Turning Tricks: tool tips that make working on your car easier
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🌿🔧 Welcome to the wild world of "Turning Tricks," where our garage guru, Netgear, takes you on a safari through the dense jungle of home garage mechanics! 🚙🌴
🐒 In today's episode, Netgear, the king of the concrete jungle, unveils his most cunning hand tool and automotive tool tricks for all you shadetree mechanics out there. It's time to swing from the vines of vehicle maintenance and roar into DIY success!
🌳 Watch as Netgear navigates through the underbrush of bolts and bearings, demonstrating how to tackle the toughest mechanical beasts with nothing but your trusty tools. It's like finding a path through a dense thicket, but way more fun and with fewer mosquitoes!
🐅 Each trick is a hidden gem, like a rare orchid, waiting to be discovered by the adventurous DIY mechanic. From wrench wizardry to socket sorcery, these tips and tricks are the survival kit you need in the wild world of home car repairs.
🦜 Be prepared to be amazed as Netgear shows you how to turn your garage into a tropical paradise of efficiency and skill. No need to forage for knowledge; it's all right here!
🌺 Will you become the Tarzan of tool time? Or just another lost explorer in the labyrinth of car maintenance? Tune in to unearth the secrets of the garage jungle!
👉 Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to our channel for more automotive adventures. Smash that bell icon like a jungle drum to be notified of our latest escapades!
🌕 Comment below with your own garage jungle experiences and join our tribe of DIY enthusiasts. Until next time, keep your wrenches ready and your spirit adventurous!
#TurningTricks #GarageGuru #ShadetreeMechanic #ToolTricks #AutomotiveAdventure #JungleOfGears
Netgear telling these tricks sounds just like my dad. Now i got double the dad tricks.
I love seeing the guy on tiktok that does “no wayy, f”””” sake” i have learned so much
I mean he has always been daddy net
What does he do for a living
Taco Bell secret shopper. @@user-td3oe7cy2l
You got 2 dads, no homo
Getting some serious Julian from Trailer Park Boys vibes when I saw you holding that drink in the beginning.
Same
ricky swallow that ring lmao
Lmaooo
Watching Netgear let's me live out the male fantasy of having Robert De Niro as a reasonable dad
As an industry mechanic i can say my favorite tips and tools are: double end ratcheting wrenches, holy hell these made 90% of jobs easier. Icon at harbor freight has them for cheap and they work wonders. Zip tie guns make zip-ties way more convenient and stop that cut inducing ends. Get double knee pants you can slip kneepads in if you want to save your body at all. Buy helicoils for any bolt size you commonly use because you will inevitably pull a thread one day. Quit using impact drivers and use a proper stubby 3/8 impact gun and itll make your life way easier and wont ruin your driver. Bag and label bolts by location in the car, have a main toolbox and then a smaller one you can carry one handed with your most used tools. Dont be afraid to modify cheap tools to get the job done, and USE A GOD DAMNED TORQUE WRENCH
Best investment in tools I ever made was those double ended ratchets.
This made for a great edging session. Busted at 4:58
only 4:58?
Down bad for that NetGear57USSY
Real
Cleanup aisle your pants
@@leansupremacy899cleanup aisle all of our pants
Sorry I couldn’t watch this one on the toilet, I’m currently watching it in class.
A couple tricks working for me in the streets.
Get a set or two of the Harbour freight anti fatigue floor mats. I use them when crawling under the car, saves the knees and prevents dropped screws from taking a damn Uber ride to the other side of the garage.
I use cardboard as a spill mat. Whenever I do brakes I place a layer down on the floor and it absorbs the brake clean and contains the brake dust and rust. Helps keep the floor clean, not slippery, and just throw the cardboard away.
I prefer using 5 mil nitrile gloves, they're thick enough that they won't rip when snagging. Thin enough to work with small screws. I hate how dirty and oil mechanix style gloves get.
I use dollar tree oil pans as parts and tool buckets when working under the car or in the engine bay. I'll set 3 all over the engine bay, place my sockets, ratchets, parts inside. Prevents them from rolling around or falling into the depths. Won't scratch or damage the vehicle.
