Actually not click bait. Legit video. Won’t use it as often as some of the others, but the zip tie on the multi strand wire came out too perfect not to give it the win. Good job. 👍
The zip tie for multi strand cable was my favourite, I have being a light and heavy vehicle mechanic, I used to tape uni joint with electrical tape so it’s not so floppy
I have been meaning to comment on this channel for quite some time... The videos are clearly presented in a straightforward manner with excellent graphics, close-up photos, and fantastic descriptions - both verbal and visual. Tom's enunciation is as proficient as the tips he shares. Who knew that a channel dealing with small engines would be so engaging?!! Having said all that, I must share that I have had the pleasure of doing business with Tom, who has repaired a string trimmer and helped with a mower. He is timely, thorough, and clear regarding the cost of the repair(s). Best of all, he is honest and is truly one of the nicest people I have met. Keep watching - I know I will... THANKS for sharing your knowledge Tom!
Wow!! Thank you so much for such kind words, I REALLY appreciate it!! :) pleased I met your expectations with the repairs too! Please forgive me, what’s your name?! 😂👍🏻👍🏻
The incense sticks suggestion is quite smart. I'd use lavender or rosemary though as that has a double use of deterring moths and gnats in my workspace
Re-twisting cables with a cable tie is, BY FAR, my favorite. I thought it would work, and that it was a cool idea, but it worked WAY better than I expected.
I love this type of videos! As a DIY guy, I really need those tiny little tricks that nobody ever told me before, as I did not had the opportunity to have some older fellows to teach me. Thank you and greetings from Portugal.
Tom, you continue to amaze me with these little pearls of wisdom. I can't think of another channel where I've seen so many valuable tips that I've never seen anywhere else. Now, if I can only remember them all when the application presents itself!
Pro tip: put a piece of wax paper in the side cutters and a rubber band around the handles until the silicone cures. It'll save you having to make the cut in the silicone.
Love the cable retying trick. never seen it before. I share using the cable tying parts together. Where that can't be done eg bolts, I use a take away container with playdoh or plumbers mate in the bottom. You can keep bolts in the correct order by sticking them in the dough in the correct place, so different lengths get put back in the correct place and order. Cheap, quick and easy to use.
Thank you. The bicarbonate trick will be extremely useful. I actually use the same brand of CA glue and this may help me with my second go at repairing the battery housing of a heat pump remote control. The zip-tie trick on the wire cable is also a nice touch.
Thank you Tom for another fantastic video showing these five brilliant tips & tricks. The cable tie on the frayed cable is my favourite and it's the best bit of magic that I've seen for a long while! Your exceptional work is much appreciated.
The cable trick was cool. Gonna try that. Small tip: use dedicated cable cutters whenever you can (the parrot beak looking cutters). They give a clean result, and there's less chance of fraying to begin with. Using flat cutters will deform the end, making it difficult to get it into a proper slim shape. (This can be a particular problem on bicycles. For instance, the end bolt for a Shimano Nexus shifter cable has a hole not much bigger than the cable gauge. If even 1 strand is longer than the others, the cable will fray when you slide the bolt on.) -- Also gonna try the silicone trick, btw. Very curious about that :)
All great tips Tom, I found the O-ring on the jointed adapter to be most helpful to me, I'm always fighting with floppy. The zip-tie cable reset was pretty cool too.
I've been turning wrenches professionally for 25 plus years now and I learned a couple great tricks, especially the incense trick. I'll be using it to find small air leaks on big trucks. Thank you sir!
Great tips! There’s also a tip buried within the tips…….using a pic to push the lock tab on a zip tie to remove it! That’s a great tip as well! Love the video! Keep up the good content.
Freyed cable zip tie trick is superb. When cutting cables for my mountain bike, before cutting I put heat shrink where I am going to cut to keep wire from freying. Seems to work
Favourite tip..? Its got to be both cable tie tricks. The first tip is just "voodoo" I cant wait to see if it works. The second one is just common sense, however, why have we never thought of thi s oh so simple technique . Great tips thank you.
