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Longacre and other circle track suppliers sell some simple aluminum plates that lean against the bottom of the tires when car is on the ground. They have a couple slots at different heights at each end so a tape can be pulled across without interfering with any parts or the oil pan. Easy with...

Also use it to maintain bare aluminum parts on my bikes that I polished after the OEM clearcoat finnish degraded.

I often wash my hands with it, good for removing paint or even pine pitch when working trimming trees. Does not dry out your skin and can just use some regular bar soap and water after.

I slide an old sock over my grease gun and tuck the flexible hose into it. Have to change it after awhile but it does keep any drips or hot weather leaks from getting on anything else.

Always left my SK round heads in a can of ATF on Friday night. First couple jobs Monday morning were a little messy but those ratchets lasted a long time.Still have one of them almost 50 yrs later. s

I use rubber tire pads cut from used racing slicks . They bite down into the jack saddle and do not mar anything you are jacking under.

Have sliced the tread from used racing tires put it between compressor feet and 2x4 boards with loose lags. Then put 6 inch square pieces of same rubber under the wood. Takes out a lot of vibration and stops compressor from walking around.

Could you use screen panels? would let some wind thru but also some light

I have bought some individual brand name sockets on amazon

I did the inside of my 24x36 with verticle sheets of 1/2" plywood using the best side out years ago. The plywood added a lot of structural ridgity to the building also and was damage resistant compared to drywall. Painted with a semi gloss white it reflected light very well and was easy to wash...

I roll up an old sock stuff it inside the other one and slide it over the gun hangs from a pin on the wall, Buy enough new socks can do this couple times a year. Leave the sock on while using the gun mess free.

Progress on something like this needs to happen every day. If you take a couple weeks off in middle its hard to get restarted and definitely expect your wife or girl friend up your ***.Most women have no idea how long decent work takes. TV remodeling shows are much to blame for the expectations. s

Think would be easy to just move the joint around by hand. If it is smooth and no signs of rust around caps or squeaking in operation just leave well enough alone. Disassembling to grease can be done but is same work as installing new joints. Driveshaft shop I use swears by Spicer nongreaseable...

L have packed coarse gravel into the hole couple shovels full at a time and used a long 2x4 to push it down the burrow. Very labor and time intensive but wanted as much solid fill back under slab as possible

Rat trap with a peanut wedged onto the trigger works but a pellet gun lot more fun if you have the time