In this area, I thought it might be
helpful to stuff all the little "Tips and Tricks" that we come up
with, and any that come in from our readers. We will try to include
a picture of each thing with a simple description on what it is, or how it
is done. If you have any you would like to have posted here, send your
ideas/pic to Mark or Craig, and
we will add it here. These are supposed to be simple and cheap.
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TIP #1
So, to start this off, I thought I would show you
some simple ideas that I came up with, while strolling through the junk yard one
day. Everyone has heard of mud and sand getting into the throttle and
clutch cable tubes, causing binding, and other nasty things. I figured if
I did not get that stuff into the tube in the first place, I won't have to deal
with it as often. So this is what I came up with for my Orange
Baja.
These are simple boots found on the throttle cables on most Japanese, and
Japanese/Chevy cars.
I simple removed about two dozen of them, while there, so I have a good stock of
various sizes, and lengths to choose from.
TIP #2
This little trick is to
swap out the leaky stock bug master cylinder, with a larger one form a mid '80's
Jetta/Rabbit car.
You can either mount it remote like the stock one is, or right on the master
cylinder itself. Keep in mind, the nipples on the bottom will fit the
factory stock sized grommets only (8mm). The lid is larger than the bug
master cylinder lid, so pouring in fluid is less cumbersome.
TIP #3
TIP #4