I love the cardboard trick. Spill a bunch of oil or coolant on the floor and throw a piece of cardboard over it and come back the next day and it's almost gone. My concrete is sealed in my shop though, so that helps. Even throw it down to begin with and who cares if you're a little bit messy lol
Damn, I have to use at least the 7 mil orange ones. This last me the longest
I’m gonna try that valve grinding compound trick for sure
no you won't Brian
Cut a slit in it with a grinder/saw/chisel an you've got a flathead. That way you can reuse it after the fact😂
I'm not at that point in the video yet, but I'm guessing he's talking about using valve grinding compound on Phillips screw heads, works awesome
It actually does work pretty good, but you just need to be really diligent about making sure you clean it off and also be aware of where you are trying to use it. If it is near bearing surfaces of any kind, whether sliding or rotating, you need to be extra cautiousthat it does not get into the mechanism, or also migrate to painted surfaces
That rock auto magnet collection is a hard flex
Mine is bigger but I use parts avatar now
Added tip for trying to get bolts into place. If you have a flexible grabber with the 3 wire jaws that extend out you can put them on the head of a bolt and use the grabber to locate the bolt even on odd hard to get to spots. Added bonus is because the flex grabbers work like springs you can start threading the bolt in no matter what strange angle your at. Good for starting bolts where you can't get an extension and socket into without a wobble extension/socket and there's zero risk of dropped bolts.
lmao I just got one of these to grab stuff out of the spark plug socket and it was a godsend for putting bolts back into place for reassembly!
i love the no bullshit, non sponsored tone. This channel is the perfect size , i love real tips . most of these i already knew or other ones i did in a different form,( i used electrical tape instead of shop towl but a shop towel is better! and man an impact Philips? that's awesome
Pretty much all spot on. Valve grinding compound is used so frequently in aviation, pretty much every A&P has a jar of it in his/her toolbox. Truly useful.
Fellow A&P I concur. That and Silli Kroil
how do you get the compound off of the tool and screw?
Lick it off bro
Can't believe Julian from TPB is showing us how to work on his monte carlo 😊
next week is hockey stick aero..... peanut butter and JAAAAAAAAAAMMMM
Netgear knows his shit, deep in the forbidden jutsu
I ate Taco Bell and ive been blasting trumpets ever since!!
Thanks for the tips Jules! I am glad you had some time to leave the trailer park to give us them!
Videos like this just solidify my opinion that Netgear is my favorite CCF character
I love that you just embrace the Julian. You are Great Value Julian and that is a very high compliment in my eyes.
Gonna try the security socket trick, just need to find the right rims in my area first, thanks!
I use it whenever I need an extra wheel for free, super useful trick!
Don't forget the bricks, don't wanna waste perfectly good jack stands
A little tip. Got a seized bolt? Liquid torch spray, sit for five, then take a ratchet and tighten slightly, it breaks the rust in the threads, then take a industrial impact (Dewalt xfactor 1040 ft lbs is my gun). Set to second speed, and tap the trigger. Bolt comes right out like butter. no stretching, stripping, or snapping. Also those impacts are great for every heavy nut bust (kek), christ they take everything out.
I love CCF. That means in turn, I’m supposed to hate Netgear. But the man is the coolest Baja owner in the world and I can’t be mad about it. Thanks for the tips.
Has anyone told you you look like the exterminator guy from over the hedge?
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Not one single "affiliate link in description"!!!! Dudes breaking boundaries of the average CZcamsr!
This a gold mine of information. This is the stuff that took me years to discover. Stuff that most oldtimers only give up once they trust that you give a sh1t about what you're doing. Definitely the dark juju.
tape around a swivel extension to keep a socket from falling down with weight. if you have lots of extension and cant support/guide the socket ie. removing a bell housing bolt from under the car
is a great one that has helped me with my 240s over the years
I found a wobble extension recently that's sort of spring loaded so it'll stay nice and straight but once you locate the bolt it'll flex into position. Love those things!
I see Petgear also puts those rockauto magnets on the tool box drawers.
Ive got mine all over my garage door and any duplicates i get are on my desk at work
PETGEAR SOUNDS
I knew most of these trucks but I never knew about the valve grinding thing. Also, instead of using a shop towel or paper towel to hold the nut 😂 I just use a little grease. Especially when a washer is involved and gravity tests your wit
11:04 The smoke detector censor sound had me dying.
