Almost all brake systems can be bled without an assistant or special tools: with a bicycle hose and pump.
If the collector, bearings or carbons are damaged, it may be worth repairing them. Our article shows you how.
Once the cylinder head is bare and empty on the workbench, the new valves have to be ground in: Real manual work.
If your beloved vehicle starts in the morning with a lot of noise, there is one main suspect: The starter motor.
Valve stem seals often sit recessed in the head and are rarely easy to grip. A
modified combination pliers can help.
Oil stains on the main parking lot? Could be due to a leaking oil pan gasket: a flaw that can be permanently repaired with paste.
Car won’t start? No electricity? Then the battery may have died of thirst. This can be repaired quickly and easily.
All sorts of things can be done to coax stud bolts out of their threads. If the bolts are not too tight, simply counter them with two hexagon nuts.
Cleaning the jets in the carburetor or injection system?
A scrap of stranded copper wire is the method of choice.
External thread broken and no die to hand? No thread file? Nothing? Then it’s time for the slotted cutting nut.
