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Old 03-11-2003, 11:57 AM
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Always have a 6-pack of ice cold beer on hand for any major repair job, preferably German or Belgian lager. If possible, have a pretty blonde present to hand the beer to you when needed, especially when your greasy hand slips off the 3/8 ratchet driver and you skin your knuckles on the cylinder head...NOTE: Knuckle skinning may require, in addition to several swigs of lager, a shot of single malt scotch.

A serious tip - To retrieve dropped and/or lost miscellaneous small metal objects within the engine compartment - use a small, but powerful magnet (Lee Valley Tools sells an excellent 1cm magnet that I swear could hold two cars together) attached to a length of string. This has saved my butt many a time...
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