Homemade cars. Page 2

There are plenty of signs of a burnt-out muffler: from a changed sound to exhaust gases escaping from under the bottom of the car, which may end up inside the cabin, thereby making travel in the car impossible.

Blanks for the components of such a winch can be found among unnecessary metal trash. A few movements with a grinder, applying a couple of welding seams and a simple hand winch is ready. Due to its compactness, it will not take up much

In winter, the summer diesel fuel in a car often freezes after a frosty overnight stay and it is impossible to start the car in the morning. There are various ways to get out of this predicament, and one of them involves adding diesel fuel to the summer

Plastic lids may be needed for various purposes: tightly sealing containers, closing technological or structural openings in machine tools, various mechanisms, vehicles, etc. Any adult can make them

In cold weather, heating a garage with uninsulated gates is completely useless: all the heat will escape through them. It is not at all difficult to insulate garage doors using penoplex insulation and sheets of OSB-3 boards in just a few hours. WITH

How to start a car far from civilization, while, for example, fishing or hunting, if the battery is discharged due to the car radio, side lights, etc. being left on, or when the electric starter fails? The situation on

To replace clutch discs worn to the limit, this bulky and heavy unit must be removed from underneath the car, and after the repair is completed, reinstalled on the car. This type of work is quite labor intensive and time consuming.

CDs or cassette car radios can last for a very long time, despite the fact that music media are already outdated. To breathe life into an old radio, just install a Bluetooth module in it. And give the device a new

It may happen that a standard electric or mechanical winch installed on a vehicle will fail or break down at the most inopportune moment. The proposed hand winch, which is called a helicopter due to the principle of its operation, is assembled from

Such an unpleasant defect worsens the appearance of the car, leads to uneven wear of the sealing elements and creates problems when selling the car. The service station will ask for a tidy sum to eliminate door sagging. At the same time, with this

In winter, the thermal output of a car heater or stove is of no small importance. Especially so that it quickly warms up the interior in the morning after a frosty night and maintains the optimal temperature throughout the trip. One of

Anti-rain, sold in car dealerships or along roads by street vendors at a price of 150 rubles per bottle, contains isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol), polydimethylsiloxane (silicone) and dye. Such a simple composition can be easily

The first method involves cutting the variator and increasing the maximum speed of the scooter by about 10 km/h. It is not difficult to implement and at first everything seems to be going well. But then problems begin due to the fact that the rollers lose

Repairing side damage to a car tire is difficult.Many tire repairers consider such work to be costly, time-consuming, unnecessary and useless. But manufacturers of tire repair materials have long developed technologies

This method of determining the quality of automotive coolants has been known for a long time, but many car owners know almost nothing about it and resort to complex procedures using boiling, freezing or burning, some of which

Finding an equivalent replacement for a gear whose teeth have broken for some reason, if, moreover, it is from a mechanism from previous years of production, is quite difficult, since the seat size, width, diameters (cavities,

To tidy up parts and products that have been lying around for many years, one of the suitable tools is a sandblasting machine, the cost of which in the store is considerable. In order not to waste money, you can assemble it yourself from old,

The bumper, being the first element of a car's passive protection, often gets damaged. Since modern bumpers are mostly plastic, they usually crack and get holes through them. His restoration by a professional

Car radios in cars manufactured more than 10 years ago are not equipped with a Bluetooth system.A simple modification of such sound-reproducing devices will allow you to listen to music tracks broadcast from a smartphone. One condition - the radio must

If the front brake caliper of a car is jammed, then there may be a shortage of lubricant in its guides. By periodically lubricating them, you can get rid of such a common malfunction of the brake system.

First, let's look at how the thermal insulation of air conditioner pipes affects fuel consumption. At the same time, the initial task of improving interior cooling was considered, and we succeeded. The temperature in the cabin dropped from 7-8 degrees Celsius to 3-4.

An engine from a brush cutter and spare parts from an old bicycle can become the basis for assembling a motorized scooter. This does not require special knowledge, professional experience or high costs.

I hope everyone knows how the air conditioner works? To put it quite simply, it consists of two containers. In one, freon gas condenses under the influence of high pressure created by the compressor. This is a capacitor and it is located under the hood. IN

An empty aerosol can is usually thrown away, but in vain. So, it can be adapted to make a small sandblasting device, which will not be superfluous in any home workshop.