i need to take the cover off the air filter thing to take it to home depot to get a new one...but i don't have a flathead screwdriver. i don't want to drive all the way to home depot, come all the way back, get the filter, then have to return.
is there something to substitute for a flathead besides a butter knife? keeping in mind that i have one tool (a phillips head screwdriver).
2006-08-04 11:08:33 · 7 answers · asked by :) 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
i was planning on buying a screwdriver when i got there...i used to have one, it's just gotten misplaced.
2006-08-04 11:34:33 · update #1
a dime. and when you get your filter pick up a cheap flathead screwdriver.
2006-08-04 11:13:54 · answer #1 · answered by teabagme 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
perhaps a coin, depending on the size. Realize that screws and screwdrivers go together, and that using anything but the right tool tends to destroy both the hardware and the tool.
Moral-
While at the depot pick up a set of screwdrivers, because one or two is not enough to do the job properly; i would think that three sizes each of phillips and flathead should handle all the screwing around you will ever need to do.
2006-08-04 11:15:00 · answer #2 · answered by dr schmitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you are planning a trip to Home Depot, buy a new set of good mixed screwdrivers, they are inexpensive and well worth the cost.
Even better, if one phillips head screwdriver is all the tools you have, buy a tool kit. There are a few on the market, with the most common tools you need, and run from about thrity dollars to ninetly or so dollars.
They will pay for themselves, in a short time.
If you had it now, you wouldn't be in this jam, would you.?
Check with a neighbor, I'm sure they will have one, they can let you borrow for now.
2006-08-04 11:17:26 · answer #3 · answered by johnb693 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but there´s nothing better than a knife. Maybe a nail clipper?
2006-08-04 11:13:14 · answer #4 · answered by camp1971 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow a woman with brains.will you marry me.LOL,i have always found that coins are perfect for what you need.at last the penny is finally good for something.good luck.
2006-08-04 11:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by curtismarsch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try using a quarter or a dime.. works like a charm..
2006-08-04 14:31:17 · answer #6 · answered by JUDAS PRIEST 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything flat.......a credit card
2006-08-04 11:14:07 · answer #7 · answered by cutesquaw69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