tips & tricks

[FordPrefect]

duct tape is your friend

 

[buckhorn76]

when you're under the car changing oil and filter, what to do with the filter can be a problem. the plastic bag trick works but the filter is still full of oil. i have a good size drain pan with an old b.b.q. narrow warming rack placed over to one side. the filter can drain while i'm still under the car. if you like, you can drill a couple of holes in the lip on either side of the pan and zip-tie the rack to it to keep it from wandering.

 

[Riley P]

Do you have a pic of the set up? Sounds interesting!....Wait a minute, got it. Good idea!

 

[buckhorn76]

brake blowers ??

looking at brake blowers and marine bilge blowers - i don't see the difference between the two. could a set of brake cooling blowers be as close as your local marina or possibly canadian tire ???

 

[Range]

The fact that I would never come close to generating enough heat, precludes the need for a blower.

 

[buckhorn76]

if you ever drop something in a confined space that can't be retrieved with a magnet, try a length of drill rod or something similar with a dab of grease on the end.

 

[tqracr]

If you want to protect your convertable top when you put it down, put a thin bed sheet
at over it then fold it .
This stops it from rubbing on itself and leaving marks

 

[tqracr]

When you travel and want to protect your paint on the front, put saran wrap over the front of the car and take it off when you get home.

 

[CCO]

There are a lot of tip and tricks in this location too: our buddies at Corvette Central have amassed quite a library of them:

CC Tech - Corvette Performance, Restoration and Repair

 

[New C5er]

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience....well that comes from poor judgment

 

[buckhorn76]

save old shower curtains to use as drop sheets to catch undercar leaks. the c3 guys will know what i'm talkin' bout !!!

 

[buckhorn76]

styrofoam insulation placed under each tire for winter storage can help to avoid flat spotting them.

 

[boB E]

Just tell her!

When a man says he's going to fix something----he will!-----There's no need to remind him every six months!!

 

[xlr8r]

This tip is kind of lame, but when I am waxing my hood, I usually open it, so it it up-in-the-air. Makes it easy to get to the midlle of the hood. Just started this last year, as I'm presently winterizing the 'vette.

 

[Case75]

...the c3 guys will know what i'm talkin' bout !!!

Yep.

 

[Keith Tedford]

The oil really is not going to waste. It`s undercoating your car as you drive.

 

[buckhorn76]

great white is undercoated to the nines !!! oil, atf, power steering,......you name it !!!

 

[Case75]

great white is undercoated to the nines !!! oil, atf, power steering,......you name it !!!

As long as it's not brake fluid you'll be OK Doug.

 

[Elf]

great white is undercoated to the nines !!! oil, atf, power steering,......you name it !!!

I so remember my 69 One of the loves of my life and yes it was white.

 

[Riley P]

When I go to wax my car, I will try it with the hood open!

Then I'll drive through a puddle of oil/fluids to undercoat the car! Sounds like a great idea!

Actually, on a donor vehicle I am pulling a motor on for my truck, I noticed how much more easily the bolts came out that were soaked with leaking engine oil than the ones that were dry and rusted in!