Homemade cars. Page 8

The service life of winter tires largely depends on its quality, but how it was run in also matters. Even very good tires can fail very quickly if handled incorrectly in the first couple of years.

An ordinary screw jack can be equipped with an electric drive, and it can lift the car with the press of a button. With such equipment, car maintenance will be faster and easier.

There is no more convenient and effective equipment for cleaning metal surfaces from paint and rust than a sandblasting machine. If you have a powerful compressor, you can do it yourself, investing mere pennies in comparison with

When pre-selling a car or simply for your own aesthetic pleasure, you may need to wash the yellowed expansion tank.When it is clean, the engine compartment looks more cheerful and fresh, you can immediately see

Old batteries are thrown away, sold for scrap, or dismantled for lead. At the same time, no one is interested in their plastic body, and in vain. You can make an excellent organizer out of it.

In winter, during snowfall, ice constantly appears on the windshield even while driving, since frozen wipers cannot remove water properly. To avoid it, you have to constantly clean everything manually, or use special chemicals

To repair leaky, rotten sills in an old car without welding, you can use fiberglass. When impregnated with resin, it will become very rigid and will be able to completely cover existing through defects in the body.

To avoid buying a used car with a damaged engine, you need to be able to check it. You can determine that the engine has exhausted its resource in several ways in literally 2-3 minutes.

Over time, the outer surface of plastic headlights begins to turn yellow, scratches and dullness appear on it. This problem can be solved by grinding and polishing. This is a long and difficult process. It can be greatly simplified and accelerated,

For a small workshop, there is nothing better when each tool or machine solves several problems at once. Then even a very limited space will be enough to accommodate everything you need. By making this device, you can get

To avoid sucking liquid into it with your mouth when draining through the hose, it can be equipped with a bulb made from a PET bottle. It is simply irreplaceable when it is necessary to drain fuel, water from the aquarium and in other cases when drinking liquid is undesirable.

If the sole of your favorite pair of shoes is cracked or worn out, then you can glue an indestructible pad cut from an ordinary car tire onto it. Such repairs will extend the life of your sneakers or sneakers for years until they break.

Electric cars are gaining more and more popularity because they are much cheaper to maintain, but their cost is really high. If leaving a couple of thousand for gas at a gas station every time doesn’t suit you, but you don’t have money for a Tesla, then you can

If your car battery is low, you can use a regular battery to light a screwdriver or drill. It's very simple and fast.

If your car or motorcycle tires are worn out, you can manually retread them with a very easy-to-make tool. This will save you a lot of money by extending the life of your old set of tires.

If you periodically come to chop small firewood for the barbecue, you can make a special stand for this. It is safer than an ax, since it prevents the splitting of wood from flying around, and it chops more quietly.

Even an old, clumsy garage door can be brought to life, making it draft-free and warm, and with almost no increase in its weight. All the materials necessary for this can be brought in your own car without the involvement of delivery services, therefore

The surface of ordinary concrete without reinforcement gradually crumbles, and potholes appear on it. To protect it from further destruction, any existing sinkholes should be sealed and protective paint applied. To keep it well, it is important to adhere

In unevenly welded garage doors, the gaps between the leaves and the frame can vary greatly, so it is impossible to close them with a sealing rubber band. In this case, you can seal the gaps with polyurethane foam. The method works with cracks of any size,

In order to once and for all protect the bottom and arches of the car from corrosion, it is necessary to treat them with a mixture of gun fat and polymer-bitumen mastic. This composition is easy to apply, holds securely, does not chip or wash off.

When the rubber seals, especially the air filter pipe, wear out, air may be sucked into the engine. As a result, a lean fuel mixture enters the cylinders. As a result, the car loses its driving dynamics, the engine runs

Precipitation, drainage and groundwater, wheel slipping gradually lower the ground level in front of the garage and a noticeable difference is created with the floor level. It becomes difficult to enter and exit, especially when there is a corner or channel across it - an element of the power

This homemade product is simply a godsend for those who like to repair their car themselves. For example, you unscrew some component in the engine, and place the bolts and nuts either under the hood recesses or on an adjacent surface. None of this is serious. Fastening is simple

The size of standard pressure washer nozzles does not allow you to reach hard-to-reach places. To wash the underbody of the car, engine compartment or radiator, you can quickly make a short nozzle.