Is there a way to unscrew this weird torx head without a special tool?
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Thanks to all for the suggestions and technical advice. It’s very much appreciated.sorry for this late reply. I’ll buy the bit!!
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Bog standard 5 spline security Torx, your wing mirrors are held on by them .
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Vauxhall Astra circa yr 2000 has 7mm allen bolt , I personally have all that weird stuff , but I bet it has caught out a few DIY mechanics on a Sunday morning when they discover they need a 7mm allen key to change their brake pads and discover (surprise surprise ) local Halfords do not stock them
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Big ****ing Hammer never fails
Seriously though, just buy the correct bit, it should be cheap.
Seriously though, just buy the correct bit, it should be cheap.
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Remind me never to buy a screwdriver from the 'Birmingham screwdriver company' ...Looks like a hammer to me 
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Remind me never to buy a screwdriver from the 'Birmingham screwdriver company' ...Looks like a hammer to me
You've hit it on the head, sir.
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Plastic moulded nuts not removable .
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I got these bits in a cheap screwdriver set from wickes about 17 years ago for about £6. They have these on the water pump that i replaced on the om651 engine.
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Reading this makes me laugh.
Past experiences I suppose !
I/We were giving some exchange students from Mexico some Gringo work experience.
Melissio Oh Melissio a moving disaster on legs ,I swear I grew more grey hair thanks to poor Melissio. .
I asked him to remove the EGR valve on a OM647 engine , simple enough three E10 torx bolts, & clamp off the coolant hose .
He had the tools provided BUT not the tamper proof socket to remove the upper section which you are not supposed to touch.
I came back to see the whole bloody thing disassembled--Chico, Como has hecho aca? -what have you done here boy? --"Oh me gawd"!
Where did you find the special socket for this. I asked ?
I went diving through your tool chest -You did what!! (which is fondly called by me as My finest English leather bound brass buggery box !)
I had to read the riot act to him for rummaging through tech's tool boxes its a "no no" in Gringolandia.
It was just the start of a disastrous experience , what I do to pass on techniques to the future generation!!
Later on, I overheard him asking the fellow students in Spanish "I understand the word idiot -idioto but what is this meaning f--k--ing f--k--ing ?
English use it a lot"!!
Several years later at Lincoln Tech which we support and recruit from, I was was doing some of the diploma hand outs, and noted Melisso was on the graduation rosta .(OMG don't ask me how?)
As he stepped up the podium I played a portion of an Argentinian song Como Has Hecho by Los Tekis.
This is especially for you Melissio congratulations, and be careful with your work "Esto es especialmente para ti Melissio ten cuidado en tu trabajo" !
Tuercas viejas
Past experiences I suppose !
I/We were giving some exchange students from Mexico some Gringo work experience.
Melissio Oh Melissio a moving disaster on legs ,I swear I grew more grey hair thanks to poor Melissio. .
I asked him to remove the EGR valve on a OM647 engine , simple enough three E10 torx bolts, & clamp off the coolant hose .
He had the tools provided BUT not the tamper proof socket to remove the upper section which you are not supposed to touch.
I came back to see the whole bloody thing disassembled--Chico, Como has hecho aca? -what have you done here boy? --"Oh me gawd"!
Where did you find the special socket for this. I asked ?
I went diving through your tool chest -You did what!! (which is fondly called by me as My finest English leather bound brass buggery box !)
I had to read the riot act to him for rummaging through tech's tool boxes its a "no no" in Gringolandia.
It was just the start of a disastrous experience , what I do to pass on techniques to the future generation!!
Later on, I overheard him asking the fellow students in Spanish "I understand the word idiot -idioto but what is this meaning f--k--ing f--k--ing ?
English use it a lot"!!
Several years later at Lincoln Tech which we support and recruit from, I was was doing some of the diploma hand outs, and noted Melisso was on the graduation rosta .(OMG don't ask me how?)
As he stepped up the podium I played a portion of an Argentinian song Como Has Hecho by Los Tekis.
This is especially for you Melissio congratulations, and be careful with your work "Esto es especialmente para ti Melissio ten cuidado en tu trabajo" !
Tuercas viejas
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I call it "fettling," but that maybe because I'm the grandson of a boilermaker.
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+1 just buy it from toolstation or screwfix.
