Magic bucket corrolary - mystery electrical tape.

[Beagle]

I'm trying to make friends with my garage again, and I remember a story from HR or CC one time. It may have been Matt King who wrote it, I can't remember. Anyway, it was extolling the virtue of the magic bucket. The one the has the bolt or nut you need to finish something at 2 a.m. and you can almost remember what you took it off of when you tossed it in there.

Today, I find this gooey 20 year old Green electrical tape that has saved my ass more than once in a roadside disaster. Green. And it still works long enough to get you home. I remember paying .99 for it at Chief...

What do you still have in your drawer / trunk / glove compartment that plants you in the wayback machine, saved your bacon, and cost basically nada?

[Monk]

While it's not green......just black and it's electrical tape.
and I had this one roll forever.

That shit they made back in the day lasted forever.

[catchmeblue70]

Hmmm...the metal version of duct tape kept my muffler under control and attached to the car for the longest time. And until I learned to weld I kept a bottle of brake fluid behind my seat because it kept the belts from squeaking. As for the truck, my multi-tool and adjustable bungee cord set are my "magic bucket."