I was hoping that would be the new bleep going forward for all CCF episodes
I got one. When tightening or loosening an axle nut. It helps to stick a screwdriver into the vents of the rotor so that the caliper catches it and holds it still while you crank down on that shit
9:25 get yourself a tube of 3M yellow weatherstrip adhesive. It's better than duct tape and zip ties and bailing wire.
You're going to start using that stuff for everything.
A dab of adhesive in a socket for holding a bolt works great.
For a light adhesive just spread it all over and go, but if you really need something that sticks put it on both surfaces and let it dry before putting it together.
Used it once or twice to make gutter material body plugs and stuff like that.
Bro this content is actually really good
I have a large, commercial, aluminum cookie sheet that goes under whatever drain pan is employed under the car. It catches whatever misses the pan. Later, during the final cleanup, I use the wife's old rubber spatulas (that she no longer wanted for the kitchen) to scrape the oil or transmission fluid from the cookie sheet and into the waste pan.
Another tip: get a plastic Tupperware-type measuring bowl for measuring fluid during draining in order to know how much you need to put back in (say a transfer case or transmission); it also may help you to determine if you were low on fluid and if that had to do with your operability problems, like when my XJ was stuck in 4-LO, because I was a little low on ATF in the transfer case.
My final, and favorite tip: the tool-grabber / magic fingers type of pickup tool is great at being a third hand or even your surgical robotic arm in places where you have no access. I use this ALL THE TIME to get fasteners in place and even to get them started in places I could not otherwise work. Huge time saver!
The valve grinding compound sounds awesome. I picked up a couple good things here. Thank you.
You guys need to get together and start working on projects, like a Lemons or 15 hours of Thunderhill car! Just hearing all the CCF commentary as you guys work on it will be priceless; bonus points if it started life as a clapped out 350Z!
Another good tip to tag along with the one about penetrant. If possible tap on the head of the bolt or on the nut (more risky) and it helps the penetrant go deeper into the threads and work faster overall. Just be 100% certain not to hit the threads. I've used this trick a few times on bell housing bolts and exhaust bolts
Julian from Trailer Park Boys xD I love it best channel ever
Glad Escobar actually evaded death so he good grace with these awesome tips
The Milwaukee level 2 mechanic gloves are excellent. From the beginning they fit perfectly and don’t bunch up at the fingertips at all. They’re still pretty cheap and they’ve got tons of sizes, I can’t recommend them enough
I like the mechanix fast fit, have a few pairs for shooting, cars etc.
As an A&P mechanic, I can relate to the valve grinding compound. Also a ratcheting speed handle is a must.
I’m 3 minutes and I still can’t tell if this is real or satire but my god that scissor jack idea is actually some ancestral knowledge that has been passed down the generations.
I like the oil change tip I learned to loosen an upside down oil filter, then when it's loose enough turn it the rest of the way with a clear plastic cup (like a Big Gulp cup). This lets the oil drain right into the cup without having it leak all over the place.
Cement mixing tubs from home improvement store. Around $7. Never miss the pan changing oil and filter at the same time. Pulling coolant line, water runs everywhere but still hits the pan. Put dripping parts you just pulled in a pan and scrub them down.
If you need more leverage to break a bolt with a breaker bar, putting a 1/4" pipe over the breaker bar to extend the length of you're leverage will help. Also make sure to have a breaker bar from a place that will warranty and replace it for free if it breaks as this method is a little sketch and could possibly break your breaker bar. If you have a hydraulic jack with a removable handle, that works perfectly for this.
Also if you can't get a bolt free even though you use penetrating oil, get a good torch head lighter and either propane or mapp gas (both modern gases burn roughly at the same temp now) or if you have the money for an oxy torch (just wear eye protection, something tinted) and heat up the bolt, as long as it's safe to do so in that area, until it gets red or until you feel like it's been long enough, dowse it in water and then try breaking it with a breaker bar and it should break free. Just make sure you have a fire extinguisher on standby.
I don't usually like smacking sockets or wrenchs, but a good jolt can help break a lot of things free.
For stuck lugs i leave the socket in and then take a hammer and give it firm taps. Ever struggle with getting the CV axle out? Just apply pressure behind it and tap around with a deadblow. It wont pop right off, but itll slowly come out.
love your channel
great tips
you’re thinking “outside the box”
When my brother and I replaced the upper and lower balljoints on my 91 Toyota Pickup/Hilux he used a small bottle jack to spread the double wishbones to remove the balljoints and the shocks, those were replaced too.
