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May 28, 2008 18:52:20 GMT
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don't break irreplacable parts
Do not let me restore/fix/touch/drive a car
To remove locking wheel nuts if you've lost the key bit I was told to beat a 1/4 inch socket onto said lock nut and wind it off. I learned to either use a good quality socket or it'll get squished!
The most expensive way is quite often the cheapest way
And men have a bojangler, women don't. If there's ANY confusion WALK AWAY..........
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stealthstylz
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May 28, 2008 18:52:58 GMT
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My best one, it makes 100% sense but I only follow it about 50% of the time.
"When you've got multiple jobs to do on a car start with the worst one first and the easiest one last"
Means you've got plenty of enthusiasm for the curse word jobs, rather than using all your enthusiasm doing easy stuff.
Matt
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May 28, 2008 18:56:05 GMT
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Yea, I always get that the wrong way around totally and end up going "Bagga this for a game of soldiers!"
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May 28, 2008 18:57:20 GMT
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My grandad once said to me "Never trust a woman who's belly is bigger than her breasts"
I said "she's pregnant" he said "exactly!"
Still don't understand that one.
To get rubber grips off your handle bars lift it with a small screw driver and shove a AC90 straw in them shoot the oil in. This also works with oil filters ect.
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May 28, 2008 19:04:23 GMT
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Best tip - "measure twice cut once"
especially good when you are modifying exhausts which takes me to my other tip -
"don't measure in inches AND millimetres" ;D
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta 2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van 2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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bstardchild
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May 28, 2008 19:07:47 GMT
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Always always always make sure you can get fuild back in before draining the old stuff Engine oil, Gearboxes and Diffs....... Never feed a gremlin after midnight
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g40jon
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May 28, 2008 19:15:13 GMT
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mines gotta be ' keep it in ya trousers' told to me by an old sage when i was working at rover.
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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May 28, 2008 19:19:00 GMT
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this weekends top tip? after 2 years of rebuilding your 56 chevy, and taking it to a local classic car show and winning second prize, then going off with the rest of the club for a cup of tea, the carb backfiring and setting the engine alight - never assume that somebody else in your convoy of 10 other cars has a fire extinguisher.... VERY lucky to get away with that one with just a burnt air filter and some melted wiring
I always had an extinguisher in the pop, but of course I was in the daily sunny, and the extinguisher was 10 miles away in the pop's boot!
safety first kids
- kev
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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May 28, 2008 19:29:21 GMT
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If you do get a few siezed nuts try running the engine for half an hour to get some heat into them. Also don't bother with exhaust paste, it only cracks and falls out and if the surfaces are good you wont need it. don't know if this counts as a tip but when I was about 18, someone who's judgement I respected a lot at the time told me I would never be a mechanic as long as I had a hole in my . Every time I come up against a job that makes feel like chucking in the towel I always think back to that and it makes me try a bit harder. Kevs post just reminded me of another one. When you get a fire in a carb, turn the engine over without touching the throttle and the flames will be sucked back into the engine.
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Last Edit: May 28, 2008 19:31:24 GMT by rustingdeathtrap
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May 28, 2008 19:42:23 GMT
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Never feed a gremlin after midnight And therein lies the problem..................its always 'after midnight'
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May 28, 2008 20:12:51 GMT
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The best tip ever is "If it's difficult, Your doing it wrong."
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May 28, 2008 20:23:03 GMT
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Okay, one nifty thing you can do with roadsters/rods etc which use the standard bulkhead and screen... Cut the top edge off the screen surround, so you only keep the upright parts of the A pillar, going about halfway up the windscreen. The rest is just a bare glass edge. Bung something down the A pillars to reinforce, and it looks great. You would really need to chop some height out of the bulkhead though, to bring the dashboard and screen down to a reasonable height. Gotta keep the dashboard, it is perfect. Back end.. It is just a box isnt it? Nick wheel arches off a trailer and make the main tub out of anything you can find. For me personally, probably this.... he annoyed me so much with that, I'm actually building the car. Seriously understated the amount of work in a car body tho
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in
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May 28, 2008 20:43:50 GMT
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With reference to exhaust manifold nuts, after you ave cleaned the threads, added WD40 etc... when you first take a socket to the nut turn it TIGHTER ever so slightly, this can help to crack the seal so to speak easier than loosening it to start off with with less chance of snapping the stud.
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1985 Bedford CF2 camper 1991 Volvo 240 Turbo
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May 28, 2008 22:38:11 GMT
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Best tip I can offer: 'Don't wipe your with a broken bottle' as for exhaust stuff, when working on a racecar last year, our team boss man used coppaslip to form a seal on the manifold to exhaust joins, sealed up really well and Ive done it like that ever since, seems to work great, and is much neater than lashing tons of exhaust paste in there...
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"Chasin' the gash, with a four-out-the-dash"
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tri
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May 28, 2008 22:59:42 GMT
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Wear Sunscreen.
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I forgot how to retro...
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Tim
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May 29, 2008 10:19:18 GMT
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My grandad once said to me "Never trust a woman who's belly is bigger than her breasts" I said "she's pregnant" he said "exactly!" Still don't understand that one. To get rubber grips off your handle bars lift it with a small screw driver and shove a AC90 straw in them shoot the oil in. This also works with oil filters ect. Top tip for removing handlebar grips is hairspray, as it dries really quickly afterwards so you don't have to clean up any oil, also works brilliantly for refitting them so they don't spin as it acts like a gentle glue
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shlomping
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May 29, 2008 10:40:22 GMT
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i know somebody once said to qwerty " this corner tightens up mind"
shame he didnt listen
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horney™
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May 29, 2008 11:19:31 GMT
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"If it doesn't move and it should use WD40 and a hammer. If it moves and it shouldn't use gaffa tape and zip ties."
Nick
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DutyFreeSaviour
Europe
Back For More heartbreak and disappointment.....
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May 29, 2008 12:00:51 GMT
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'Stay away from my daughter' - a couple of times actually........
Car wise, if it ain't moving at midnight, leave it and come back at it tomorrow...... it'll all appear easier. - Stopped me throwing my toys out of the cot a few times ;D
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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qwerty
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May 29, 2008 12:38:00 GMT
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I know somebody once said to qwerty " this corner tightens up mind" shame he didnt listen I remember someone told shlomping to "shut up you little twerp" Shame he didn't listen ;D
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