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What little things you do to make your car easier to work on/more reliable?

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PSweeney:
few from me

spare circuits and fuses in a loom

adjustable battery tray / mount to use any available battery

an ignition light, added after leaving ignition on all night

a proper jacking pad off the chassis

water pump restrictors to slow coolant flow /aid heat transfer

fan and pump external plug to cool the car with a slave battery.

alternator and andersen jack

Holley carb bowl vent extension stops fuel sloshing down the carb

drilled and tapped manaifold to bleed off airlocks

retroboy:
Howdy.
I know this is a really old thread but just as relevant today. I particularly like Pipe Dreams vacuum cleaner cool down trick. What other smart ideas do you all have?
Cheers 

THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER:

--- Quote from: RacinJacin on November 07, 2014, 04:34:56 PM ---When welding chassis - drill small hole to vent hot gas - especially important on small dia./length tubes - if well thought out you can do this so then next tube covers the hole. Prevents the hot gas from blowing out the weld.

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My friend's altered chassis builder located each vent hole under the next pipe welded on. Then after all was complete he added a Schrader Valve (tire stem) to the rear of the chassis.
Pressurize the chassis with air.
Holds pressure = no cracks in chassis.
Doesn't hold pressure = cracked tube / weld somewhere.

32bantam:

--- Quote from: Pipe Dreams on November 08, 2014, 09:14:19 PM --- I keep my battery on an automatic trickle charger (battery tender) at all times. Never have to worry about state of charge.   Bought a set of wheel dollies to spin the car around then the pit are tight. At the end of the day while the motor is hot I put a shop vac in the valve cover oil fill hole and draw cool air through the motor to cool it down and to avoid any alcohol or water condensation back into the oil.

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I did the vacuum deal at the valve covers (suck thru engine) untill one day a spark from the motor ignited the fumes from the engine and I had a vacuum that looked like a jet engine !!!!!
Reverse the hoses and blow thru the engine.

wideopen231:
I have been trying to make as few of the nuts and bolts different sizes as possible. Pretty much down to 7/16,1/2 and 9/16 except fuel lines and there its 11/16,7/8 #12 and #20 on oil lines which don't come off too often. Bought specailty nuts for stuff like 7/16 studs so they ar 9/16 nuts. Amke as many parts as possible so they remove together.Like fuel pump clamp removes fuel pump drive(belt),pump all line between pump,shut off and block at pump and you lay complete assembly forward,zero bolts.
Dzus any part possible so as to not need anything except 3/16 allen wrench.

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