Awesome :) yeah I burn it constantly, I can’t get enough of it haha. Also the mrs loves it so when there is fuel smell in the house , it covers it pretty well lol
Well let’s see. Going to my Oring box, getting some sodium bicarbonate, finding me a frayed cable, cleaning a pair of wire cutters and still wanting to buy a RTV tube top from you. I think that covers my favorite lol
Fun fact: for the CA glue trick, you can also use graphite powder. Takes 10 seconds longer for the reaction to start, but the result is about the same. Plus you get a dark grey fill instead of white
To cut cable, first heat with a bic lighter or mini torch to take the temper out of the wires, and twist in the direction of the lay. Wire will snap without using a wire cutter, and not untwist. Melt a small dab of solder to “fix” the end.
No doubt the cable twist solution was the best. Here is a simple one from me: when I strip down engines I like it to go fast and without clutter so I always have a pile of old ziplock bags handy and bung all the bolts from say a clutch cover in the same bag with this written on it, then on reassembly it saves a lot of time trying to sort what bolts/screws go where plus you dont lose them.
Nice :) thanks for sharing. What do you do to keep the order when you just use baggies say on a clutch for example you haven’t worked on before which will have something like a washer, oil pump, cir-clip, work gear, clutch drum, protector place, bla bla bla. I like cable ties as it keeps the order regardless of how I store it.
wouldn't have guessed you were australian to begin with - i was thinking more british - but there's little hints all through the video like the supercheap auto zip ties and dawn vice love the content
Always a great source of knowledge Tom.... any hints and tips for repairing and sealing HDPE fuel tanks? Would the soda and CA glue method work. I find it really difficult material to seal. Thanks
It’s always best to melt the parent material rather than add on when aiming for longevity, it’s really important the area is spotlessly clean - use carb cleaner and a brush multiple times, also clean the tool you use to push the plastic together when warm. Hope this helps :) if that doesn’t work, I’d then go seal-all. If that doesn’t work then try ca-glue and bi-carb. Hope this helps!
A trick for tight screws dip your screwdriver blade into valve grinding paste and you will be able to exert much more torque onto the screw before the screwdriver starts to slip the Valve grinding paste gives much more surface area therefore allowing greater force to be used
Three bond 1104. FWIW, I have never had an issue with it and it is my go to. I don't think Three Bond makes a bad product. 😁 Masking tape on the universal works well too.
True story. I got a detention (had to stay late) in high school for burning incense in class. 😎 It was the '60s man! 😵💫 All good tips and the incense idea is good since I have tinnitus which makes it difficult to hear hissing sounds. We used to get incense like sticks that were unscented. We called them 'punks' handy for lighting fireworks. 😁 🎆
@@VintageEngineRepairs Not for the incense 'incident'. But so called corporeal punishment (ie paddling) was still the norm. And I had bruises on my butt for many other infractions! 🥴
For me: 1) Cable tie on stranded cable 2) Cable tie to keep parts together 3) Incense to detect air leak 4) O-ring on universal joint 5) Baking soda with CA glue
And here's a (non-workshop) tip from me: If you're typing on your phone and need to move your cursor to edit something, sometimes it's hard to tap your finger in the right place. Hold your finger on the space bar for a second or two, then you can slide left or right to move the cursor.
As good as the silicone on the side cutter was, I'm gonna put my vote in for using the cable tie to retwist the cable strands. And let me add that using cotton with the CA glue builds a substance similar to wood. Try it, it's insane.
What kind of sorcery was that with retwisting the cable 😂😂
Haha it’s so useful 🤣
He's a Wizard !
exactly my thought I was gobsmacked 😂
Actually not click bait. Legit video. Won’t use it as often as some of the others, but the zip tie on the multi strand wire came out too perfect not to give it the win. Good job. 👍
Awesome :) glad you found them handy!!
Also, put some solder on the wire before cutting it will help a lot. :)
Throttle cable repair was absolute magic!
