
Never heard of that, any relation to a left-handed monkey wrench ? Or muffler bearings ? Metric hammer ? Never heard "smoke wrench" for that matter, we always called it the "flaming wrench". Sorry,
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00134.html (7,981 bytes)

4. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Frerichs" <frerichs@tconl.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:33:43 -0500
I've often heard wire cutters referred to as dykes (dikes?). I'm not even going to hazard a guess as to how that name came about. Mike Frerichs _______________________________________________ Shop-ta
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00135.html (7,968 bytes)

5. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: LSAPEX@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:42:47 EDT
Maybe local. "flat valve" The hammering chisel for a pneumatic chisel gun. Looks like an engine valve. Les apexautoeng.com ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolc
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00137.html (7,929 bytes)

6. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: "Mog8" <Mog8@oh.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:25:41 -0400
Dikes is short for diagonal cutters. At least, that's what I've been told. Gary Kneisley _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00138.html (8,535 bytes)

7. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:31:43 -0400 (EDT)
To me, dkyes are those pliers that look like side cutters, but still have big gripping ends out past the cutting edges. I think they might normally be called 'linesman pliers'? Mark ________________
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00139.html (8,019 bytes)

8. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:39:03 -0700
Short for 'diagonals'. Ford Wrench = BFH BFH = Big Forceful Hammer C*nt hair = unit of measurement denoting small distance Red c*nt hair or RCH = unit of measurement denoting very small distance Gas
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00141.html (8,104 bytes)

9. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:54:44 -0400
That's not what I heard the "F" is for. :-) CRCH = Curly Red... _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shop-talk
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00142.html (8,020 bytes)

10. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:56:47 -0400
Fits-all for an adjustable spanner. Son-of-a-b.... for almost any tool that won't behave. But I've never heard of a tire root. Donald. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailin
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00143.html (8,352 bytes)

11. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:31:35 -0500
*Wull, ball-joint separators might be known as "pickle forks" in SOME effete areas of the nation but in the earthier regions, they are known as "possum peckers". One may check out the applicability o
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00144.html (7,956 bytes)

12. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:11:17 -0400
There was a whole thread on this just last January: "New theory of mine (humor, hoping to start a fun thread)" http://www.team.net/mharc/archives/html/shop-talk/2007-01/threads.html#00051 -Wayne ____
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00145.html (7,801 bytes)

13. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:03:04 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Hot Damn Elton, "Possum Pecker"!! That's one I'd never heard. I may be the only guy in the shop that immediately knew why you'd call it that, but I'm probably the only one with cats and possums livin
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00146.html (8,151 bytes)

14. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1)
Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:01:52 -0700
I always have a 'brown wrench' near my bench for those weekend projects, namely a bottle of beer. - Bill Rabel Anacortes, WA _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list htt
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00147.html (8,044 bytes)

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