New Toolbag Tour & ideas on repairing vehicle damage 

Try getting the ladder rack down and bending back the frame, it should work given the fact that there's a relatively small bend. As for the metal buckling on the van, that might not be an impact bend, that might be because the rack was pulled and the metal just warped. Not the actual rack hitting the van. If it was the actual rack that hit the van then it should have a deep scratch in the paint which i didn't see in the video..

Reverse the van into said tree and damage will reversed? Lol

Finally an EDC that someone might actually find useful. Not the typical tech youtubers version which is 'i carry a macbook, ipad, battery pack, headphones, VR headset, gaming chair and bluetooth speaker for all the rad parties i might find myself at'

What ladder rack have you got. I do alot of metal work and would like to help you sort the problem out.

My life, tool bag gets overloaded, buy smaller bag, doesn’t have enough tools, get a bigger bag, gets to heavy, repeat process constantly for twenty years.

Please do another vid where you wave your van keys over the Thames !!! 🤣 Had me scared for a moment there...

TOM LOCKDOWN NAGY!

2019: Thomas nagging about London traffic. 2020: Thomas admiring about London traffic.

Next time you get a crack in your rear reflector just buy some reflector tape & pop it on. You normally get 3x rolls in the pack (1 x red, 1 x orange, 1 x clear). Saves you changing the reflector every time. Once you put it on you can't tell it's been repaired.

Someone’s been forced to cut their own hair 😂😂

no ones said it yet, so im going to say it. Reverse it into a tree 😂

Yeah your right about the van, that really does piss me off when they get damaged, I had a guy work for me, went through more tyres than Lewis Hamilton, very annoying.

Personally I'd have a go at taking the ladder rack off the van and strip it down. Its twisted and may right itself by taking it apart and putting it back together. Sortimo may supply just the broken parts...

Vans getting damaged after you spend so much money on them and kitting them out...... will always be a bitter pill to swallow and never get any easier lol

Someone's been to the COVID Barbers :D

Tom has learnt two new words: salty and rate. 😂

Totally agree with you with vehicle damage drives me insane !!!! Love the vids pal i am carpenter by trade, much love for the Efficiency of how you work ...

Cheapskate leaking rear light repairs, etc: Eopxy the crack if no white light is escaping. Drill a drain hole at the bottom. Save the new one for the MoT. Save the old one for spares or for when the new one is even more damaged. Put a sticker over the damaged trim. Swap the roof racks on the vans at night and blame someone else. Have a swear box to pay for the next repair.

Tom bison parts Sheffield they do rear lights pretty much everything dirt cheap tell them Jake from JW tyres Sheffield has sent you online shop !!!

On the cracked lights letting in water, my landy ones have always let in water even with new seals.. so I just drilled a drainage hole and called it good.

Nice video Tom. Had the same conversation the other week about Vans being damaged it’s infuriating especially when it’s a new van. I’m glad it’s not just me 😂

🤮🤮 EDC....... Tail light...... You’re British man!

Feel for you with that ladder rack, that is a vast force it's amazing it ever pinged back after that or that the alloy extrusion didn't just split. If it were me, I think I'd try putting a sash-clamp on it blocked out with some bespoke blocks I'd make from mdf or similar, but I don't rate the amount of torque you're going to be able to apply very awkward. Another approach is to dismount it from the van completely, have it in your living room and methodically disassemble it as far as you can, possibly cutting off the alloy extrusion where it's sticking and then try to order just the extrusion (possibly find this out before trying) from the company, replacing twisted or broken parts. But I mean, at the end of the day, you're just left kind of reeling with questions about how the f*** something like that would happen in the first place with that dent there!?

No people from the middle east ripping it in their wanky supercars all day and night? Bring on the zombie apocalypse.

Hi,tom huge fan,after watching all your videos ive decided to get full out bosch kit,ive seen most of your bosch kit in the videos,but i was wondering if you could make a video of your bosch stuff and just go through it ?thx.

Can you recommend your barber , that’s a shit hot buzzcut you got there.....😀

Thomas nagy has his apocalypse hair cut 😂😂 looking good... Stay safe👍

Next time apply super glue across the break of the light and water will not enter it.

