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    The Really Useful Stuff You Can Get From Aldi Thread

    See a lot of stuff at Aldi, some of it useful, all of it cheap, some of it decent quality. This week, for £2.99 was a magnetic telescopic pick up tool with an integral LED so you can see what you're looking for. AND a telescopic mirror that also has a couple of little illuminating LED's.

    https://www.aldi.co.uk/workzone-pick...83383227066102

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    Re: The Really Useful Stuff You Can Get From Aldi Thread

    I was in there the other day - found this really useful life-extending stuff. It's called "food", apparently. Tastes good too

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    Re: The Really Useful Stuff You Can Get From Aldi Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Normb666 View Post
    I was in there the other day - found this really useful life-extending stuff. It's called "food", apparently. Tastes good too
    This is my favourite Aldi food Norm!

    https://www.aldi.co.uk/wychwood-hobg...66172007029200

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    Re: The Really Useful Stuff You Can Get From Aldi Thread

    Hahaha, you do surprise me .....hic

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    Re: The Really Useful Stuff You Can Get From Aldi Thread

    Guy's reference to useful magnetic pick up tools reminds me of an error I made in my (admittedly very light) refurbishment of my Alfa 2.5 back in the day. From a visual appearance I decided it would be a good idea to replace the scores of scruffy, rusty allen headed bolts on the plenum, cam covers and inlet manifolds. Wouldn't it be nice to have some stainless parts that start off shiny and stay shiny......

    Well yes, until you drop one of them down that bit of the V between the heads and then find that the stainless bolts and washers are NOT magnetic.

    Note to self... the practicality of magnetic retrieval of small parts far out weighs the aesthetics of stay shiny steel....
    "a theory should be as simple as possible, but not simpler"

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    Re: The Really Useful Stuff You Can Get From Aldi Thread

    That's where Aldi score again - double-sided sticky pads you can attach to the end of your magnetic thingy. Gotta be accurate tho or else all you pick up is fluff and archaeological evidence of years of shite

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    Re: The Really Useful Stuff You Can Get From Aldi Thread

    Or something else I got from Aldi a year or so ago. A long flexible magnetic pick up tool, with a light in it too but with a press button on the end that pushes out 4 claws to grab onto non magnetic wayward crap! Now that has proved really useful more thAn once!

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    Re: The Really Useful Stuff You Can Get From Aldi Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Redline View Post
    Guy's reference to useful magnetic pick up tools reminds me of an error I made in my (admittedly very light) refurbishment of my Alfa 2.5 back in the day. From a visual appearance I decided it would be a good idea to replace the scores of scruffy, rusty allen headed bolts on the plenum, cam covers and inlet manifolds. Wouldn't it be nice to have some stainless parts that start off shiny and stay shiny......

    Well yes, until you drop one of them down that bit of the V between the heads and then find that the stainless bolts and washers are NOT magnetic.

    Note to self... the practicality of magnetic retrieval of small parts far out weighs the aesthetics of stay shiny steel....

    There's a 5mm stainless bolt sat in the vee of my engine.....

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    Re: The Really Useful Stuff You Can Get From Aldi Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by LPH_UK View Post
    There's a 5mm stainless bolt sat in the vee of my engine.....
    I can recommend a tool to pick that up. Or a hoover with a bit of small diameter hose pipe? Not something you want to leave anywhere near a belt run!

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    Re: The Really Useful Stuff You Can Get From Aldi Thread

    There were 2 on there but I got one out. Can't seem to find the other. I have a small inspection camera that I keep meaning to use to have a look. Maybe it's fallen out!

    Engine won;t get started until end of June probably, so still time to find it.....

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