Good to hear mate :) thanks for sharing!
I like the cable tie tips, especially the rewinding multi strand cables, now I look forward to finding a splayed end
Haha glad you enjoyed it enough to want a splayed end! :)
The zip tie for multi strand cable was my favourite, I have being a light and heavy vehicle mechanic, I used to tape uni joint with electrical tape so it’s not so floppy
Nice! Thanks for sharing :)
That oring is a game changer aye. The insulation tape would always last one day before falling apart and coating the uni joint in sticky crap 😢
@@Billy-burner my tape has lasted couple of years as long as you don’t get oil on it
I'd heard, but never tried, using a heat shrink tube
I have and it works well
I have been meaning to comment on this channel for quite some time... The videos are clearly presented in a straightforward manner with excellent graphics, close-up photos, and fantastic descriptions - both verbal and visual. Tom's enunciation is as proficient as the tips he shares. Who knew that a channel dealing with small engines would be so engaging?!! Having said all that, I must share that I have had the pleasure of doing business with Tom, who has repaired a string trimmer and helped with a mower. He is timely, thorough, and clear regarding the cost of the repair(s). Best of all, he is honest and is truly one of the nicest people I have met. Keep watching - I know I will... THANKS for sharing your knowledge Tom!
Wow!! Thank you so much for such kind words, I REALLY appreciate it!! :) pleased I met your expectations with the repairs too! Please forgive me, what’s your name?! 😂👍🏻👍🏻
You're an absolute genius and saint for sharing!! Retwisting cables with a zip tie is genius. Love this channel!
Thanks for the kind words :) glad you enjoyed it!!
That cable tie trick with the steel cable is gold!! 👍😎
Awesome! Glad you liked it :)
The incense sticks suggestion is quite smart. I'd use lavender or rosemary though as that has a double use of deterring moths and gnats in my workspace
I love lavender!
Re-twisting cables with a cable tie is, BY FAR, my favorite. I thought it would work, and that it was a cool idea, but it worked WAY better than I expected.
Glad it helped you! :) thanks for watching 👍👍
I love this type of videos! As a DIY guy, I really need those tiny little tricks that nobody ever told me before, as I did not had the opportunity to have some older fellows to teach me.
Thank you and greetings from Portugal.
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Tom, you continue to amaze me with these little pearls of wisdom. I can't think of another channel where I've seen so many valuable tips that I've never seen anywhere else. Now, if I can only remember them all when the application presents itself!
Thanks so much for the kind words and feedback! Glad it helps!!
What a wonderfully knowledgeable video, thank you!
You’re welcome :) glad you enjoyed it!
Twisting Cabels was new.
Thanks for the Video!
You’re welcome :)
I have used the "O" ring for the universal joint before. I Loved the cable tie for the twisted cable though. A definite winner for me! Thanks Tom
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Pro tip: put a piece of wax paper in the side cutters and a rubber band around the handles until the silicone cures. It'll save you having to make the cut in the silicone.
Cool thanks for sharing :)
Love the cable tie on the cable trick & the incense leak locator
Awesome! :)
Love the cable retying trick. never seen it before.
I share using the cable tying parts together. Where that can't be done eg bolts, I use a take away container with playdoh or plumbers mate in the bottom. You can keep bolts in the correct order by sticking them in the dough in the correct place, so different lengths get put back in the correct place and order. Cheap, quick and easy to use.
Love it :) I’ll give that a go!!
Awesome video! Best I've seen in a long time!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Thank you. The bicarbonate trick will be extremely useful. I actually use the same brand of CA glue and this may help me with my second go at repairing the battery housing of a heat pump remote control. The zip-tie trick on the wire cable is also a nice touch.
Glad you enjoyed them!
For stranded cable ends I like to lightly solder the end.
Nice! What solder do you use? I can never get regular tin solder to stick to stainless steel
Thank you Tom for another fantastic video showing these five brilliant tips & tricks. The cable tie on the frayed cable is my favourite and it's the best bit of magic that I've seen for a long while! Your exceptional work is much appreciated.