I'm just getting done with my first car repair project. Nearly wrote a manifesto over a couple of especially stuck nuts. Saved around 1000$ tho.
I had a similar issue getting the fill plug out of my rear diff on my Subaru rally car, came to learn that a 1/2 inch will "work" but that its actually a 13mm square, and so I bought the adapter and I gotta feel like more contact area is gonna make that even easier.
I used a scissor jack between a new pressure plate and the rocker panel to compress a clutch diaphragm spring to stuff a used spark plug wire in there to keep it compressed for installation in my SAAB 900.
A nice piece of round pipe turns a socket wrench into a socket breaker bar. Also a solid metal bar comes in handy for leveraging misc. suspension components back in place if you don’t have a lift. A good set of adjustable pliers makes for a universal fit oil filter wrench. A cheap transmission rolling cart with a jack underneath can manoeuvre a subframe like nothing.
i use a scissor jack while at my first job of the day, i pull parts for a private junk yard. those little jacks have saved me in so many situations! JUUST DONT GET YOUR FINGER STUCK IN IT WHILE USING A IMPACT TO GO UP AND DOWN!!!! Im almost positive itll get chopped off!
Love the jack to add leverage to the breaker bar! Sweet!
One trick that is very useful whenever you need to kill voltage on a car (like needing to remove an airbag for example) start off by removing both positive and negative terminals off the battery, then you want to touch and hold them together for about 15 seconds that way they ground out and kill excess surging voltage in the wiring, saves you a bunch of time then having to wait 30 minutes, just make sure you only touch them together and not accidentally touch a power source aka the positive terminal off the battery
That's a good idea. I will usually press the brakes so the brake lights will use any left over charge
There's an attachment sold on Amazon that you put on the scissor jack that is made for use with a socket. Scissor Jack Adapter for 1/2 Inch Impact Wrench or 13/16 Inch Lug Wrench, Scissor Jack Drill Adapter. These are life changers!
I like how you were breaking the fill-hole before breaking the drain- hole.👍
Julian has the best mechanic tips, love it! It's weird not seeing Ricky or Bubbles around, but hey, they must be busy 😜
Thanks for the tips, my dude! Looking forward to seeing more content from you guys. Much love, cheers!
love u netgear sick g shock
Hit stuck bolts, fittings and plugs with an air hammer. Be careful not to deform or crack things but it works like a charm once you get the feel.
The scissor jack in the back of my Ford Escape came with a 19MM hex instead of the dumb tool end. Hook up my impact, with the socket still on it for the lug nut, and crank away!
Great idea for a series! Top content lads
Replace your damn smoke alarm batteries Netgear 11:03
I used my scissor jack to force my kitchen cabinets in place as they were made of real wood and heavy af! Just used a piece of wood on the wall and on the top of the jack. This was done vertically
For stuck bleeder screws on calipers heat it then shock it with a cold wet rag. Keep some rare earth magnets to magnetize a screw driver for hard to reach spots. If your flex head is a little too lose and bolt is in a bad spot. Wrap with a little electrical tape.
Another for starting spark plugs down in heads - jam the top in some 3/8" or similar rubber hose and start twisting. Not enough force to cross thread if it's sideways
Valve grinding paste is something you have to have in aviation. I used a little bit on my screw gun when disassembling an airplane for a 100hr/annual insp.
The valve grinding compound trick! So happy to have learned that one. Probably gonna use it this week lol
Let me know how you like it, it's ridiculous how well it works
I didn't know that I needed to see Jullian talking about wrenching tips, but gahddam I really did! DEEEECENT!!
The stuck lugnut inside the socket can get crazy. I had to use a 12 ton press once they were so stuck together. But yeah that reminds me. A shop press is so nice once you have the space for one. It's great for building guns too
The paper towel trick has come in clutch when I’ve swapped out a knock sensor on an Infiniti i30 a few years back. Essentially you need to remove the intake, but with a swivel socket , and a small neodymium magnet behind the paper towel, I turned a 3 hour job into a 30 minute one.
Why didn’t I think of the scissor jack and the breaker bar. Genius!
For a while now I've been looking for a tutorial on how to properly use car related tools and this is finally satisfying that itch! Thanks!
