Hints and tips to make life easy.
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Hints and tips to make life easy.
Every time I view this forum I find another really useful tip for working around problems and bodges (Anders/Dave Burns vibrating head bolts is the latest). Perhaps people could contribute their thoughts to a new thread which can act as an easily referenced resource, which would save trying to memorise all this stuff just to forget when you need it.
Of course it might already exist and I'm just being lazy![:I]
Of course it might already exist and I'm just being lazy![:I]
Well there is a section on this Forum called "Common problems and fixes". Some time ago myself and Alan S collected the best of the most common problems and placed them in this section. Problem was that people started posting queries as to why their car would not start etc etc in this section so I ended up moving/deleting the posts then locking that part of the Forum as it was a lot of hassle. I suggested that anyone with a common problem or fix should email me and I would place it in that part of the Forum. There has not really been a rush of emails.
Maybe one of the Moderators could pick the best of the bunch and put some more handy hints in there. If I find time I will try and add a bit more there myself soon.
Maybe one of the Moderators could pick the best of the bunch and put some more handy hints in there. If I find time I will try and add a bit more there myself soon.
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Anyone with a handy hint or tip, however diverse, if its worked for you drop me an email jon.wood@andyspares.com and I will create a new section of the Forum for these handy hints or whatever. So, if you've used a lemonade bottle to top up your coolant, or 2p pieces to adjust your 2CV handbrake [;)] then get in touch!!
Come on then folks.
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Anyone with a handy hint or tip, however diverse, if its worked for you drop me an email jon.wood@andyspares.com and I will create a new section of the Forum for these handy hints or whatever. So, if you've used a lemonade bottle to top up your coolant, or 2p pieces to adjust your 2CV handbrake [;)] then get in touch!!
Come on then folks.
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I've forwarded Jon a couple.
Here's one to be going on with though; how to stop the car ramps from pinging out from under the front of the car when you are driving up on them.
Grab a piece of old seat belt material & attach it to the ramps. The weight of the car then prevents the ramps from moving!
Cheers,
Alan S
Here's one to be going on with though; how to stop the car ramps from pinging out from under the front of the car when you are driving up on them.
Grab a piece of old seat belt material & attach it to the ramps. The weight of the car then prevents the ramps from moving!
Cheers,
Alan S
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I've forwarded Jon a couple.
Here's one to be going on with though; how to stop the car ramps from pinging out from under the front of the car when you are driving up on them.
Grab a piece of old seat belt material & attach it to the ramps. The weight of the car then prevents the ramps from moving!
Cheers,
Alan S
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Alan - they say the best ideas are the simplest. That is brilliant. Why didn't I ever think of it???? Many thanks.
JohnW
I've forwarded Jon a couple.
Here's one to be going on with though; how to stop the car ramps from pinging out from under the front of the car when you are driving up on them.
Grab a piece of old seat belt material & attach it to the ramps. The weight of the car then prevents the ramps from moving!
Cheers,
Alan S
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Alan - they say the best ideas are the simplest. That is brilliant. Why didn't I ever think of it???? Many thanks.
JohnW
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Might be obvious to some but non to me, why does salt melt ice.
Anyroad up, knowing what salt does to the underside of a car you wont find me putting it on thr top side of one[:D]
I used to work for a bloke that lived in Sweden fo a lomg time, heres what he and many others did to prevent the windscreen wash freezing, stick about 1/2 pint of methylated spirits in with the screenwash during the winter months, increasing the strength if the weather got colder, I've also been doing that for about 20 years now.
Dave
Anyroad up, knowing what salt does to the underside of a car you wont find me putting it on thr top side of one[:D]
I used to work for a bloke that lived in Sweden fo a lomg time, heres what he and many others did to prevent the windscreen wash freezing, stick about 1/2 pint of methylated spirits in with the screenwash during the winter months, increasing the strength if the weather got colder, I've also been doing that for about 20 years now.
Dave