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A wheel chock (“shoe”) is used when repairing and before lifting a car with a jack, and also when you need to keep the vehicle on a slope. This simple device should be in every trunk and garage. And if you have not bought a wheeled “shoe” yet, you can make it yourself from improvised materials.

A drop in compression in the engine cylinders not only indicates wear on the pistons or rings, but is also one of the main reasons for the sharp increase in fuel consumption. Therefore, for the purpose of prevention, car owners must regularly check the technical condition of the engine (gasoline or diesel).

The problem of purchased plastic anti-recoil devices is not only that they break, but the most important thing can be shifted when hitting. For an open area is not as critical as for a small garage, where the car can run into a wall or gate. It is not necessary to buy a new metal for this craft, you can make it from the remains or "ferrous metal".

Sooner or later, the time comes to disassemble the engine for repair, and it is very important after that to measure the wear of the cylinders. Using your fingers or "by eye" to determine the difference in diameter, you will not need the exact tools. If there is no caliper in the garage, this is not surprising, the device was always expensive and due to the fact that it was rarely used, it was available only from motorists and occasionally from garage masters.

Not only for riding with a trailer you need a skill, but also to remove it and put it on the towing device of the car. To facilitate this task, a convenient device, a trap, was invented on trucks. By analogy, you can make the same device on a passenger car. To prevent the catcher from bending, it should be made of thick metal.

Almost all round small objects can be turned into wall clocks. The creation of various items from the old car trash is not a new idea, but with a high-quality implementation very stylish things turn out. The idea of ​​this watch and manufacture at a high level. After cleaning, the rusty disk becomes like new, and the location of additional items on the dial is very organic.

A useful tool that is always useful in a car can be made from an ordinary fountain pen. The tester for checking the voltage in the on-board network is a 12 volt light bulb in a convenient housing. For contact, a crocodile is provided on the wire on one side and a thin tip on the other. Due to its shape, the control is convenient and practical to use.

When repairing a car, you often have to cut the hoses due to the fact that they are stretched in the seat or torn. If you cut the hose with a knife or scissors, then the cut is hard to make even. In order to get an even end, the author of the video created a special device. The tool resembles scissors in its functionality, but thanks to the original device it cuts more evenly.

The very first part of the suspension that fails is the stabilizer struts. A strong knock on the undercarriage can only be due to this small part. Let's try to restore the ball stabilizer tip with our own hands following the instructions from the video. Why climb into this unit if you can buy a new part?

A master from Indonesia posted a video with his brainchild. Old Pontiac redone beyond recognition, the whole body is digested with iron inserts chopped form. An attempt to remake a car in Lamborghini failed or is this not the end of the story? To bring the car to mind you will need a ton of putty and a lot of time, but the body shape turned out interesting.

Motorists practically do not take time to replace brake fluid, the system works and no one wants to climb into it. However, fluid replacement can have a tangible effect with a working brake system. Due to hygroscopicity (moisture absorption) up to 23% per year, brake fluid loses its properties and directly affects your safety.

See how the guy makes a copy of the car in full size. Thanks to the chopped body shapes of this Lamborghini model, cardboard is a very suitable material for its creation. In order for the craft to keep its shape inside, there is some kind of frame fixed by polyurethane foam. In the second video, you can see the work on the interior, there is no doubt that everything is done there in exact dimensions.

Repeated experiments showed that after opening, metal particles are present on the inner walls of the oil filter. It is worth noting that on engines with small runs of iron mud, the filters may not appear at all, even under the influence of a strong magnet. From this we can conclude that life hack with magnets is suitable for motors with medium and large mileage.

Do not rush to throw away the old hand drill, from it you can make a wonderful device for unscrewing bolts and nuts. The main thing is to choose a drill with a steel mechanism inside, because a lot of force will be transmitted to the gears in the new tool. The resulting key combined the advantage of a powerful wrench with the convenience of a ratchet for the heads, in addition to a rotating handle, only the reversing mechanism is missing.

The problem with clamps is constant, they break and get lost. When there is no nearby store where you can buy a clamp, it will be well to have such a device on hand. A huge plus of this tool in its versatility, hoses and tubes of different diameters are suitable for crimping, because the purpose of the device is to fix it when tightening the wire clamp.

The fresher the model, the unfortunately the cheaper are the trim, the steering parts, gearshift lever, climate control area and power window control, parts that are weak to wear. Finishing materials for steering wheels of modern cars: wood, leather, plastic. When the mileage is approaching 100 thousand, the interior is particularly affected.

Why don't motorists use air conditioning in their cars? There are several options: an unpleasant odor, a strong sore throat, the likelihood of a cold. And how pleasant it is on hot days, in traffic (if there is a cabin filter), use this important option. Eliminate unpleasant odor and bacteria that cause allergies in the car air conditioner.

Warm seats are a good option that is not always present in your car, a way out of the situation is the help of not regular electric heating. Inside, the heating is equipped with a wire or carbon heating element, the latter is much more practical because of its wear resistance, but more expensive. In shape and size, the heaters are different, consider and compare their main types.

It is very uncomfortable to start driving in the winter in the absence of a regular steering wheel heating. You can always wear gloves, or you can independently make the steering wheel warm. This alteration is possible in two ways by buying a braid with heating or by installing a heating element in the steering wheel of a car. If the first method is cheaper and practical, then the second alteration is better to do on their own because of the high cost and non-standard work for the car service.

Tired of listening to tips and want to figure out on your own how to charge the battery of your car? In the winter season, your car has too many energy consumers, and the average speed and operating time do not allow you to fully charge the battery to a regular generator, so it is recommended that you recharge the battery at home from time to time.