garage tool tricks and tips

[pebbles]

needle scaler H/F $19.00. Not too powerful. But that made sense in this case. Layed it as parallel to the floor as I could. Blew through this in 10-15 minutes. Works well in the corners to remove the seam sealer too. I will try a spot in the rear wheelwells on the undercoat as well. Thanks Datsunz.

[fixitman04]

baking soda is a natural rust inhibitor. when mixed with or used as blasting media it will slow surface rust from forming.

[fixitman04]

lets bump this back up... too many good ideas here

anybody else have anything?

[pebbles]

technology. boy have I got some catching up to do. There is an Iphone app for a 3 axis angle finder.
However, the reviews were disheartening.
1,useless
2.horrible
3 glitchy
4 spazzy.

there is an alignment app as well. Caster/camber.
http://18000rpm.com/ialign_for_iphone_a ... align.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Reviews were,
1.Not accurate
2.Not accurate.

my device does not contain the required gyro hardware.
shucks
The spirit of Stonehenge prevails.

[Nissanman]

New technology?
It put me out of a job BUT, I don't have any issues with that
I use it all the time.
I wonder how cars were restored before the advent of email, web sites and such
Must have been B... hard
Sent from my desktop clunker PC via a tellyphone line

[68DSU]

New technology?
I wonder how cars were restored before the advent of email, web sites and such
Must have been B... hard

There were a lot of mistakes, modifications, and guesswork that are now called "the sins of the PO".

[alp]

for the American members...screw the Philips screws and get Robertson headed screws
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[jake7140]

-a little grease on the inside end of water hoses; slips on easy, doesn't corrrode, slips off easy years later.
- egg cartons for nuts and bolts 12, 18 or 24 while in a project, or put back where they came from or just group piles (am I bad?)
- wide mouth square (packs nicer than round) plastic goodie jars for long tern storage of bigger/grouped stuff ie: sae grade 8 in one, etc
- various gasket material sheets to make your own with a utility shear (0.99 at H/F) and exacto
- the 7.00 H/F furniture dollies for engine dollies. fits perfect normal or standing on back
- anti seize is your friend
- +1 for the pick set, head light (LED), line on the jack, magnetic picker upper

[dbrick]

Did I or someone else ever mention the split foam pipe insulation on the floorjack handle? A 3 foot piece covers well, 3/4 fits partway but grips the handle well . I don't stick the adhesive and use a piece about 2" outside diameter.
Not rocket science, but helps.

[mraitch]

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[dbrick]

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Need to find myself some JIS drivers.

Techtip..
1. Especially on Japanese cars and products, be sure to apply ALOT of push on the phillips/JIS head screws before and during turning. Their assembly procedure calls for pushing in very hard with a quick final turn to stretch the screw.
2. After you strip the Phillips head, you can usually tap in a square drive and get it out if you're lucky, worse case you round the center for the next step, drill bit.

[ZeroNilNada]

brake adjuster studs (square) strip easily, and are 1/4" square.

so turn a 1/4" drive socket around, using the drive hole as the socket, no more stripping. You'll have to shop thru your set and find which one of the "socket" ends fits your wrench, it will be different based on whether you have 6 point or 12 point sockets. Stan taught me that one.

This is a great tip. I used a 1/4" drive, 1/4" socket and used a 1/4" hex wrench (Allen wrench). I put the socket on the hex wrench and the square drive hole on the adjuster. Worked like a dream!

[fixitman04]

8mm 6point fits a 1/4 square

[Solex68]

There were a lot of mistakes, modifications, and guesswork that are now called "the sins of the PO".

Why does it seem we are so much smarter than the POs? LOL.

If it weren't for those PO's we might be bored. Ha ha ha.

Greg

[ZeroNilNada]

8mm 6point fits a 1/4 square

Mine are a bit rounded so I liked having more contact area.