Frisbee to hold fasteners

[bcossa2020]

I was changing the coolant on my Fusion and had a bajillion small fasteners to remove from the splash shields to access the radiator drain. They filled up my Craftsman magnetic bowl so I grabbed a spare frisbee and inverted it for the rest of the fasteners. I ended up separating the fasteners by location (some in the Craftsman container and some in the Frisbee) and had enough room to put the sockets with the fasteners (7mm, 8 mm, Phillips screws).

 

[spasm3]

I've been known to steal a muffin tin from the kitchen

 

[skyactiv]

I remember my dad using a coffee can.

 

[Dave9]

I got in the habit of using a piece of cardboard. As I take the fasteners out, I stab a hole in the cardboard with a screwdriver, the holes in the rough shape of the thing I was taking them out of, so each goes back into same location it came out of.

If location doesn't matter then whatever is handy but it's usually a small plastic tub, then I can use a wire brush and/or solvent/derust soak, etc to clean them off.

 

[spasm3]

I got in the habit of using a piece of cardboard. As I take the fasteners out, I stab a hole in the cardboard with a screwdriver, the holes in the rough shape of the thing I was taking them out of, so each goes back into same location it came out of.

If location doesn't matter then whatever is handy but it's usually a small plastic tub, then I can use a wire brush and/or solvent soak, etc to clean them off.

I've done that with pushrods, works great.

 

[Warstud]

Pure Genius

 

[NYEngineer]

https://www.harborfreight.com/large-ultra-grip-flexible-parts-tray-58264.html?_br_psugg_q=tray

I picked this up recently. I like it a lot.

 

[cbrf3]

I once held the hub cap for my dad to put the lug nuts in when we got a flat, I dropped them in the snow.

I said a curse word. It did not end well.

 

[RooflessVW]

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/0405310.php

 

[Number_35]

I got in the habit of using a piece of cardboard. As I take the fasteners out, I stab a hole in the cardboard with a screwdriver, the holes in the rough shape of the thing I was taking them out of, so each goes back into same location it came out of.

If location doesn't matter then whatever is handy but it's usually a small plastic tub, then I can use a wire brush and/or solvent/derust soak, etc to clean them off.

I've done the cardboard thing with timing-belt cover bolts - they were two different lengths.

Worked well.

 

[Number_35]

I've done that with pushrods, works great.

I was thinking 'Does it matter if they get mixed up?' and then remembered a story from a co-worker who hadn't realized that the intake and exhaust pushrods on a GM 3.4 were slightly different in length. Bent some valves, and had to pull the heads.

 

[bdcardinal]

I got one of the Boltster mats and it is pretty cool. Original Boltster Bitster

 

[53' Stude]

I got in the habit of using a piece of cardboard. As I take the fasteners out, I stab a hole in the cardboard with a screwdriver, the holes in the rough shape of the thing I was taking them out of, so each goes back into same location it came out of.

If location doesn't matter then whatever is handy but it's usually a small plastic tub, then I can use a wire brush and/or solvent/derust soak, etc to clean them off.

I did that when I did spark plugs too. Went left to right to be sure