Now all we need is a van tour 😂

sounds like someone trying to cover their arse there if it hit a tree hard enough to do that damage you know about it

As a retired Spark l love seeing these vids, and thinking how I would do it. Regarding the Tools you carry I noted the water pump pliers. They looked like the standard ones, I recommend the Self adjusting ones as they've saved me a lot of grief in the past. I had my tools stolen a year before I retired and it still to this day, hurts and probably hastened the departure.

@Thomas Nagy, Who in this day and age still uses a hacksaw, when you have things like cordless grinders?

Self Barbering eh!

Looks like old matey must have driven into a wooden post or something to force that round.

For damage to the van roof look up "dentless repair" on RU-vid; you will be astonished what they can remove. For the rack unbolt it and check it's square on the van roof and check the cross runner for square.

i bet that super glue is for fixing someones china when you knock it off the shelf

The rack slide will need to come off and put in a jig and given its alloy it will be a complete pain to get right,

where’s dave gone anybody know

Another van tour

Great Video Tom thanks

hit a tree in the opposite direction

Check the roof mount for damag if it has that much force put on it check the roof mount on the van not bent as well it could affect you putting a new one on

I bet a bus will still try and cut me up around elephant and castle during the lockdown

I see you have the Bosch M class dust extractor, I looked at getting one but got an M class Trend one instead and now regret it. What do you think of it? Any issues with it?

Today's favourite word is salty

Taking it better than I would! I would slide bolts into the fastener slot’s on the side that’s leaning out and use the bolts to fasten a lever of sorts. Tie a strap to it and anchor the strap to a tree or anything solid. Put the van in reverse and back up putting the opposite force on the rack. Obviously how much is a judgment call and those fastener slots are aluminum so try to incorporate the lever putting force (up in the back down on the front) on the bar with the wood in it also. Using the faster slots will keep the lever from moving on you. It’s important to put most of the force on the bar in twisting motion (up in the back down in the front). The van would barely have to move, to bend it back but some force will be required. You could also use what we in the states call a winch or a come along. Good luck!

Find a car park with a height barrier at just the right height. Reverse the van towards it very carefully and slowly. Might work.

Have you got a vehicle policy for your employees? I have got one which says any negligent damage then they have to pay - it focuses the mind

Really hard to suggest a fix to the ladder rack without looking closely. However, I will have a shot in the dark. Can you put a large G clamp over the top, warm up the bent side with a gas gun and apply force by winding in the G clamp. I may be way off due to not being able to look closely.

Looks like the actual roof skin is buckled down under the rack mounting bracket. It could be straightened by gentle heat but you would need to remove all plastics etc.

Any dent man will get that out for about £80-100. Had similar. Just touch in if the paint chips as he pushes it out.

Well if the rack is fucked then there’s no harm in trying to tap it back in to shape with a hammer, beyond that I don’t know what to suggest, would your insurance company be able to help you out ?

When you are a self employed bricklayer and now theres no work for us However, there are plenty of jobs for sparks, plumbers, chippies. I've definitely picked up the wrong trade back in a day. Always fighting with British weather, too cold cant lay, too bloody hot have to finish earlier. Pissing down cant lay, lockdown cant lay. Theres a hospital being built in Newport , all night shifts £380 per shift for sparks plumbers and nail bangers If anyone wants

I was starting to think Tom might have split up with ITS but I guess not

Now now Mr Nagy, they are not called water pump pliers, For all who is interested, Mr Nagy ACTUALLY calls them “Nut Fuckers” a terminology I’ve adopted myself

Hammer and a good few swings should sort the ladder rack issue 👍. Always works

I would talk to a fabricator (Tin Man) about re-bending aluminum if it is aluminum. If it is steel then it gets much easier, you may need to fully disassemble and use heat and work the metal back into place bit-by-bit. See if Tom Lipton (OxToolCo) or Adam at (Abom79) can offer advice and share audiences. Win-Win.

Common feature in the smaller streets of London ......old trees listing into the roads, raising sections of footpaths. Many of these trees leaning out into the road in West London. I drive a Vito and catch many a branch with my roof bars. I surmise that your van was being parked and whilst straightening the vehicle, the roof bar caught the trunk of a tree. At that speed (1-2mph) you would not feel the impact to the roof bar, just a slight resistance that may have been put down to ‘wheel on kerb’....just saying... Like the idea of 2 x scaffold bars though. Beware low flying trees !!

