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Boy thats a great idea ,Im going to use that one at work.
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Here's a fun way to see if any TV remote is working:
Aim the remote at a digital camera or camera phone. Look at the remote through your camera as if you're going to take a picture of it and push a button on your remote. If the remote works, you'll see a blinking white light that is usually not seen by human eyes, but your digital camera's viewfinder will show the light blinking at you. If you don't see a blink, you might need new batteries. |
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I didn't know how far this thread would go when I started it but over 10,000 views so far, wow!
Like I've said before...lots of very, very smart people in here. Thanks everyone that has contributed.
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ok I have a lil trick my dad taught me in HS for my 95 RAM 1500 I had...If the starter is jacked and the truck wont start....HIT yhe starter with a hammer or wrench a couple times and try again....Had to do that after school for a month or so before I got a new on
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Back when most everything had big round sealed beams.
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HAHA!! That reminds me of when i was driving around my dads 85 TA....When the light doesnt pop up pop the hood and hit the light motor!! lol
If you dont see it, we tend to hit stuff a lot lol
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Oven cleaner will remove the clear anodizing from your aluminum grill and side trim. I used this to polish my front grill, Only problem is that it will be suseptible to oxidation and regular pollishing is necessary, Better than an old dingy grill though.
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Here is one that has recently had a little controversy thanks to the internet. I use brake cleaner for all kinds of degreasing and cleaning jobs. I have been a welder for 25 years and have used brake cleaner to degrease the metal prior to welding for years. When I heard of the dangers of its use I researched what was causing the danger. It is an active ingredient called Tetracloroethylene. This must be a really old article because I looked at my can of the same brand that I have used for years and it was not on the ingredient listing. Maybe it was removed and replaced with another ingredient. Anyway the stuff evaporates so fast it would be difficult to weld when it was still in its liquid state.
It works great for blasting off grease before painting. If you get ball point pen on your shirt or your couch or some other fabric it takes it out in a flash with out damaging the fabric. Be careful though it will damage the foam underneath the couch fabric so don’t just fire it right at the couch, but spray onto a towel and apply to the surface.
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To guarantee good results in catching mice, put two traps side by side snapping toward the wall. Mice walk along the corner where the wall meets the floor, even if they are uninterested in the bait they will have to walk over the trap and it usually gets them, they are also carnivorous and will eat another mouse caught in a trap. If only one trap was snapped then the other will get the carnivore, I got three mice with two traps once
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Great thread, lots of helpful bits.
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Going to post this tip on what did you do yo your truck today as well, but here is a great tip to help your rad, and heater hoses last a little longer.
Go to your local industrial hose and fitting distributor and ask for hose clamps that are for silicone hose. Silicone hose is very soft (good for higher temps though), the clamps have an inner band that keeps the slots in the nand from damaging the outer cover of the hose.
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For your air ducting go to your local industrial hose supplier with the diameter you need, or a sample. If you tell them it is for your hot rod, they probably won't even charge you.
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05-21-2012, 11:43 PM | #265 |
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I used these paper clips too hold the weather stripping around the top and sides of the door/jam/cab while the glue sets up real good.
A friend of mine had three of these disc wheel covers after loseing one. so we put knobs in the middle and use these for spraying tire dressing without making a mess on the wheel.(only works w/15" wheels though) I also get 4x8 sheets of cardboard from lumber/plywood dealers I use two of these cut to fit perfectly on my bed floor to protect it while its being stored(most the time something will be in the bed)
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This has been said, but I take it a step further. When you put all the nuts/bolts whatever in a bag and label it, I staple it to the wall, in order that I took it off. Keeps it out of the way, the bags don't get tossled around and rip. And would be especially good if you're taking a truck apart, and won't be putting it back together for a year. And if you do it in order, it'll help when it's 7 months later and you forgot what order you need to install a part if needed. Plus, it's garage art.
Ya it'll hold a bag full if you put a few staples in it.
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I like that idea. Now how do I staple to a metal wall?
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i got aggrivated at tightening the hard to get to sparkplugh under header tubes. so i took an elcheapo 5/8th wrench and cut the box end and ground the inside sorta smooth and open enough to weld a deep well 5/8th 12 point socket in it. i cut the deep well 12 point socket where the groves stop inside . that way its just like the box end of the wrench but it is 2 inches deeper. make sure you look at the wrench and weld the socket to it at a slight angle. if you dont just heat it up and bend it a lil in the direction you need it going.
that wrench will come in super handy in more than just doing sparkplugs. i have one in 13/16,1/2, and 9/16 as well.
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yeah i will shoot a pic or two tonight. everyone that i raced with that has seen it has built one
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Very interesting stuff here....
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If like me ,you have carpenter bees boring holes everywhere in the exposed wood on your shop take a can of brake cleaner with the small tube inserted into the nozzle and spray into every hole you can find and they will fall out pretty quick. Wasp spray works too but its a lot more messy .
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