Thanks very much for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed the video and tips!
I was completely gobsmacked with your teachings mate!! Especially how to reuse silicone 😮. You are amazing man, thanks a heap!
Thanks for the kind words :) glad it helped!! Sorry, I don’t what you mean to re-use silicone?lol
All of them were good ideas. That universal joint with the o-ring is going to be the game changer for me 👍🏾
Awesome :)
The ziptie hacks was awesome
Glad you enjoyed it :)
All your tips and tricks are helpful. I’ll pick the ‘O’ ring on the universal joint as my favorite from this video.
Awesome, thanks for sharing :)
Thanks very much, Tom. The cable re-twisting was my favorite.
Awesome William, glad you enjoyed it :)
The cable trick was cool. Gonna try that.
Small tip: use dedicated cable cutters whenever you can (the parrot beak looking cutters). They give a clean result, and there's less chance of fraying to begin with.
Using flat cutters will deform the end, making it difficult to get it into a proper slim shape. (This can be a particular problem on bicycles. For instance, the end bolt for a Shimano Nexus shifter cable has a hole not much bigger than the cable gauge. If even 1 strand is longer than the others, the cable will fray when you slide the bolt on.)
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Also gonna try the silicone trick, btw. Very curious about that :)
Awesome thanks for sharing :)
All great tips Tom, I found the O-ring on the jointed adapter to be most helpful to me, I'm always fighting with floppy.
The zip-tie cable reset was pretty cool too.
Fighting with floppy 🤣🤦♂️ glad you enjoyed it!!
I've been turning wrenches professionally for 25 plus years now and I learned a couple great tricks, especially the incense trick. I'll be using it to find small air leaks on big trucks. Thank you sir!
Awesome! Glad you found these handy :)
All are great tips ...including lifting the blocking tab on the cable ties!
Thank you!
Great tips! There’s also a tip buried within the tips…….using a pic to push the lock tab on a zip tie to remove it! That’s a great tip as well!
Love the video! Keep up the good content.
Haha that’s funny, I have done it since I was a kid so didn’t think of it as anything special lol. Glad that was handy too!
Freyed cable zip tie trick is superb.
When cutting cables for my mountain bike, before cutting I put heat shrink where I am going to cut to keep wire from freying. Seems to work
Oh fantastic! I love that idea with heat shrink! Thanks for sharing :)
Favourite: cable trick👌👌👌
Awesome!
So many great tips and tricks. Thanks very much mate.
You’re welcome Dan! Glad you enjoyed them!
Great tips. I've done some of these, but the frayed cable trick was definitely my favorite. Thank you:)
Awesome! Glad it helped :)
Absolute gold, thanks for your time and advices
You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Incense.....,bloody good one mate. For those that actually know how to do a leak down ... Top tips .
Glad you enjoyed it mate :)
The cable tie cable repair was my favourite Tom, but all the tips were good well done 👍
Awesome Nev! Glad you enjoyed it :)
I can't pick just one, there all Fantastic! Great Video! Thank You. 😀
Haha great to hear! Glad you enjoyed them!
Wow great tips thanks bro
You’re welcome!
Liked after the first tip, subbed by the end. Thank you.
Ha awesome thanks!
This is why I subscribed - wo many excellent tips
Thanks Eddie :)
Brilliant … simple but effective, thanks.
You’re most welcome!!
Favourite tip..? Its got to be both cable tie tricks. The first tip is just "voodoo" I cant wait to see if it works. The second one is just common sense, however, why have we never thought of thi s oh so simple technique . Great tips thank you.
Glad you found them helpful! :)
This was interesting and immediately useful for me. I will use two or three immediately. New subscriber!
That’s awesome, thanks! Welcome :)
Oring on the universal joint was new to me, great tip!
Awesome! :)
If you don't have an o ring handy then a couple of wraps with electrical tape over the knuckle does the job.
Or find a light coil spring and slip it over the joint.
