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| BillH | Today's Shop Tip | ||
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When you're working on your car and have bolts, nuts, clips, etc. from different areas laying everywhere. A neat way to separate them and make your reinstall easier is to use a 6 or 12 hole muffin pan.
You can even note on the pan where the screws came from with a Sharpie and remove the Sharpie with brake clean when done. I've been using one for a long time for stuff that will get put back together quickly. i use baggies for the longet term stuff. |
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Posted on: 2009/3/14 15:33
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| psycovette | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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THanks for the great tip now if you want to make that even bette place a magnet on the bottemand the whole pan will be magnatized.
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Posted on: 2009/3/14 16:35
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| Matatk | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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Never thought of that - good tip. I like to draw the part on a piece of cardboard and poke the bolts through it. Keeps them from falling out and losing them, too.
I like the magnet idea, psy. Matthew |
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Posted on: 2009/3/14 20:31
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| CentralCoaster | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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I did the cardboard trick a few times when I was new to working on the vette! An old speaker magnet works great for keeping bolts and screws from disappearing. |
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Posted on: 2009/3/14 21:47
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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How do the muffins taste next time the wife uses the pan?
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Posted on: 2009/3/14 22:20
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| Jeffvette | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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You shouldn't be talking about her muffin. |
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Posted on: 2009/3/14 22:40
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| pianoguy | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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Probably better than the turkey's gonna taste after I used the baster to suck out my old power steering fluid. |
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Posted on: 2009/3/14 22:55
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| Matatk | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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Turkey tasted a little funny after I used the baster to suck out my old brake fluid, but damn that bird could stop on a dime! Matthew |
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Posted on: 2009/3/14 23:07
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| itlgo2 | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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did someone mention, muffin?
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| BrianCunningham | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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My thoughts too |
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Posted on: 2009/3/15 2:29
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| BillH | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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I've done that with the speaker magnet that CC mentioned. I also have a couple of Harbor Ft. magnetic parts dishes, got them on sale for $0.99. |
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Posted on: 2009/3/15 12:24
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| BillH | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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Turkey Baste Her? |
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Posted on: 2009/3/15 12:27
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| CentralCoaster | Re: Today's Shop Tip | ||
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I set the tooltray from my toolbox into the front end, fits perfectly in front of the airfilter. Then I toss a towel over each front tire and go to work. I can now reach my tools and screws from both sides of the engine bay, and also have a comfy place to sit.
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Posted on: 2009/3/15 14:49
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