Thoroughly clean the mechanisms of your Larin jack, as debris can impede the operation of the unit. It will also make it easier to identifyoil leaks, the most common fault with a Larin jack. Use a wet cloth to clean the cylinder, the ram and the general exposed surfaces. Step 2 Visuall...
How much do you know about the oil drilling process? DCI Remember those orange juice commercials? The ones where people tried to poke a rolling orange with a straw? It's easy to think of the oil drilling process like that: Difficult to find the bullseye for the straw, but just a ma...
Here are some proper maintenance acts you can do to help the CVT transmissions last for a long time.Change the transmission fluid regularly, possibly every 30,000 kilometers. The chain/belt that transfers power requires clean, fresh oil to function properly. The oil change frequency should ...
Simple hydraulic system Two pistons are fit into two glass cylinders filled with oil and connected to one another with an oil-filled pipe. If you apply a downward force to one piston, then the force is transmitted to the second piston through the oil in the pipe. Since oil is incompressibl...
Hobby Fireworks Hydraulic Press for Making Rockets, etc. Over the years I made some modifications to the press so that it suited my needs better. I replaced the 1/4-inch-thick steel plate on the top of the bottle jack with one that is 3/4-inch thick. The thinner one started bending ...
Before you can drive a vehicle with air brakes, you must push in the emergency brake button to fill the system with air. As long as the emergency system is pressurized, the emergency brake will remain free. If the system has a leak, the pressure can decrease enough to engage the ...
To check the fluid level for a manual transmission, you must check at the transmission case (usually through the fill plug) – not with a dipstick under the hood. Grinding or Shaking A car is supposed to run smoothly and without any shaking, or jerking, and there is not supposed to be...
an 8 mm crescent wrench. A small stream of brake fluid will shoot into the plastic hose as the valve is opened. Turn the valve counterclockwise to close it, then instruct your assistant to slowly release the brake lever. Repeat two to three times to fill the plastic hose with brake fluid...
Using the 10mm hex socket remove the fill plug. Why the fill plug? This ensures the fill plug isn’t stuck and you’re left with an empty differential case and no way to fill it. Now using the 10mm hex socket, remove the drain plug and allow all the gear oil to drain into the ca...
This "big and tall" subcompact had a big job, being assigned to fill the market shoes of the Escort, ZX2, and Contour. But Focus was a masterpiece of space utilization, offering more passenger and cargo space than those earlier small Fords, as well as most of its rivals. Initial engi...