Old time tricks and hacks.

[Curious Hound]

A small piece of tape will hold a screw on your screwdriver until you get the threads started. Same to hold a nut in a socket or wrench in hard to reach areas.

On my F150, the spark plugs are in deep holes. I use a piece of rubber hose to pull them out or get them started. Easy to feel whether it’s starting or cross-threading so you can try again before messing up the threads.

Take a long stick and start wrapping electrical tape around the end. After a wrap or two, twist the tape “sticky side out” and keep wrapping to make a small sticky ball on the end. Use it to retrieve small objects dropped into tight places.

 

[Ramcharger90]

I would prefer not to buy a vehicle from you.

Buying a vehicle from me and buying a sack of shit that was picked up at auction then sent back are two entirely different things.

 

[Dirtman]

I've made good money on auction cars. But you have to buy them either knowing where they came from or expecting them to be mechanically junk.

 

[sgtsandman]

Put a dab of grease in between the two battery terminals. Put a penny on the grease. Corrosion will be drawn to the penny instead of the battery terminals. Works best with copper but today’s zinc pennies still work.

Another tip for wheels stuck to the hub. Heat the wheel with a torch around the hub. When the rust breaks, you’ll hear it pop. It sometimes takes a time or two depending on the torch you have and you still might have to drive the vehicle around with the lug nuts loose.

 

[Dirtman]

Antiseize everything. All the time. Right now. Antiseize something! Everything! You didn't use enough. Use more. Now. On that. Whatever is in your hand, it needs antiseize. If I could drive my truck through a pool of antiseize I would.

If you dont antiseize everything you ever work on you are a sadistic sub human deviant who deserves to be tried for crimes against humanity and as punishment sent into the barren wastelands of upstate new york with nothing but a 1/4" ratchet to loosen rusty bolts for eternity.

 

[Snoranger]

Antiseize everything. All the time. Right now. Antiseize something! Everything! You didn't use enough. Use more. Now. On that. Whatever is in your hand, it needs antiseize. If I could drive my truck through a pool of antiseize I would.

 

[Dirtman]

Bah thats that aluminum crap. Copper or nickle only.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Screw won't back out? Use a hammer and tap the driver handle a couple good raps. That will usually break the rust bond.

 

[Dirtman]

I have one of these fun toys for that stuff.

but they have limits, you can't bang on an impact driver (or regular screw driver) when taking apart a rusty screw above your head and backwards or when its in sheetmetal.

 

[Snoranger]

Bah thats that aluminum crap. Copper or nickle only.

Sorry... I didn’t take the pic, it was sent to me.

 

[Dirtman]

Sorry... I didn’t take the pic, it was sent to me.

@PetroleumJunkie412 toss that under the hood before taking apart his 2.9?

 

[Ranger850]

Do NOT put antiseize on window crank cables. Just spent my afternoon cleaning the gummed up cables so my window was not stuck halfway down/up. Used WD-40 as a decreasing agent on the cables where they slide. (Not a Ranger, my 88 Nissan HB)

 

[Dirtman]

Technically you do put antiseize on those parts. You just use lithium not copper/silver. You need a lubricating antiseize. Aluminum, silver, copper drys up into a paste, lithium stays greasey. Or go with dry graphite but you don't want that on your rubber weatherstripping.

 

[Ranger850]

Technically you do put antiseize on those parts. You just use lithium not copper/silver. You need a lubricating antiseize. Aluminum, silver, copper drys up into a paste, lithium stays greasey. Or go with dry graphite but you don't want that on your rubber weatherstripping.

You assume my 88 Nissan has weatherstripping..... Funny. I have the crank assembly out ofthe door on a table. Getting graphite on the cables without getting it on my weatherstripping should not be a problem.

 

[pjtoledo]

How old are you?!?!

can't remember, plus my records are way beyond the "destroy on" date