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The shore line is on the shelf right next to the flight line, the wheel cover gaskets, and the muffler bearings......all items that I was requested to find when I was a young parts counterman in a Chevy dealer in the 70s.....they didn't get me though, I had been around cars long enough not to fall for it.

Instead, when they asked for something like that, we'd bring 'em the weirdest part we could find and put it on their ticket.

Right, if you worked at a tool supplier it'd be the left handed crescent wrench, the pipe straightener... oh, and you forgot about the blinker fluid.

And in my first year, I was sent out to pick up a woofoo valve...couldn't find it.

Bill Fitzmaurice wrote:

whipdancer wrote:

Bill Fitzmaurice wrote:Skyhook.

I googled Skyhook - found a projector mounting system that seems to be sold only in Australia. Am I not looking hard enough?

You get skyhooks from the same place that you get shore line.

Weak attempts at humor aside just hang it, with screw eyes and wire, being sure to drive the screw eyes into joists.

If it's any consolation, I got it.

They tried to send me to the storeman for a long weight once.

I got the joke, mainly because I have an interest in ridiculous inventions and the skyhook is one of the most metal inventions ever

That said I googled again and found this clever device: http://skyhook-gb.com/ basically a cable hook for work sites.

Bruce Weldy wrote:The shore line is on the shelf right next to the flight line, the wheel cover gaskets, and the muffler bearings......

These items I know... Skyhook was a new one. That said, I used eye-bolts in the joist in the ceiling and D-rings on the speaker and 2 adjustable tie-down straps. Works like a charm.

You know, back in the late 70's/early 80's when I was a kid, my dad and I did a lot of rock climbing and we had a couple of "sky hooks". That really was the name of them and they worked kind of like pitons or chocks, but lighter duty IIRC. Those were the days when "friends" and "cam-a-lots" were just new out. I've been out of the sport for a looonnnnggggg time now and don't know if they still make the Sky Hook.

I remember a friend of mine sending the FNG at his shop to find a board stretcher. The FNG was not happy when he caught on.

Common items to send a new guy out for over here are a baseboard ladder, and fresh sparks (for spark plugs). The latter are preferably bought wholesale, anyone can see that it takes quite a lot of them to keep the average 8-cyl running

Check it out -- I found an adjustable power band at this site:

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_pa ... ucts_id=30

I'm looking at the cross-drilled brake lines, too. It helps keep the brake fluid cool going down mountains and the like.