cool zip tie trick
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: melbourne florida
2023 C3 of the Year Finalist - Modified
you kids, whats old is new again.
it is a good way to go, i used it on race cars so i could pull the distributor cap and plugs and re wire in about a minute .
it is a good way to go, i used it on race cars so i could pull the distributor cap and plugs and re wire in about a minute .
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Fremont CA
First saw that plug wire divider trick on a Dennis Fischer motor we had for our Trans Am car back in 1982/3. Dennis Fischer....now I'm dating myself and my opinion, Ill take a Falconer over a Fischer any day.......
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: mount holly NC
2025 c3 ('74-'82) of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2019 C3 of Year Finalist (appearance mods)
Anyone else got some tricks?
Thanks for sharing, here's another one to use if a bolt or nut is very tight:
Race Director
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Lenoir City Tennessee
Ci 6, 8 & 10 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
That's pretty trick.
Guns, hotrods, hockey and a portable record player. Even cooler!! I've got records that just collect dust anymore.
Guns, hotrods, hockey and a portable record player. Even cooler!! I've got records that just collect dust anymore.
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Drifting
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Syracuse NY
I keep an 24" section of steel pipe in my tool box. Its called a 'cheater pipe" and you slip it over the end of your ratchet or wrench. Multiplies force by about a billion percent. (actual scientific data. 
) This trick is as old as the nut and bolt, yet people look at me like Im crazy when I say 'let me find a cheater pipe...."
) This trick is as old as the nut and bolt, yet people look at me like Im crazy when I say 'let me find a cheater pipe...."