any advice on a quick fix for a relatively small scratch/scrape on front fender around wheelwall that's showing a slight bit of rust?
(just wondering what products that might be out there that I should be looking at; I'm not Canada's most handyman and overwhelmed by plethora of options)
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That's a full bit of body work. Remove rust, prime, sand, paint/blend. Clear coat. Or cut back on the steps, minimum is remove rust with a fiberglass pen and use touch up paint. Will be kinda ugly though.
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That's a full bit of body work. Remove rust, prime, sand, paint/blend. Clear coat. Or cut back on the steps, minimum is remove rust with a fiberglass pen and use touch up paint. Will be kinda ugly though.
I did the above this summer... and it was A LOT of work, and it cost a pretty penny for it to look decent. Watch some youtube (chrisfix is a good one) to get a good idea of scope of work. And also know they make it look 100x easier than it really is.
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any advice on a quick fix for a relatively small scratch/scrape on front fender around wheelwall that's showing a slight bit of rust?
(just wondering what products that might be out there that I should be looking at; I'm not Canada's most handyman and overwhelmed by plethora of options)
Pics will help. They make scuff-pens, essentially a bit of abrasive on a very small tip that work really well for tiny areas. If it’s literally just a scratch, the factory material does a good job of containing any rust, and these pens will clean out the area. Then some touch up, which of your patient, a few coats and a gentle wet sand/polish does a hell of a job.
Recommendation for an exhaust shop for some pipe re-bending? I have a custom stainless 2 1/2” dual system that now interferes a bit with my chassis components. Should take a skilled guy half an hour to fix, but I don’t want to waste my time with the R&R guys.
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Looking for some help as I’m feeling a little defeated
I was overdue for an oil change so I figured I would do it myself and save a few bucks. I’m not an auto savvy person but I figured I could handle this. Things were going fine until it was time to swap the oil filter. Unfortunately I cannot get the oil filter off. Didn’t help that I mangled it accidentally turning it the wrong way tried the screwdriver trick and just mangled it even more. The oil filter pliers I got didn’t work either.
I can’t even drive it to the shop as I already drained the oil in my engine and don’t want to refill it with the damaged filter still attached. Should I just cut my losses and tow it there, or is there a way to pry the thing off without damaging anything?
Looking for some help as I’m feeling a little defeated
I was overdue for an oil change so I figured I would do it myself and save a few bucks. I’m not an auto savvy person but I figured I could handle this. Things were going fine until it was time to swap the oil filter. Unfortunately I cannot get the oil filter off. Didn’t help that I mangled it accidentally turning it the wrong way tried the screwdriver trick and just mangled it even more. The oil filter pliers I got didn’t work either.
I can’t even drive it to the shop as I already drained the oil in my engine and don’t want to refill it with the damaged filter still attached. Should I just cut my losses and tow it there, or is there a way to pry the thing off without damaging anything?
That is not a fun problem. The good news is if you do it yourself going forward, you can make sure they are always just hand tight and never face this issue again.
I have had this happen before. Depending on how much room you have, my solution was to totally mangle the filter until it came off.
Yeah, I've done the "punch-a-screwdriver-through-and-use-as-a-handle" trick and had it backfire on me too. I ended up just shearing the rest of the filter's outer casing off, and used vice grips to unscrew what was left at the base. Messy, but not too much trouble.
And as Bill Bumface said, going forward it's nice to know that if you do it yourself you'll never run into this trouble again.
Yes, that's key. It's ultimately the seal that's stuck, not the threads.
I already bent two screwdrivers yesterday trying to get the sucker to turn — today I sprayed some liquid wrench on it to try dissolve/loosen the gasket. Read that a razor blade can help break the seal as well. Fingers crossed...
Yeah, not to sound condescending but you really need to be sure you're trying to turn it counter-clockwise from a head-on POV... I know you said you already accidentally wrenched on it the wrong way, but you really, really need to be sure.
Yeah, not to sound condescending but you really need to be sure you're trying to turn it counter-clockwise from a head-on POV... I know you said you already accidentally wrenched on it the wrong way, but you really, really need to be sure.
Tried liquid wrench, razor blades and a heat gun to try and loosen the seal. No luck I was originally going to cut off the filter and try to chisel off the ring using the drain holes, but I think I’m going waive the white flag and take it into a shop. Between time and tools, I’m trying not to think about how much money I will have “saved” doing this myself.
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Yeah, not to sound condescending but you really need to be sure you're trying to turn it counter-clockwise from a head-on POV... I know you said you already accidentally wrenched on it the wrong way, but you really, really need to be sure.
Haha, yeah that’s fair. I thought I was doing it right initially but YouTube quickly proved me wrong. It hasn’t budged a millimeter either way — as posted above it’s the seal that I can’t seem to break
