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91stranger
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- Joined
- Jul 28, 2010
- Messages
- 1,806
- Vehicle Year
- 2003
- Transmission
- Automatic
You can use a rubber band on a stripped out screw if you can't get a good grip with the screwdriver.
Anti-seize is your friend but one drop will spread one mile.
You can use a string or shoe lace to pop knobs off that don't come off, string wont gouge anything or damage the knob and you can get a lot of leverage with it.
You can use a metal leaf rake as a hotdog cooker, cook 27 hotdogs at one time!
Stuck drain plug? use an air chisel on the edge of the plug and watch it just tap it right out. I had to use this on my pacifica that hulk Hogan must have put the drain plug in with a 37' breaker bar.... literally 10 seconds with an air chisel it was free. I spent 2-3 hours trying every tool in the book trying to get it off and the tech at work got it in 10 seconds!
Small engine repair: stuff some rope in the top of the jug to use as a piston stop so you don't damage anything inside the jug or piston.
Squeaky wiper blades: Sometimes the angle is off and you can use a pair of crescent wrenches to tweak the arm to straighten it. Had to do this on mine a month ago, new blades (good ones too not the $4 Walmart ones) and the driver side still squeaked, Few seconds with the wrenches and it was all good.
Squeaky serpentine belt, don't spray with WD-40 like most people do, that just makes it worse. Instead use baby powder. I would just put a few puffs on while it was running and no more squeaking.
Ok I think I shared enough secrets.
Anti-seize is your friend but one drop will spread one mile.
You can use a string or shoe lace to pop knobs off that don't come off, string wont gouge anything or damage the knob and you can get a lot of leverage with it.
You can use a metal leaf rake as a hotdog cooker, cook 27 hotdogs at one time!
Stuck drain plug? use an air chisel on the edge of the plug and watch it just tap it right out. I had to use this on my pacifica that hulk Hogan must have put the drain plug in with a 37' breaker bar.... literally 10 seconds with an air chisel it was free. I spent 2-3 hours trying every tool in the book trying to get it off and the tech at work got it in 10 seconds!
Small engine repair: stuff some rope in the top of the jug to use as a piston stop so you don't damage anything inside the jug or piston.
Squeaky wiper blades: Sometimes the angle is off and you can use a pair of crescent wrenches to tweak the arm to straighten it. Had to do this on mine a month ago, new blades (good ones too not the $4 Walmart ones) and the driver side still squeaked, Few seconds with the wrenches and it was all good.
Squeaky serpentine belt, don't spray with WD-40 like most people do, that just makes it worse. Instead use baby powder. I would just put a few puffs on while it was running and no more squeaking.
Ok I think I shared enough secrets.
