Wrenching on gravel/dirt/grass tips and tricks

They sell smaller blower heaters. They do suck down the fuel, though. I have a small propane unit but only use when I must.

 

Its hard to beat cardboard. I keep it in my garage too for when i do oil changes. Less worry about spills and splatters. Its usually cleaner than my concrete floor as well, so less worry about getting back in the truck when there could be dirt on the back. I also keep lots of zip loc bags around for screws. You can also use a bunch for different groups of screws.

 

I use these all the time -even on my garage floor

POCO DIVO 36-SQFT Giant Play Mat 9-Tile Excise Mat Easy Setup Solid EVA Foam Mat Multi-Color Interlocking Floor with 18-Border

https://www.amazon.com/POCO-DIVO-Mu..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=CN6V3MKPDEJ4Z76JGJYE

 

Nice! I forgot all about these and even have some laying around somewhere.

 

yea snag them from the kids I did

 

I used plywood so easy to move the jack instead of fighting to move it over stones etc

Big help on clutch changes.

plywood pieces for the jack stands at least 12"x12" nothing like lowering the vehicle and it goes sideways

If you live where it freezes nothing like having things thaw and the vehicle fall off the jack stands when you leave for some reason.

It never fails even having the nicest shop something that should take minutes you decide to do outside try not to block your doors because a few minutes becomes a few days . Most likely a Blizzard or Hurricane as well.

If hardware is involved I will lose a few pieces having a JIS bolt assortment saves so much frustration

 

many years ago, before i had a nice cement surface to work on, I had an old cutlass that was getting a small block conversion. and in the process I had the engine in and out several times. No working on a gravel driveway with a cherry picker, made it ... how should say... difficult.

Luckily dad had recently picked up a truck load of 4'x8' 3/16" steel plate. hmmm if you can't have a nice concrete slab, Steel does work too

laid a sheet down under the car and used it as a smooth surface for.

I had an old throw blue throw rug that also came in very handy, when working outdoors in the dirt.