When I'm recharging my spray wash, I have a coffee can with small holes that I use to dissolve the detergent. It allows the water to fill and mix with the detergent and lets me stir it if needed as I'm adding. This prevents the detergent from setting and caking on the...
I have a never-ending pile of cores being moved around the shop from here to there. I use threaded stud casters to roll them out of the way. These have a 3/8-16 stud, but I also have them in M10 to fit LS blocks and can be used in the bell housing side as well. And...
My small ultrasonic parts cleaner heating element burned out. Rather than scrapping it, I just dropped an electric charcoal lighter in the solution. It heats up faster than before but, there’s no thermostat, so keep an eye on it. Scott Ouellette Powerplay Engine and...
A rack out of your wife's old dishwasher can make a great new home in your parts washer. Parts can be held apart by the tines, like keeping those precious fractured rods safe from dings. The silverware basket works great for smaller items. Josh Mitchell Mitchell...
I put a sink rack in the bottom of my solvent parts washer so the baskets aren’t in contact with contaminants that have settled on the tank floor. It also saves some time when rinsing parts. Ron Flood Cedar Machine North Branch, MN
Honda intake gaskets are extremely difficult to remove. I don't know what these things are made out of, but they can become permanently bonded to the intake surface of the heads. Instead of spending hours trying to scrape these things off and ending up leaving gouges...