Zip tie was my favorite. Thanks
Awesome :) glad it helped!
Those were some great tips! Thank you!.
You’re welcome!! :)
Great video. I love the bicarb tip
Awesome! Glad it helped :)
Wow! this one surprised me. Many helpful tips , tnx!
You’re welcome!
Some very helpful tips my man , the zip tie / wire cable and the swivel socket was appreciated !
That’s great :) glad you enjoyed it!!
Thanks Tom that is really useful. Love your videos.
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words :)
Good one, thanks.
You’re welcome :)
All great tips, so they are all my favourites. 👍
Thanks Andy!
Hi Tom!
I've just ordered a pack of HEM coconut just to have same smell as in your workshop!
Thanks for the video!
Awesome :) yeah I burn it constantly, I can’t get enough of it haha. Also the mrs loves it so when there is fuel smell in the house , it covers it pretty well lol
@@VintageEngineRepairs Hm! Nice idea! :)
Csble tie tips are awesome!
Glad you liked it :)
Very helpful video!
Thank you :)
Thanks for creating this VERY useful video 👍🇺🇸
You’re welcome :)
Well let’s see. Going to my Oring box, getting some sodium bicarbonate, finding me a frayed cable, cleaning a pair of wire cutters and still wanting to buy a RTV tube top from you. I think that covers my favorite lol
Hahah glad you enjoyed the video and found the tips useful!
Awesome tips ! From Houston, TX
Glad you enjoyed them! :)
Marvelous.
👍🏻
2:34 Witchcraft 😮
Great video. 👍
Haha yes! Thanks :)
I knew the ca and u joint ones, but legit very cool tips.
Glad you enjoyed them!!
Fun fact: for the CA glue trick, you can also use graphite powder.
Takes 10 seconds longer for the reaction to start, but the result is about the same.
Plus you get a dark grey fill instead of white
Cool! Thanks for sharing :) the slower cure time sure would be handy in some instances. No doubt
the site cutter mod will get a try by me, thanks for sharing :)
and a pack of soda will make the way into my stash aswell i quess :D
Haha awesome!
To cut cable, first heat with a bic lighter or mini torch to take the temper out of the wires, and twist in the direction of the lay. Wire will snap without using a wire cutter, and not untwist. Melt a small dab of solder to “fix” the end.
Hey mate! I haven’t had any luck with solder, but I have with silver brazing! th-cam.com/video/OgB7lKwTnSA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tVlXyKNQkoW7zvrg
Thanks 🙏
You’re welcome :)
No doubt the cable twist solution was the best. Here is a simple one from me: when I strip down engines I like it to go fast and without clutter so I always have a pile of old ziplock bags handy and bung all the bolts from say a clutch cover in the same bag with this written on it, then on reassembly it saves a lot of time trying to sort what bolts/screws go where plus you dont lose them.
Nice :) thanks for sharing. What do you do to keep the order when you just use baggies say on a clutch for example you haven’t worked on before which will have something like a washer, oil pump, cir-clip, work gear, clutch drum, protector place, bla bla bla. I like cable ties as it keeps the order regardless of how I store it.
Epic cable hack.
Be glad you weren't in Salem Massachusetts back in 1692-93.
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Thank you sir😊
You’re welcome :)
Amazing video
Thank you!
Electrical tape on universals, also works great
Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
wouldn't have guessed you were australian to begin with - i was thinking more british - but there's little hints all through the video like the supercheap auto zip ties and dawn vice
love the content
Thanks mate, ahaha that’s so funny. I’m British but live in Australia. It’s just the best thing ever here! I love it :) thanks for watching!
@@VintageEngineRepairs It is an awesome place. I imagine you might be handling the cold a little better than the rest of us lol
Yes 🤣 I often wear shorts in winter lol
I never thought of unlocking zip ties. That's a great idea.