1. Crack in rear light cluster = Gorilla Tape Crystal Clear. I can't believe you bought a new lens just for a crack 2. Damage to light cluster surround = sand it, fill it with some plastic filler, then spray it with a rattle can of colour match paint/top coat. Or, depending on how deep the damage is, try buffing it out with some T-Cut and a buffer. 3. Ladder rack = take it off the van, disassemble and straighten out and reinstall. Or, try hitting it with a rubber mallet in place

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A quick fix which sounds crude and it is, I'm my line of work we deal with very heavy equipment and will when needs be just wrap a strap round something and tie it to a fixed object (tree) and reverse very slowly, it won't look like new but it's extremely quick to do, you'll need 2 people. Make sure you use a proper ratchet strap usually 5 ton or above, it's rough but works

Those Stanley pump pliers are the worst I have ever bought, they now reside in a cupboard under my stirs and never to be used again.

It's scarily like 28days later

What's SO special about that bag that justifies the £150 price tag, would be interesting to find some options justifying that expenditure

The van rack: opposing force. Get two pieces of scaff pipe and put them on either side of the handle that was hit. You and the new help push the rear one up while pulling the front one down using the added leverage of the bars. It should at least pull the dent out of the roof and if you're lucky it may even fix the sliding rack. It's cheap and worth a go before you start chucking more money at it.

Why not seal up the crack in the lens? It's not as though the crack went across the bulb location and would refract the light to any degree. Of course this depends on what sort of arseholes your traffic cops are when they hand out tickets. You have already mentioned the ( _Grey Ghosts_ ) one arm bandits' guardians and how quick they are to write you a parking ticket. Now they are a pack of Charlie Uniform November Tango Serria.

Try t cut

my EDC is smaller :P though thats for indoor quadcopter flying so I don't need much in tools, just a two organiser cell things worth of drone, batteries, charger, a few adapters, the fpv goggles, spare props, spare motors and a weee little screw driver set, though I am in the market for a nice bag that'll carry those two org cells and my RC TX bag for the radio for the eventual day we're allowed out of our guilded cages

As an American electrician, this tool setup is weird. Very interesting.

Those ladder racks are abysmal. I work in the States using a Transit T-150. Those racks jut out on the sides, it's almost impossible to not hit things with them. I'm not a fan of them at all.

Hey Tom, hope you dont mind me posting this here, if you do please let me know and Ill remove it. If you like general tool chat and seeing what other people carry please visit my friends page over on Reddit - r/EverydayToolCarry

Nagysaurus is developing grey hairs by the looks of it

As stated remove ladder rack and straighten it off the vehicle. As for dent if it's not badly creased try pouring boiling water on to it, it may pop out, difficult to see how severe it is, don't think it was caused by contact with racking though, suspect just torsional stress from impact. Thanks for your content. Stay safe.

Hello Thomas, Sweden here again. I am not an electrician but I do like my tools as I do lots of fixing friends cars, boats, snowmobiles and you name it. I came to think about it when I saw your cutters, I also do scrapping and get across lots of wire and cables so I got me a good sidecutter. Got it off ebay from England, think it's a kinecrome x2 strength. I rather like it as it saves wear and tear on the hands.

Good video. Like your bag nice and organized. Been to London many times before and wow never seen the streets like that. Being a journeyman electrician here in Texas. I can relate to some of the things you talk about. I just might post a video of my electrical bag sometime.

At the risk of further mutilating your unit on top of the van, you could insert long (maybe a metre), strong/solid rods into both of those handles and "twist" in a general anticlockwise direction. Have two people doing this, as you will need quite a bit of force. Or use hollow steel pipes to slip over the rods.

Damage to cars and vans is a part of life... doesn't stop it from being fucking annoying! Dad used to be a favourite customer at the local bodyshop. With the whole lockdown business, getting repairs done is a bit of a bitch for anything that can't be done at home.

Stay home man

Its so annoying people damaging your vehicles. When people haven't paid for it themselves they just don't take as much care and caution.

