Your little tips and tricks?
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From: Spring Hill, FL
Your little tips and tricks? I'll start off with a few I've learned.
I use a jack to hold headers close to the height I need them at, header installs go a lot quicker now.
I use a foot long piece of rigid pipe for a breaker bar. If I don't have that around I use a larger closed end wrench on the smaller wrench or ratchet.
I posted it in another thread, but pipe tape on header bolts for bolt retention.
I always use the 3/8" bolts so that it is easy to get tools on and off the header bolts, and I use a longer craftsman wrench that is closed end both sides, one 3/8 and the other 7/16 so you have both common header bolt sizes and leverage.
If you just start to round off a bolt head you can try a few layers of tape and then tap the socket down. Just picked this useful technique up two weeks ago. I still much prefer the proper tool for this though, but if you are away from home or something, good thing to know.
So what are some other things you all do that might make life easier?
I use a jack to hold headers close to the height I need them at, header installs go a lot quicker now.
I use a foot long piece of rigid pipe for a breaker bar. If I don't have that around I use a larger closed end wrench on the smaller wrench or ratchet.
I posted it in another thread, but pipe tape on header bolts for bolt retention.
I always use the 3/8" bolts so that it is easy to get tools on and off the header bolts, and I use a longer craftsman wrench that is closed end both sides, one 3/8 and the other 7/16 so you have both common header bolt sizes and leverage.
If you just start to round off a bolt head you can try a few layers of tape and then tap the socket down. Just picked this useful technique up two weeks ago. I still much prefer the proper tool for this though, but if you are away from home or something, good thing to know.
So what are some other things you all do that might make life easier?
first one that came to mind:
When getting the top tranny bellhousing bolts back in. Use a LONG extension from the tailshaft area. Fold a small piece of paper in with the bolt into the socket to keep it there, then move it into the hole and thread in. The paper keeps the bolt in the socket enough to keep it from falling off and comes off easy when pulled. If you use a swivel socket to get a better angle, you can tape it so that the bolt is held out still in case your swivel is so loose that it flops down all flaccid like.
When getting the top tranny bellhousing bolts back in. Use a LONG extension from the tailshaft area. Fold a small piece of paper in with the bolt into the socket to keep it there, then move it into the hole and thread in. The paper keeps the bolt in the socket enough to keep it from falling off and comes off easy when pulled. If you use a swivel socket to get a better angle, you can tape it so that the bolt is held out still in case your swivel is so loose that it flops down all flaccid like.
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first one that came to mind:
When getting the top tranny bellhousing bolts back in. Use a LONG extension from the tailshaft area. Fold a small piece of paper in with the bolt into the socket to keep it there, then move it into the hole and thread in. The paper keeps the bolt in the socket enough to keep it from falling off and comes off easy when pulled. If you use a swivel socket to get a better angle, you can tape it so that the bolt is held out still in case your swivel is so loose that it flops down all flaccid like.
When getting the top tranny bellhousing bolts back in. Use a LONG extension from the tailshaft area. Fold a small piece of paper in with the bolt into the socket to keep it there, then move it into the hole and thread in. The paper keeps the bolt in the socket enough to keep it from falling off and comes off easy when pulled. If you use a swivel socket to get a better angle, you can tape it so that the bolt is held out still in case your swivel is so loose that it flops down all flaccid like.
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yep exactly how i do mine...i actually fold it in with a little piece of duct tape the glue on the tape works mint......then yea i make about 36inches of extension and tighten it from out back near the tailshaft lol........i can do a trans swap in like two hours in and out now......works like a champ.....i tape my swivles a little to to keep them in the right orentation....
