Safety Tips:
Never work underneath a poorly supported vehicle .
Never mess about with the airbag circuitry. Leave it to the
professionals. Use the correct tools. Cheap tools can be
dangerous and are a waste of time.
Car tips. Never use the
spray-on D-icer on to your windsreen as this burns right through the
rubbers through time and can cause your windscreen to leak....just use
lukewarm water!. -- damien rogan.
Car Tips. When your
polishing a car and you can stand when the white haze gets on to the
black rubbers and plastics on the exterior use a light power wash
afterwards! works for me every time.....i wash the car throughly with
cold water (hot water turns ur lights dull and makes the front ones
that yellowy colour) then i come and rub on the polish not having to be
neat about it....polish off the white haze then come along with the
power washer on low power and wash all the plastics to take of what the
polish left! only way to do it. -- damien rogan
Car service. To gain
that little bit of extra power front your car when servicing your cars
engine (oil,spark plugs etc...) take of the distributor cap and clean
all the corrosion of all the little terminals! a round wire brush on a
cordless works for me. damien ireland. -- damien rogan
Gas Line. I
remember my auto shop teacher telling me once about a time that he was
driving through the desert and the gas in his fuel line kept boiling
and causing the engine to die. He got to a store and bought a bunch of
wooden clothes pins and clamped them all over the fuel line to act as
an insulator. Problem is, those clothes pins are probably pretty hard
to find now because who hangs their clothes out on a clothesline any
more? -- David Lamb
Drilling Windshields
Mark your spot with a felt tip, then make a small well from putty over
the marked spot. Fill this well with a touch of light oil. Drill slowly
using a carbide tipped drill bit. The oil keeps the drill bit cool and
makes the job that little bit easier. If you are drilling through
glazed tiles it helps if you use a masonry nail to score the point of
drilling. The bit will not slip off the glazed surface. Finally, if you
have drilled a hole through a glazed tile and inserted a rawlplug, make
sure the plug passes through the tile before you insert the screw. This
way the tile will not crack. Happy DIYing -- Alan Brighton" English
Bob
WD40 Auto
Detailing. Having a hard time getting the bug-gunk off
of the front of your vehicle? Spray bug-gunk area with WD40 and let it
stand for 10-15 minutes. Then wash it off. It works!-- Cynthia
Wilburn Ahualoa, Hawaii
31 Jan 2006
Engine Oil.
The life of your car engine would be prolonged if you change the oil
AND the oil filter at the recommended milestones or earlier. Change the
fuel filter at every alternate service.
I drive a VW Golf Diesel and it has done 117,000 miles. The engine has
just started to ease up, with increased power and more mpg.
Prior to this, I had an Audi 80 Sport, which accomplished 228,000
miles, without ever opening up the engine! -- Harish Pattni
Fan belt: In case of emergency
a pair of stockings can replace a broken fan belt for long enough to
get the car to a garage. – Mario Golshekan.
Radiators. If your radiator
springs a leak, stick a bit of chewed chewing gum over the hole to plug
it up until you get to the garage. - Anon.
Icy windscreens can be scraped
using a phonecard if no ice scraper is to hand. – Essy Edmunds.
There is no advantage in
"revving up a diesel" when you have just started it up. -- Raymondo,
MOTs Means Us, Milton Keynes, England
To remove a hard to reach oil
filter from your cars engine simply use an old belt. Loop the belt
through the buckle and wrap it around the filter. Wrap the
overlength of the belt at least once around the filter in a way to
allow you to pull in a counter clockwise motion. I have worked on
several types of cars and when ever the fancy oil filter tool fails the
belt works. -- John E. Gotrik, Statoil Stavanger Norway
Extend engine life by changing
the oil at a greater frequency than that recommended in the
handbook. Adding a PTFE additive to your oil helps too. My
car has done 188,000 miles and the engine is only now starting to lose
performance. My car is a diesel -- André Martin, Paris, France.
Light clusters.
To make the rear light cluster on your old car look like new rub down
with "00" wet&dry then spray with clear lacquer, they stand out if
you are selling the car it could get you the best price for a little
investment -- jean watson
Radiator Tip. If
your radiator on your car leaks then break an egg into the
radiator and run the vehicle up to working temperature, this will
often cure the leak for quite a long time, try it it works. See
you later Pete -- peter westall
Close alliances with despots
are never safe for free states. ~~ Demosthenes