Get a clamp on the frame and squeeze it. Give the rail a firm tap of a mallet while it's squeezed and it will help to keep it in position. It looks like extruded aluminium. There is probably a carrier bearing that is fouling on the frame where is it strained. If you can access under the dent in the roof from outside, try and get hold of a porta power and use it to push the dent outwards. It's all very fixable. I'm a metal fabricatior and wouldn't see any problems in getting it sorted.

the plastic part, phone the dealers, they aint too expensive, youll have to paint it tho. and for the roofrack itll either need forced back, and if your lucky itll work but aluminium doesnt like being bent much so it may crack. I know youll take this as a pisstake, but, reverse it into a tree (in a controlled fashion) .. if it doesnt work your buying another anyway.

Tom. Roof rack damage, if I was you I would utilise the two slots that run along the rack bar on the outside. You can pop a bolt into the end of this slot so thread faces out. Then you will be able to bolt on a lever,in your case a piece of slotted galv Chanel maybe(something rigid). This will giver you a good lever to help pull that one bent side of the rack Chanel back into shapeish. Also you can loosen your new bending lever and slide along the rack to bend back in several places as needed.👍

you're essential... I think it's more likely that someone hit that top rack carrying some wood rather than you hitting a tree - you would have noticed something like that... do you have more or less work now people are locked in? or have people stopped all renovations, all new builds and all "nothing that can kill you" work?

A good quality tool bag is worth it, I paid £180 for my veto Pro pac tech XL, had it about 7 years now, no rips or damage, makes the CK one look like a toy bag. How you finding the S R 5 racking? I like the fact that it's more compact and lighter than the standard one.

People get the armour slice wrong because they tend to overtighten it and that makes it drag the armour wires rather than cutting

Great Chanel and great vids. You do right to look after your vans - my Dad always taught me to do the same re maintenance, cleaning and respecting your vehicles. If the van is off the road, your not earning.

What you need is a very big hammer, a few good wacks with a 15 pound sledge and it should bend right back into shape.

What happened to your TEAL handwash you used to have on the back doors? Did you decide against ?

Get a unilite tom they are a british company best lights about i think

My work vehicle needs front and rear bumper and right side has a nice big scrape I also work in a city,people park right on my bumper, but I would also have replaced that light just because of the water, other than that you cant help things in a city

Might sound really stupid but u can try putting a metal pole through the handle and hammering it up if it's hollow I suppose it's worth a try if it saves 900

A video on customising the van..... ply, racking etc.

I would try lever arm principle on ladder rack. Use a long scaffold pole, very securely clamped to the frame and bend it back slowly. Might work. Stay safe👍

Hi Thomas if any of my lads damage my vans i have it in the contract they pay for it to be repaired . I had 1 lad last month reverse straight into one of the other vans and tried to blame it on the lad that was stationary . He smashed both bumpers cracked them but not too bad but both back lenses smashed i paid for the lenses out of his wages . My idea is why should i work all the hours and paid for a van that they think is a bumper car whilst they take great care of there own vehicles . If they didn't have any responsibility for them they would just think nothing of damaging them it would put us all out of business paying for the repairs. I would seriously get it in your employment contract asap.

The chicken stick. ... got one in a cheap kit, used it for its intended purpose as a one more shot verification that there is no electricity. after a while I found out something, you can easily determine if an outlet is wired properly with one. since then it is now indispensable. I can plug my three light tester in and it tells me the outlet is wired reasonably properly, but it has one flaw reversed polarity. this is where the non-contact voltage tester comes in and can verify that the polarity is the correct way around without running a wire to a known good grounding source. After I do those two things I can do with voltage check and it's safe to plug my equipment in.

Am i the only one thinking give the ladder rack a few taps with a hammer but sheild it with a bit wood.If the metal moves back keep going ...

jesus 6' width restrictions none of my trucks would fit dam that would really make things difficult if u need to move anything with any significant size

Can you do a van tour.

That lift key won't work in any lift made since the mid-80s. What you have there is a Drop-Key, typically used in the States and on old lifts. But Modern lifts pretty much worldwide now (bar North America) use the Delta Key (or "Triangle Key"), and have done since the 80s. You'll find that more and more lifts use Triangle Key now as new lifts are installed and more older lifts are modernized and have new locks fitted. A lot of other old lifts take different keys too (such as the V-Key used on Otis lifts from the 60s and 70s, or the U-Key used on Express lifts from that era).

Sadly that ladder rack looks beyond repair, but you could try bending it back with a hammer.