It’s handy to know :)
They all sound like practical tricks of the trade to me sir
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Always a great source of knowledge Tom.... any hints and tips for repairing and sealing HDPE fuel tanks? Would the soda and CA glue method work. I find it really difficult material to seal. Thanks
It’s always best to melt the parent material rather than add on when aiming for longevity, it’s really important the area is spotlessly clean - use carb cleaner and a brush multiple times, also clean the tool you use to push the plastic together when warm. Hope this helps :) if that doesn’t work, I’d then go seal-all. If that doesn’t work then try ca-glue and bi-carb. Hope this helps!
A trick for tight screws dip your screwdriver blade into valve grinding paste and you will be able to exert much more torque onto the screw before the screwdriver starts to slip the Valve grinding paste gives much more surface area therefore allowing greater force to be used
Very interesting!! I wouldn’t want to do that to a good screw driver though haha
Three bond 1104. FWIW, I have never had an issue with it and it is my go to.
I don't think Three Bond makes a bad product. 😁
Masking tape on the universal works well too.
Nice! Good to hear :) thanks for sharing too
🎉❤ great job 👏🏻
Thank you!! 😊
To anyone in the northeast, buy a handheld torch. Get a can of MAPP gas. Its the most useful tool you'll ever use dealing on older cars
Certainly has its uses!
My favorite is the insence one
Nice :)
I like the silicone trick
Awesome :)
One tip i learned just today, measure replacement parts to the detail and avoid working on old cars (trashed out ones).
Agreed lol. Old engines take a special kind of person to repair sometimes lol patience is the name of the game!
True story. I got a detention (had to stay late) in high school for burning incense in class. 😎 It was the '60s man! 😵💫 All good tips and the incense idea is good since I have tinnitus which makes it difficult to hear hissing sounds.
We used to get incense like sticks that were unscented. We called them 'punks' handy for lighting fireworks. 😁 🎆
Hahahah did they still cane back then? Ooff I think my mum got it across the hands 😖 anyway, glad you enjoyed the video!
@@VintageEngineRepairs Not for the incense 'incident'. But so called corporeal punishment (ie paddling) was still the norm. And I had bruises on my butt for many other infractions! 🥴
@@cm-hw5ww dang ouch!!
2:45 wow! nice one
Glad you enjoyed the video!
For me:
1) Cable tie on stranded cable
2) Cable tie to keep parts together
3) Incense to detect air leak
4) O-ring on universal joint
5) Baking soda with CA glue
And here's a (non-workshop) tip from me: If you're typing on your phone and need to move your cursor to edit something, sometimes it's hard to tap your finger in the right place. Hold your finger on the space bar for a second or two, then you can slide left or right to move the cursor.
Awesome :)
Wow I LOVE that!! I always struggle to get the curser where it needs to be, thanks!
Retwisting wire cables that’s a great hack
Glad you enjoyed it :)
As good as the silicone on the side cutter was, I'm gonna put my vote in for using the cable tie to retwist the cable strands. And let me add that using cotton with the CA glue builds a substance similar to wood. Try it, it's insane.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing too :)
CA Glue Accelerator is a game changer.
All smart solutions
Glad you enjoyed them!
Have my own workshop and need these clever ideas @@VintageEngineRepairs
nice tips
Cheers Pete 👍👍
Awesome tips! I’m looking forward to seeing the look on my wife’s face when I tell her than I used coconut incense… to fix her car engine :-)
LOL, it smells incredible 😂
I thought you were going to put the ca glue on the cable before you cut it to keep it from unwinding which may work too in certain circumstances
Maybe!! I haven’t thought of that :) it may just crack as it’s brittle but I haven’t tried 👍🏻
Yup, already do it! But thanks
Awesome :)
Cable twist!
Awesome! :)
The second one, twisting the wire cable back or did you stop the video and replace it with a new one 😂😂😂
lol no 😂 it genuinely works haha.
😀😊😎👍🏼 Excellent Tips
Thank you!
thanx for u r my friend.
You’re welcome :)
Twisting cable with cable tie. Why am I only learning this at the age of 56?????
Never too old to learn something new :)
This guy should be working at NASA.
LOL thanks 🤣