Electrical tape in sockets is good for holding nuts and bolts…sticky side into the socket, takes up slop in socket and fastener. Been doing it for 30 years
Netgear holding it down 🤝
Netgear showing us how he made it out the hood
Buy a set of cheap SAE Philip's, gradually grind the tip down, just made JIS set.
Allen keys can be used together, for missing ones or oversized.
The double wrench technique always feels a bit sketchy when I use it, but sometimes you don't have room for a socket and breaker bar and 2 wrenches gets you the leverage you need. On the gloves, I've had really good luck with the Ansell HyFlex 11-840 gloves. I've abused mine, and most of the 12-pack I bought are still in good shape after like 2-3 years of frequent use. Only downside to them is fluids can pass through both the rubberized and non-rubberized parts, so they're not really intended for something where you might get covered in brake fluid, oil, etc. They have really good feel though, if you get the correct size. I've had a few pairs of the ones you showed, and they're thin enough to be comfortable and work decently, but I usually wear through the fingers in less than a year and they're also not that impervious to fluids.
I'll have to try the valve grinding compound tip... Though usually when I round off a screw or bolt, it's because it's been rust-welded into the frame or body and usually end with a snapped off screw/bolt head.
Tip: Installing a spark plug that’s awkward. Use a thin hose to screw it in place to prevent cross threading. Old school mechanic showed me said trick. 😊
Here's my tip, [redacted]. Oh and if your universal joint adapters are too wobbly, you can put a rubber band around the jointed part. This has saved me so much hassle and time.
Netgear likes to scissor around the garage.
This are legit tips. Stuff you only learn from experience....
Intro had be thinking was I was watching a Doug DeMuro car review lol
This one is more of a tool than a trick but get yourself a set of mid length sockets they are my go to. they are perfect sized for almost all applications. I have set for 3/8 and 1/4 i rarely grab for a short or long anymore. I have actually used the scissor jack in construction b4 necessity is the mother of all inventions and also the double up wrench technique. I'm really interested in the valve compound and atf/acetone for rusted bolts.
Vessel, man ever since I found them, it’s my go to screwdrivers, very rarely do I use any of my other brands anymore
8:30 Yo I figured out this sketchy move myself recently when trying to remove a massive bolt holding the starter in place on my 2011 Accord. The damn starter sits in the center of the motor underneath the intake manifold and there is too much stuff around it to use a breaker bar. That trick ended up working in its place but on the first good tug I did the wrenches broke apart and I hurt the fuck out of my knuckles, but I did eventually get the nasty bolt out!
Netgear kinda reminds me of Julian from trailer park boys holding that drink😂. More vids plz!
hahah gravity breaking bolts with the jack is my favorite. Why struggle when the truck weighs more and will do the work =)..
The valve grind compound is one of my faves.
Also,during the butchering of said screw like a phillips ,get a small hammer and sometimes you cam pound the screw end ,and in a way put the metal back in the head and it may provide enough grip.
Or else grab the compound.
the one thing i surely take with me, is the paper towel trick. thank you!
Netgear is giving the dad lessons for those who don’t have a dad to teach em’ around the shop :)
Our jet engine technicians use “ Free All“ to loosen bolts, works good in cars too.
A short piece of rubber fuel line works really well for starting spark plugs.
Thank you virtual car friend Netgear 57 !
My old man taught me the double combo wrench extension move. I honestly don't know what I'd do without it.
For the sketchy jack setup, put long extensions on your drill. 2 18" extensions would probably get you 1/2 way out of the 'Oh Shit' zone. Get an extra jack and weld 1" or so tall tabs on the corners of the top to keep the ratchet from slipping sideways. Or box 1 end in so it doesn't slip out that way.
If you don't have an impact and need to remove a axle nut. Sometimes the breaker bar is too small so you keep and slide a 4ft steel pipe over the breaker and bam.
I work at a junkyard pulling parts off cars, those spin up jacks are my god, I've got a set of cheap impact sockets just for those things, I trust them enough to be underneath a van or sedan pulling the suspension or whatever with just that supporting it, I've been doing this every day multiple times a day for about a year now, car too high up? Put a steelie or brake rotor underneath the jack and it gives enough height aswell.
Im so excited to see another video from my internet car friends at Collector Car Feed!
More to come!
Using an impact driver on philips heads is a huge help on marine stuff. Gonna grab some of that grinding compound and take it to the next level.
I love that they talk s*** about donut media, then go and make a grade school instructional video lol good stuff